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References
In the following, frequently recurring references are listed. Those references not listed
here are marked in footnotes at the relevant places in the text. All websites and online
documents were last accessed on 01 March, 2010.
[1] Information given by Russian expert at meetings in May (Tallinn) and November
(Riga) 2009 The consulted experts include the following persons:
Igor Berezin: Head of the department. Emergency Response Co-ordination department,
Saint-Petersburg Committee for Nature use, environmental protec-tion and
ecological safety. Mr. Berezin is in charge of developing regional programme within
chemical, biological and radiation safety in the area of Saint-Petersburg.
Igor Kukushkin: Executive Director, Russian Union of Chemists, Member of the
Intergovernmental Council of the CIS on standardisation and metrology (WG on
REACH and GHS implementation in the CIS countries).The Union represents industrial
organisations of the Russian chemical sector. It has been assigned the
role of National co-ordinator for the development of Chemical Safety Concept and
is a member of the “Responsible Care Initiative”. The Union is the leader within
REACH educational services and already has provided about 30 workshops. A
Co-ordination and Information Centre assisting CIS companies in the issues of
products chemical safety has been established with participation of the Russian
Union of Chemists and two research institutions.
Viacheslav Smirnov: Director, Regional Toxicological Information Centre “TOXI”,
PhD Med., UNIDO expert. Mr. Smirnov is professionally working with toxicology
and environmental protection.
Alexander Startsev: Director General, UNIDO North –Western International Cleaner
Production Centre, expert of the Public Council of RosPrirodNadzor. Besides
managing the North-West CPC has other roles at a political level within chemical
safety issues assisting Deputy Chairman of the Environmental Committee of the
State Duma of RF. He is an expert of the Top-level Environmental Council in Saint-
Petersburg and represents Ministry of natural resources at the Public Council of
RosPrirodNadzor.
[2] Web-page of Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological
Substances (http://rpohv.ru/lang/en/)
[3] XuMuK.ru — сайт о химии. Article 6.2 „Control of pollutants in water bodies“ (in
Russian). http://www.xumuk.ru/ecochem/18.html
[4] О.Ф. Филенко. Биологические методы в контроле качества окружающей среды.
Экологические системы и приборы № 6. 2007 г. www.ecoguild.ru/docs/2007-06-
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