Indicators of Sustainable Development

Quality of life counts: 2004

M AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

In 2001, estimated dietary intakes of dioxins and PCBs were under one tenth and under one twentieth of their respective 1982 levels, whilst concentrations in air have decreased significantly since the early 1990s.

In 2001, UK stocks of high level radioactive waste were 9 per cent higher than they were in 1998 and 16 per cent higher than in 1991.

UK aerial radioactive emissions and emissions to water have continued to fall, by 41 per cent and 19 per cent respectively since 1990.

Ref No	Indicator		QOLC 1999		QOLC Updated Assessment
			Change since		Change since
			1970	1990	1970	1990	Strategy
M1	Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants
M2	Dangerous substances in water	Lindane, Cadmium			Revised	Revised	Revised
		Mercury, DDT			Revised	Revised	Revised
		HCH, DDT
		Cadmium
		Mercury
M3	Radioactive waste stocks	High level
		Intermediate level
M4	Discharges from the nuclear industry	Discharges to air
		Discharges to water