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Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants
… from where they were used, and threaten long-term health and ecological consequences that were never anti- … sed concern. Many POPs pose such significant threats to health and the environment that on 22 May 2001, the world’s … studies points to the connection between POPs and animal afflictions. Beluga whales in the St. Lawrence River …
The 16 New POPs - An introduction to the chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the Conference of the Parties
… of long-range transport, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue and biomagnify in food chains, and have potentially significant impacts on human health and the environment. Exposure to POPs can cause serious health problems including certain cancers, birth defects, …