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Ridding the world of POPs: a Guide to the Stockholm Convention Persitent Organic Polluants

… mixtures of PCBs. Heptachlor – Primarily employed to kill soil insects and termites, heptachlor has also been used more …
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Global mercury waste assessment - Review of current national measures

… mercury inventory, 65 per cent of mercury releases to soil came from informal waste management, including informal … Levels – the concentration of a contaminant in the soil that does not imply a risk to human health and the … transboundary movement of waste, contaminated sites, soil and water protection, air pollution control, and other …
20 Jun 2026 Document

The 16 New POPs - An introduction to the chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the Conference of the Parties

… long- range transport. Adverse effects are reported for soil organisms, birds, fish, frog, rat, mice and humans. Use … has been used as a broad-spectrum insecticide for seed and soil treatment, foliar applications, tree and wood treatment …
20 Jun 2026 Document