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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 … ning cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation. • It establishes a POPs Review Committee that …
The 16 New POPs - An introduction to the chemicals added to the Stockholm Convention as Persistent Organic Pollutants by the Conference of the Parties
… are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic … 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 …