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Ridding the world of POPs - A guide to the Stockholm Convention on POPs

… islands. Their attraction to fatty tissue, known as “bioaccumulation”, means that although a poison is first … islands. Their attraction to fatty tissue, known as “bioaccumulation”, means that although a poison is first …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The "Chemical & Waste Conventions": the Basel Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

17 Jun 2026 Document

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

… islands. Their attraction to fatty tissue, known as "bioaccumulation", means that even though a poison is first …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Maritime Traffic Effects on Biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea. Volume 1 - Review of Impacts, Priority Areas and Mitigation Measures

… lower levels of the food chain (Wells, 1999). Continued bioaccumulation of these chemical pollutants continues to … (IUPAC, 1993). Although it is well documented that bioaccumulation phenomena in marine organisms Figure … Mediterranean) at an approximate depth of 1000m showed a bioaccumulation trend in muscle, gills, digestive tube and …
17 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… of both people and freshwater organisms include potential bioaccumulation, and molluscs, and carcinogenic effects …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

POPs Chemicals - Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF)

… and Risks to human health and the environment: High bioaccumulation of PFOS have been found in notable …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Candidate POPs - Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and PFOA-related compounds

17 Jun 2026 Document

POPs Chemicals - Hexachlorobutadiene

… organisms and birds. It can affect food chain due to its bioaccumulation and persistence. HCBD has been shown to cause …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Marine plastic litter and microplastics

17 Jun 2026 Document

Marine plastic litter and microplastics

17 Jun 2026 Document