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Among the variety of chemical substances, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) pose a particularly high risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment.
Chemicals in the POPs group are used in agriculture and industry and some are un-intentionally produced by-products. It is widely accepted that the use of such substances cannot be considered a sustainable practice. However, for different social and economic reasons such substances are still in use and/or released into the environment.
The Stockholm Convention is a global agreement that entered into force in May 2004 and targets 12 particularly toxic POPs for reduction and eventual elimination. To visit the official website of the
If you want to know more about POPs you can have a look at this site:
What are they?and POPs cards.Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants click here. |
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