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Trade Union participation at COP3 – May 2007 |
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Sustainlabour participated as part of the Trade Union delegation at the Third Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (COP) that took place in Dakar (Senegal) from the 30th April 30 to 4th May.
POPs are very toxic chemical substances, persistent in the environment and bio-accumulate through the food web. They do not degraded easily in the environment and they accumulate in body tissues, and pose a serious risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment.
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28th of April - Dead & Injured Workers Remembered |
International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers.
World wide hundreds and thousand die in “workplace” accidents. Millions die of occupational diseases. Every year Union organisations are ready to remedy this. Prevention is the only cure!
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Why a Clearing House for workers and trade unions? |
This website on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is intended to be a working tool, mainly for workers and Trade Unions, but also for other stakeholders and major groups.
This clearing house has been designed to be user-friendly and follows these objectives: To inform you and to put you in contact.
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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.
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