The signing of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 2001 marked a historic moment, as it was the first global treaty aimed at eliminating or restricting chemicals ...

Oluseun Badejo, Project Officer at BCCC-Africa, gave a presentation on “Basel & Stockholm Convention Guidelines for ESM of Wastes Consisting of, Containing or Contaminated with POPs,” in which ...

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (hereinafter referred to as the Stockholm Convention) was adopted and opened for signature at the Conference of Plenipotentiaries held in ...

Delegates from around the world have agreed to add two plastics additives and a pesticide to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, an international treaty that lists toxic ...

International agreements, like the 2001 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 1 attempt to combat the adverse effects of POPs by regulating the production and use of these pollutants.

Science X Science News Wire : The 20th anniversary of China's signing of the Stockholm Convention: Towards a POPs-free world -- a press release is provided to you ìas isî with little or no review from ...

Lindane is one of the persistent organic pollutants, which are toxic chemicals that persist in the environment for long periods, resisting degradation through natural processes. They can remain in ...

One global mechanism is the Stockholm Convention on POPs, which requires signatories to adopt a range of control measures to reduce and, where feasible, eliminate the release of POPs. Although the U.S ...