Persistent Organic Pollutants
activities to address and regulate POPs, which are noted for their persistence and bioaccumulative characteristics, as well as their semi-volatility; the Stockholm Convention on POPs seeks to to protect human health and the environment from these chemicals, which include first generation organochlorine insecticides such as dieldrin, DDT, toxaphene and chlordane as well as industrial chemical products or byproducts such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
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guest articles
SEE MORETowards a Healthier Future: The Contributions of the EU to the Activities of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
An Overview of the GEF’s Funding for Chemicals
Building an Effective Future-proof International Chemicals and Waste Regime
policy briefs
SEE MOREGreening Building and Construction for Sustainable Development
From Feedstocks to Feedback Loops: Linking Chemicals and Climate Change
Textiles Under a New Global Chemicals and Waste Framework
Integrating Policy: Water, Endocrine Disruptors, and Pharmaceuticals
Events
SEE MOREBasel Convention COP17, Rotterdam Convention COP12, and Stockholm Convention COP12
28 April - 9 May 2025
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Nineteenth Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-19)
9-13 October 2023
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Fifth Meeting of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5)
23-29 September 2023
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Second Berlin Forum on Chemicals and Sustainability
4-5 September 2023
Berlin, Germany
Basel Convention COP16, Rotterdam Convention COP11, and Stockholm Convention COP11
1-12 May 2023
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Eighteenth Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-18)
26-30 September 2022
Rome, Lazio, Italy