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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policy briefs
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Linked to Climate and Land Agendas, Sand and Dust Storms Gain Attention
Events
SEE MORESecond Segment of the Basel Convention COP15, Rotterdam Convention COP10, and Stockholm Convention COP10
6-17 June 2022
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
High-level Segment of the meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions
1 June 2022
Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
17th Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee
24-28 January 2022
Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
Basel Convention COP15, Rotterdam Convention COP10 and Stockholm Convention COP10
26-30 July 2021
virtual
Berlin Forum on Chemicals and Sustainability
7-8 July 2021
virtual
Fifth Meeting of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) [Postponed]
5-9 July 2021
Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany