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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Events
SEE MORENineteenth 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
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
Second 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