Purpose and issuesPersistent organic pollutants (POPs) are complex molecules which, unlike other pollutants, are not defined by their chemical composition (since they are so varied) but rather by four properties they have in common. They possess toxic properties, resist degradation, bioaccumulate, and are transported through air, water and migratory species across international boundaries. The definition of POPs is therefore strictly regulatory. All POPs are organic compounds; they are often simply termed pesticides, PCBs, or dioxins (see below).
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D'encombrants pesticides au Mozambique.
05/01/2009
La future réglementation européenne sur les pesticides inquiète
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Designed to recognize grassroots environmental heroes, the Goldman Environmental Prize, founded by Richard and Rhoda Goldman in 1989 In San Francisco, is awarded annually to individuals from the six inhabited continental regions for sustained and significant efforts to...
A month after the explosion at the AZF chemical factory in Toulouse, its manager authorised the discharge of...
Pesticide use
