Because these large predators do not migrate widely, their body burdens of
persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are a good indicator of how polluted their home waters might be.
The speakers at the workshop highlighted that Pakistan is a party to the Stockholm Convention on
Persistent Organic Pollutants, and the ministry of climate change is implementing the project "Review and Update of National Implementation Plan of Stockholm Convention on
Persistent Organic Pollutants in Pakistan" as it is need of the hour to review, assess, and update the National Implementation Plan (NIP) and Action Plan.
Persistent Organic Pollutants - Management and International Regulations
Scientists from European and US universities, government laboratories, and regulatory agencies provide a broad reference on two classes of food contamination, considering first regulatory control and environmental pathways, then particular
persistent organic pollutants, toxic metals, and metalloids.
Buonsante Vito (ClientEarth) launches a similar accusation: "The EU is making a mockery of the convention and of its own rules by suggesting that HBCD could be recycled despite a clear prohibition from the convention and the EU implementing regulation on the recovery and recycling of
persistent organic pollutants".
Climate change is increasing the vulnerability of life on Earth to
persistent organic pollutants (POPs), a UN research team concluded in a major study previewed at the international climate change talks in Cancun in December 2010.
"Inverse associations between long-term weight change and serum concentrations of
persistent organic pollutants," International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 7 September 2010; doi: 10.1038/ijo.
A bank of US government agencies requested the study on sources, transport, and destiny of four specific classes of pollutants: ozone and its precursors, fine particulate matter and its precursors, atomic and molecular mercury, and
persistent organic pollutants. In more detail, researchers were charged with considering the impacts of long-range pollution transport on air quality, pollutant deposition, and radiative forcing in the US; the impacts of US emissions on foreign air and environmental quality; how these emissions and impacts may change in the future.
Dr Sophie St-Hilaire said: "The trends are consistent with what we would expect, given the effects of climate on the deposition, absorption, and degradation of
persistent organic pollutants, including pesticides."
Damascus, (SANA) -- Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Agriculture Organization / FAO/ signed Tuesday an agreement for getting rid of
persistent organic pollutants and the expired pesticides.
Ongoing work in this field may provide additional insight into the fate of
persistent organic pollutants in the Alpine environment, " the report concludes.