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Summary Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic (carbon-based) chemicals that remain in the environment for long periods of time. BIOREMEDIATION OF PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS -A REVIEW 15.1 Introduction. Persistent Organic Pollutants Authors: Viktor Shatalov, Knut Breivik, Torunn Berg, Sergey Dutchak and Jozef Pacyna 8.1 Introduction The rapid growth in chemical and agrochemical industries during the last century have resulted in the environmental releases of a large number of new chemical compounds into the environment. 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Persistent organic pollutants are carbon-based chemicals that persist in the environment for a long time, are damaging to the environment, wildlife, and people, and can be spread over long distances. 0000003557 00000 n STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS The Parties to this Convention, Recognizing that persistent organic pollutants possess toxic properties, resist degradation, bioaccumulate and are transported, through air, water and migratory species, across international boundaries and deposited far from their place of release, where they Organic pollutants includes phenols, chlorinated phenols, endocrine disrupting chemicals, azo dyes, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, etc., whereas inorganic pollutants includes a variety of toxic heavy metals such as cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), arsenic (As), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), etc. x�b```"6�{� cg`a�pr8{f4�8�$J�>0�0tu��6Ř){S��g�� Q*��xq{�q�9w^4h�B\bٵ�߫X�ll�桩�C��{Нe�E3!6ĜQ�[�M��^���d�؝���DL768��}��: stream Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that originate from man-made sources associated with the production, use, and disposal of certain organic chemicals. 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Persistent organic pollutants Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)are organic chemical substances, that possess a particular combination of physical and chemical properties that gives them four characteristics: • Persistence: they are very stable and resistant to degradation processes and can remain intact in the environment for exceptionally Overview of metabolic disturbances associated with POPs exposures. 37 Full PDFs related to this paper. Department of Family Medicine and Public Health. Exposure to POPs can lead to cancer, endocrine disruption, reproductive and immune dysfunction, and neurobehavioral and Due to the persistent nature of POPs, many of these compounds migrate naturally from the environment into plant food sources and up the food chain where they bioaccumulate in the fatty tissue of animals. In 2008, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants identified a ‘dirty dozen’ chemicals that pose severe enough risk to human health to warrant worldwide restriction (United Nations Environment Programme, 2008). Summary Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic (carbon-based) chemicals that remain in the environment for long periods of time. The Convention entered into force on 17 May 2004, ninety (90) days after submission of the fiftieth instrument Persistent organic pollutants (POP) are toxic chemical substances, resisting disintegration, and accumulating in organisms, transferred by air, water and, via migrating biological species, across international borders, and are deposited far from the location of their releasing, where It is a group of chemicals that persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a severe risk to human health and the environment. 0000001321 00000 n This book consists of four technical articles and an introduction that discusses the characteristics of persistent organic … Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are environmental chemicals that persist in the environment for long periods of time. ISBN 978-1-78985-807-5, eISBN 978-1-78985-808-2, PDF ISBN 978-1-83962-120-8, Published 2019-04-10. The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, which was adopted in 2001 and entered into force in 2004, is a global treaty whose purpose is to safeguard human health and the environment from highly harmful chemicals that persist in the environment … LIST OF BANNED PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPs) Stockholm Convention of 2001 had 12 numbers of POPs banned worldwide with the twelve (12) being referred to as “12 Dirty Dozen”with took effect from 2004 In 2009, through the Conference of Parties … POPs have harmful impacts on human health or on the environment. Other POPs such as volatilized industrial pollutants as well as pollutants from fuel combustion can also contaminate large areas due to dispersion by wind and rainfall. 211 0 obj <> endobj p u %p y Zimmerman, E.M. Thurman, and K.C. 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