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Renewing the battle against POPs

NPC approves restriction or ban on 10 chemicals China is staging a renewed battle against chemical pollution after the country's top legislative body passed two amendments to an international environmental treaty.

Fact sheet

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of POPs. It was signed in 2001 and entered into force in May 2004.

Defining 'persistent organic' dangers

Experts warn that POPs pose grave risks to the environment as well as the health of people, animals and all living things as they are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological or photolytic processes.

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Defining 'persistent organic' dangers

Experts warn that POPs pose grave risks to the environment as well as the health of people, animals and all living things as they are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological or photolytic processes.

Fact sheet

Renewing the battle against POPs

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