What does POP stand for?

Persistent Organic Pollutant

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Oct 27, 2009 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.

Ministry of Agriculture and FAO Sign Agreement

Byline: ANI Washington, October 22 (ANI): A new study has determined that the melting of glaciers due to global warming may explain the mysterious increase in persistent organic pollutants in sediment from certain lakes since the 1990s.

Glacial melting blamed for increased pollutants in environment

Aside from being more healthful for the environment in that does not rely on chemicals, organic farming also prevents persistent organic pollutants (POPs), from entering the environment.

Sustainable Produce in Your Sustainable Reusable Grocery Bag

A 160-nation meeting this week added the chemicals — labeled as posing a risk to people's health and the environment — to the list of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, or POPs, which bans or restricts their use, according to a statement by the U.

UN: Treaty expanded by 9 more dangerous chemicals

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION Ratifying the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a priority as the global community takes action on chemical substances, affecting both basic manufacturers in the U.

2009 legislative outlook

Researchers today presented the evidence at the Dioxin Conference that chemicals - Persistent Organic Pollutants - which do not degrade in the environment are present at primary schools and can accumulate over time in human or animal tissue creating a risk to health.

Dust pollution a threat - in school; EDUCATION: City boffins discover ...

The county has become the first in the region to sign the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which legally binds governments to discontinue the use of chemicals that cause the most harm to the environment.

Pioneer plans to go green

Early in his first term President Bush signed the UN Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Convention, effectively banning many important insecticides, including DDT, that are essential for controlling malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

Misdirected malaria program causes disease to spread