English Wikipedia - The Free Encycl...
Download this dictionary
Persistent organic pollutant
Persistent organic pollutants
(
POP
s) are
organic compounds
that are resistant to
environmental degradation
through
chemical
,
biological
, and
photolytic
processes. Because of their persistence, POPs
bioaccumulate
with potential significant impacts on
human health
and the environment. The effect of POPs on human and environmental health was discussed, with intention to eliminate or severely restrict their production, by the international community at the
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
in 2001.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License