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Human body burden of persistent organic pollutants in breast milk in China

Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, 2020
Human breast milk is recommended by World Health Organization as an ideal matrix for conducting human biological monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). And it is the main matrix to evaluate the efficacy of performing Stockholm Convention. In
Lei ZHANG, Jingguang LI, Yunfeng ZHAO, Yongning WU   +3 more
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European cooperation to tackle the legacies of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and lindane

Emerging Contaminants, 2022
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) waste isomers from lindane production are the largest single POPs legacy, with an estimated 4.8 to 7.4 million tonnes of disposed waste.
John Vijgen, Boudewijn Fokke, Guido van de Coterlet, Katja Amstaetter, Javier Sancho, Carlo Bensaïah, Roland Weber   +6 more
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Chlorinated paraffins in the technosphere: A review of available information and data gaps demonstrating the need to support the Stockholm Convention implementation

Emerging Contaminants, 2020
Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) have been produced for a wide range of applications, mostly in open uses, such as metalworking fluids, lubricants, coolants or additives in consumer goods.
Yago Guida, Raquel Capella, Roland Weber
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European Convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and the right to a healthy environment [PDF]

Glasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine, 2023
The right to a healthy environment is not explicitly mentioned in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms from 1950. The mentioned right is more recent and belongs to human rights of the third generation In the
Kostić Jelena
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From Arctic Science to Global Policy – Addressing Multiple Stressors Under the Stockholm Convention

Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 2021
Rapid climate change in the Arctic triggers the remobilization of chemical pollution, increasing its exposure and potential impacts in the region. While scientific knowledge on multiple stressors, including the interlinkages between climate change and ...
Eirik Hovland Steindal, Marianne Karlsson, Erlend A. T. Hermansen, Trude Borch, Froukje Maria Platjouw   +4 more
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Identification of Branched and Linear Forms of PFOA and Potential Precursors: A User-Friendly SMILES Structure-based Approach

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and related compounds are per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) of concern from toxicological, environmental, and regulatory perspectives.
Ann M. Richard, Hannah Hidle, Grace Patlewicz, Antony J. Williams   +3 more
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Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background DDT was among the initial persistent organic pollutants listed under the Stockholm Convention and continues to be used for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases in accordance with its provisions on acceptable purposes.
Henk van den Berg, Gamini Manuweera, Flemming Konradsen   +2 more
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The Use of Arctic Science: POPs, the Stockholm Convention and Norway

Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 2017
The focus in this article is on how scientific knowledge on POPs in the Arctic has been used in international regulations, and can be used today. More specifically, I explore Norway’s active (and successful) nominations over the past decade of new POPs ...
Svein Vigeland Rottem
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Polychlorinated biphenyls: Hazardous properties and environmentally sound management in Ukraine

Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2020
Polychlorinated biphenyls are one of the most dangerous compounds for human health and the environment and are included to Annex C of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
N. O. Ryzhenko, O. I. Bondar, V. V. Chetverykov, Y. O. Fedorenko   +3 more
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Plasma concentrations of chlorinated persistent organic pollutants and their predictors in the general population of Algiers, Algeria

Emerging Contaminants, 2021
Background: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are subject of particular attention and in-depth studies which demonstrate their toxicity towards humans and biotope in general. POPs are therefore addressed by the Stockholm Convention globally with human
El Hadia Mansouri, Mohamed Reggabi
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