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Amended POPs treaty enters into force
27-Aug-2010
Revisions agreed last year to the UN Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) came into force yesterday. The changes added nine substances to the convention: pentabromodiphenyl ether (pentaBDE), chlordecone, hexabromobiphenyl (HBB), alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (alphaHCH), beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (betaHCH), lindane, commercial octabromodiphenyl ether (c-octaBDE), pentachlorobenzene (PeCB) and perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS).
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