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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)


  • The Convention was adopted on May 22, 2001 and entered into force on May 17, 2004. India ratified the Convention on   January 13, 2006.
  • The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from a class of chemicals known as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
  • POPs remain intact in the environment for long periods (persistent), become widely distributed geographically (long range transport), accumulate in the fatty tissue of humans and wildlife (bioaccumulation), and have a harmful impact on human health, or on environment (toxic).
  • Under the Convention, the chemicals can be listed for complete elimination from production, use, export and import (Annex-A), Restriction in use and production for specific purpose only (Annex-B) or Unintentional production (Annex-C).
  • Till date, 26 chemicals are listed as POPs under the Stockholm Convention. As of now, India has ratified only the 12 initially listed POPs. 
[Read also about related Conventions, The Basel Convention and The Rotterdam Convention]
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