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Home
The Convention
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Overview
Text of the Convention
20th Anniversary
History
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Amendments
Overview
Proposed amendments
Legal Matters
The POPs
The POPs
All POPs
The 12 Initial POPs
The New POPs
Chemicals Proposed for Listing
Conference of the Parties
Conference of the Parties
Overview and Mandate
Bureau
Rules of Procedure
Meetings
Reports and Decisions
Call for Information
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POPs Review Committee
Overview and Mandate
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BAT and BEP
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Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
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Additional Resources
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PCBs in the Mediterranean
Compilation of PCB applications for owners and public officials
- Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Spain (SCP/RAC) 2015
Guide de la Gestion Écologiquement Rationnelle de PCB en Mediterranée
- Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Spain (SCP/RAC) 2015
Guidelines for Environmentally Sound Management of PCBs in the Mediterranean
- Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Spain (SCP/RAC) 2015
The PCBs elimination network: the information exchange platform created for the risk reduction of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 29 July 2012
PCBs levels down in Norwegian polar bears
- EurekAlert, 29 March 2012.
Industrial chemicals linked to attention problems in Massachusetts children
- Environmental Health News, 5 March 2012.
High levels of PCBs tied to defective sperm in infertile men
.- Environmental Health News, 28 February 2012.
Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Exposure and Diabetes: Results from the Anniston Community Health Survey
- Environmental Health Perspectives, 14 February 2012.
Ministerio de Ambiente establece plan para eliminar residuos peligrosos de PCB
- El Informador, 21 January 2012.
PCB but not DDE linked to lower birth weight in European studies
- Environmental Health News, 9 December 2011.
PCBs eating away at turtles
- Discovery News, 23 November 2011.
Les PCB seraient responsables de maladies artérielles
– Actu-Environnement, 12 Octobre 2011.
Pigments may be a new source of PCBs
– Environmental Health News, 8 July 2010.
PCB : la pollution est mieux connue, pas mieux combattue
– Actu-Environnement, 5 May 2010.
Banned for 24 years, PCBs still linger
– swissinfo.ch, 5 April 2010.
Do PCBs at local schools pose a health risk?
– The Riverdale Press, 11 February 2010.
UNIDO signs $ 14 million GEF-Funded Project for phase-out of PCB pollutants in India
– PIB India, 4 February 2010.
Selection of Persistent Organic Pollutant Disposal Technology for the Global Environment Facility - A STAP advisory document
PCB Transformers and Capacitors - From Management to Reclassification and Disposal (UNEP, 2002)
Framework for the management of PCBs (Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, 2001)
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