UN official asks to eliminate dangerous chemical substances
28 Apr '06
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Other issues on the conference agenda include the strengthening of a global monitoring network to track the levels of POPs in the environment, technical assistance, financial resources, the first review of the financial mechanism, approaches to minimizing releases of dioxins and furans, non-compliance and liability and redress.
The 12 initial POPs covered by the Convention include nine pesticides (aldrin, chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex and toxaphene); two industrial chemicals (PCBs as well as hexachlorobenzene, also used as a pesticide); and unintentional by-products, most importantly dioxins and furans.
Governments are expected to add more chemicals to this list over the coming years.
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