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Chemical treaty covers nine additional pollutants.

Publication: World Watch
Publication Date: 01-SEP-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Chemical treaty covers nine additional pollutants.(EYE ON EARTH)

Article Excerpt
An international treaty designed to eradicate persistent organic pollutants (POPs), some of the world's most harmful chemicals, was recently expanded to include nine additional pollutants.

Five of the pollutants are no longer in production and will be banned entirely. The other four chemicals--lindane, two forms of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and perfluorooctanyl sulfonate (PFOS)--will be phased out with various...

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