Persistent pollutants face global ban
The United Nations has begun work on a global treaty to reduce or phase out many of the most toxic long-lived industrial pollutants.
References:
1998. The Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution Meeting of the United Nations Environment Program. June. Aarhus, Denmark. (Information about the Aarhus Protocols can be found at http://www.unece.org/env/env_eb1.htm.)
Further Readings:
Raloff, J. 1996. The pesticide shuffle. Science News 149(March 16):174.
______. 1995. Fishy clues to a toxaphene puzzle. Science News 148(July 15):38.
______. 1994. Mercurial airs: Tallying who's to blame. Science News 145(Feb. 19):119.
Additional information about toxic chemicals and persistent organic pollutants can be found at the UNEP Web sites at http://irptc.unep.ch/irptc/ and http://irptc.unep.ch/pops/.
Sources:
Michael Gilbertson
International Joint Commission
100 Ouellette Avenue
Windsor, Ontario N9A 6T3
CanadaLars Nordberg
Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations
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CH 1211 Geneva
SwitzerlandLuke Trip
Environment Canada
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Hull, Quebec K1A OH3
CanadaUNEP Chemicals (IRPTC)
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Case Postale 356
CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva
SwitzerlandMichael Williams
UNEP/IUC
Geneva Executive Center
Box 356
1219 Chatelaine
Switzerland
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