Open AccessPOPs the word
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/eo081i051p00626-03
Subject(s) - bioaccumulation , pollutant , deposition (geology) , environmental chemistry , environmental science , treaty , geography , environmental protection , chemistry , ecology , political science , biology , law , paleontology , sediment
Text for a United Nations treaty requiring governments to limit and halt the use of a number of so‐called persistent organic pollutants, or POPs, was finalized on December 11. POPs are highly stable compounds that can bioaccumulate in living organisms, and can also circulate for decades in the environment through evaporation, atmospheric transport, and deposition.