ABSTRACT
Adopted in 2001, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is a legally binding global agreement designed to protect human health and the environment from exposure to certain hazardous, transboundary chemical pollutants. POPs fall into three categories: pesticides, such as DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), which is still used for malarial vector control in Sub-Saharan Africa; industrial chemicals, such as the flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane; and unintended by-products of combustion and industrial processes, such as dioxins and furans.
