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The seventh meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-7) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) took place from 10 to 14 October 2011 in Geneva. POPRC-8 was held from 15 to 19 October 2012 in Geneva, POPRC-9 to POPRC-15 were held in Rome, while POPRC-16 needed to be held online.
POPs have low solubility in water but are easily captured by solid particles, and are soluble in organic fluids (oils, fats, and liquid fuels). POPs are not easily degraded in the environment due to their stability and low decomposition rates. Due to this capacity for long-range transport, POP environmental contamination is extensive, even in ...
The Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants, a 1998 protocol on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), is an addition to the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). The Protocol seeks "to control, reduce or eliminate discharge, emissions and losses of persistent organic pollutants" in Europe, some ...
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Privately owned public space (POPS), or alternatively, privately owned public open spaces (POPOS), are terms used to describe a type of public space that, although privately owned, is legally required to be open to the public under a city's zoning ordinance or other land-use law. The acronym POPOS is preferentially used over POPS on the west ...
Top of the Pops was first broadcast from Dickenson Road Studios in Manchester Dusty Springfield was the first act to be featured on the show [4] The Rolling Stones were the first group to appear on the show [4] (group pictured in concert in The Hague in 1967) The first edition of Top of the Pops was broadcast on Wednesday, 1 January
Investors are cheering as Pandora Media reported better-than-expected earnings, sending shares higher after hours. The company also raised guidance to top Street estimates and CEO Joseph Kennedy ...
Logo IPEN's action during the negotiations for a plastics treaty (Uruguay, 2022). The International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) (formerly International POPs Elimination Network) [1] is a global network of NGOs dedicated to the common aim of eliminating pollutants, such as lead in paint, mercury and lead in the environment, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), endocrine disrupting ...