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ECOLOGY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Toxic gases
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Carbon monoxide
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Persistent organic pollutants
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Hospital acquired infections
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty that aims to protect human health and the environment from the effects of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The Convention entered into force on May 17, 2004.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first 12 POPs under the Stockholm Convention were aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, toxaphene, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), DDT, PCDD (dioxins) and PCDF (furans).
Detailed explanation-3: -The main objective of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (the Stockholm Convention) is to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Detailed explanation-4: -Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)-UPSC Notes. Conference of Parties (COP) 10 to Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Adopted in 2001 by Conference of Plenipotentiaries) will take place in July 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland.