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Publications and documents

Documents for the Second Conference of Parties (COP-2)
Meeting and Information Documents for the COP-2 held from May 1-5, 2006 in Geneva.
Visit http://www.pops.int/documents/meetings/cop_2/meetingdocs/default.htm

Documents of the First meeting of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC)
Useful Documents of the First meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC).
Visit http://www.pops.int/documents/meetings/poprc/

Fighting the menace of POPs
This factsheet on ‘Fighting the menace of Persistent Organic Pollutants’ gives a short background on POPs, including a ‘Rogue’s gallery’, and the global steps taken to fight them. It delves into the sources, production and unintentional releases of POPs. It also discusses the POPs problem in India.
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First Conference of Parties (COP-1) Documents
Meeting as well as Information Documents for COP1.
Visit http://www.pops.int/documents/meetings/cop_1/meetingdocs/en/default.htm

Report of First Meeting of POPs Review Committee
Meeting report of the first meeting of POPs Review Committee.
Visit http://www.pops.int/documents/meetings/poprc/meeting_docs/reports/default.htm

Report of the First Conference of Parties (COP-1)
Report of the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on the work of its first meeting.
Visit http://www.pops.int/documents/meetings/cop_1/meetingdocs/en/cop1_31/COP1_REPORT.pdf

Summary of COP-2 Proceedings
Summary of proceedings at the Second Conference of Parties from May 1-5, 2006 in Geneva.
Visit http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/enb15135e.pdf

The Egg Report
A study of free-range chicken eggs collected near waste incinerators, cement kilns, the metallurgical industry, waste dumps, and chemical production facilities involving chlorine found evidence of high levels of dioxin and PCB contamination. Seventy percent of the samples exceeded the European Union (EU) limit for dioxins in eggs. Sixty percent of them also exceeded proposed EU limits for PCBs in eggs. Three egg samples reported in this study contain some of the highest dioxin levels ever measured in chicken eggs. To our knowledge, this study represents the first data about these substances in chicken eggs for Belarus, Bulgaria, Egypt, India, Mexico, Kenya, Mozambique, Philippines Senegal, Tanzania, Turkey, and Uruguay.
Visit http://ipen.ecn.cz/index.php?z=&l=en&k=documents&r=viewtxt&id=111&id_rubriky=12

The next phase: A factsheet
The entry into force of the Stockholm Convention finishes one phase or work on dealing with Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), and signals the start of a new phase. The Convention does not just deal with the past or the 12 substances that it identified for action, but also with future potential threats of a similar nature. The Convention was designed to be able to respond to those new threats, and to find new and better ways of dealing with the old threats.
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The Stockholm Convention: A factsheet
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is an international treaty designed to end the production and use of some of the world’s most poisonous chemicals. Countries that have ratified the Convention are committed to take certain steps to reduce the menace of POPs.
(For more information on the Stockholm Convention, go to http://ipen.ecn.cz)
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