Category | Persistent Organic Pollutant |
Pesticide |
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Industrial Chemicals | 10. Hexachlorobenzene
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By-Products | 12. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and Polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF) |
The COP in 2017 added 16 new chemicals to the Stockholm Convention. Below are the 16 newly added chemicals under Stockholm Convention
Alpha hexachlorocyclohexane | Pentachlorobenzene |
Beta hexachlorocyclohexane | Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters |
Chlordecone | Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), its salts and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOSF) |
Hexabromobiphenyl | Polychlorinated naphthalenes |
Hexabromocyclododecane | Technical endosulfan and its related isomers |
Hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether (commercial octabromodiphenyl ether) | Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether (commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether) |
Hexachlorobutadiene | Decabromodiphenyl ether (Commercial mixture, cDecaBDE) |
Lindane | Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) |
IMPORTANT: The earlier given 12 POPs are important for UPSC exam. The 16 POPs are given only for your reference, you did not need to remember the names of these POPs.
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