POPs are persistent organic pollutants, which is a hazardous organic chemical compound that is resistant to bio degradable, which then remains in the environment for a long time. POPs were originally used in agriculture, disease control, manufacturing and industrial processes, such as Poly Chlorinated Biphenyl (PCB), Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane (DDT), and dioxin. Since POPs are biodegradable they will last in the environment for a long time.
POPs will work their way through the food chain by accumulating in the body of the living organisms that consume this substance and by becoming more concentrated as they move up the the food chain levels. This process is known as bio magnification. Small releases of POPs can have very significant impacts on the environment because of their bio magnification trait.
POPs were realized to be bad in the early 2000s, late 1990s they started to notice that POPs can be transported by wind and water and affect people and wildlife far from where they were used and released. This substance can accumulate and pass from one species to the next through food chains. Greatly affecting the environment in a bad way.
In 2001 of May in Stockholm Sweden, under the treaty known as the Stockholm convention, countries agreed to reduce and or eliminate the production and use of many types of POPs. The Canadian government was one of the 90 countries to sign the groundbreaking treaty. Their goal was to reduce the production and use of POPs, to show their participation they signed the treaty.
Non-chemical substances are now used to reduce the impact of hazardous side effects.
POPs will work their way through the food chain by accumulating in the body of the living organisms that consume this substance and by becoming more concentrated as they move up the the food chain levels. This process is known as bio magnification. Small releases of POPs can have very significant impacts on the environment because of their bio magnification trait.
POPs were realized to be bad in the early 2000s, late 1990s they started to notice that POPs can be transported by wind and water and affect people and wildlife far from where they were used and released. This substance can accumulate and pass from one species to the next through food chains. Greatly affecting the environment in a bad way.
In 2001 of May in Stockholm Sweden, under the treaty known as the Stockholm convention, countries agreed to reduce and or eliminate the production and use of many types of POPs. The Canadian government was one of the 90 countries to sign the groundbreaking treaty. Their goal was to reduce the production and use of POPs, to show their participation they signed the treaty.
Non-chemical substances are now used to reduce the impact of hazardous side effects.