treaty on the dirty dozen

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The "treaty on the dirty dozen" is an international environmental agreement aimed at eliminating or restricting a group of highly toxic, long-lasting chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chemicals control treaty
international environmental agreement
multilateral treaty
addresses adverse effects on human health
adverse effects on wildlife
bioaccumulation in food chains
long-range environmental transport of pollutants
adoptedAt Stockholm
adoptedIn 2001
adoptedOn 22 May 2001
aimsTo eliminate or restrict production and use of persistent organic pollutants
protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants
alsoKnownAs Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
surface form: POPs Convention

treaty on the dirty dozen
belongsToRegime international chemicals and waste regime
concludedUnderAuspicesOf United Nations Environment Programme
coversMedium air
soil
water
depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations
enteredIntoForceOn 17 May 2004
establishes Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention
focusesOn bioaccumulative toxic chemicals
long-range transboundary pollution
persistent organic pollutants
hasLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
hasMechanism procedure for listing additional chemicals as POPs
hasOfficialName Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
initiallyTargeted 12 persistent organic pollutants
legalStatus binding on its parties
nicknameRefersTo the original list of 12 POPs
providesFor financial and technical assistance to developing countries
relatedTo Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
requiresPartiesTo eliminate production and use of certain POPs
ensure environmentally sound management of POPs wastes
reduce or eliminate releases from unintentional production of POPs
restrict production and use of certain POPs
scope global
shortName Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
surface form: Stockholm Convention
subjectOf persistent organic pollutants

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treaty on the dirty dozen alsoKnownAs treaty on the dirty dozen
subject surface form: Treaty on the Dirty Dozen