Persistent Organic Pollutants || Sources
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Harrad, Stuart
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
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English
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are toxic, resistant to degradation, bioaccumulative, and display wide spatial distribution. They accumulate in humans and wildlife, and have been linked to cancer, as well as reproductive and immunological disorders. In 2001 a global treaty on POPs was agreed, t