Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—synthetic toxic ...

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that threaten human health and cause environmental deterioration. The production and use of POPs peaked during the post-war industrial boom ...

T he presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in all the world's oceans but one has been in steady decline since 2001, when 152 countries agreed on a comprehensive global ban. The ...

Image Credit: StoryTime Studio/Shutterstock.com Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as 3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF), are widely prevalent and bioaccumulate in the environment ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 5, 2011) Recent findings add to a growing body of evidence that persistent organic pollutants (POPs) might drive changes in the body that lead to diabetes, researchers say. A ...

The Council and the Parliament reached a provisional deal concerning the revision of annexes to the persistent organic pollutant regulation in order to set further restrictions to the presence of ...

Manama, Aug. 23(BNA): The Kingdom of Bahrain has today officially launched the National Plan for Persistent Organic Chemical Pollutants (POPS). Oil and Environment Minister, Special Envoy for Climate ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are linked to higher long-term blood pressure in adolescents post-bariatric surgery. These chemicals, stored in body fat ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—synthetic toxic chemicals often found in food sources and stored in body fat — are ...