POPs, or persistent organic pollutants, are toxic chemicals that accumulate and poison the environment. They include commonly recognized names like the pesticide DDT and the large group of ...

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), such as PCB and mixtures of different POPs, affect the way the adrenal cortex functions and thereby the synthesis of the stress hormone cortisol. Karin E ...

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 ...

(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 ...