The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee, a scientific body to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, will meet next week to review three new chemicals proposed for listing under the global chemicals treaty. The Committee will have before it new proposals for listing chlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorobutadiene, and pentachlorophenol, its salts and esters in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Stockholm Convention.  
Chlorinated naphthalenes (CNs) were used for decades for wood preservation, as additive to paints and engine oils, and for cable insulation and in capacitors. Until the 1970s CNs were high volume chemicals. Hexachlorobutadiene was a widely used fumigant used to control pests. Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an organochlorine compound used as a pesticide and a disinfectant. All three chemicals were proposed by the European Union for consideration for listing under the Convention. (...)

The article:
http://www.facebook.com/notes/safe-planet/un-chemical-body-set-to-review-three-new-chemicals-for-global-action/296088787070238?ref=nf

Daily Web Updates:
http://www.iisd.ca/chemical/pops/poprc7/

The Stockholm Convention website:
http://chm.pops.int/Home/tabid/2121/Default.aspx

Basic Information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Convention_on_Persistent_Organic_Pollutants

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convenzione_di_Stoccolma_sugli_inquinanti_organici_persistenti

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Persistent Organic Pollutants in a global changing climate:

http://www.enea.it/it/produzione-scientifica/EAI/anno-2012/n.-6-novembre-dicembre-2012/persistent-organic-pollutants-in-a-global-changing-climate

Passato... presente:

https://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=794:convention-de-stockholm-sur-les-polluants-organiques-persistants&catid=33:ambiente&Itemid=58