Understand the Danger
Become familiar with the dangers POPs pose to your health.
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. Because of their persistence, POPs bioaccumulate with potential adverse impacts on human health and the environment.
The truth is, danger lurks where you least expect it.
Understanding the Dangers of POPs
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Learn How To Protect Your Self
Say No To Persistant Organic Pollutants!
Discover More About Persistant Organic Pollutants
Watch the POPs Short Films
Farmer Ricky’s: Pesticide Predicament
Journey with farmer Ricky and his family as they embark on POPs Pesticides adventure.
Keith and Martin: The ABCs of POPs
Keith and Martin are up to it again but Adita is here to give these guys some education. Join this love-able crew as they learn the ABCs of POPs.
Patsy and Joe: Don't burn to learn!
Patsy learns an invaluable lesson in burning and what this means for her un born baby, friends and loved ones.
The truth is, danger lurks where you least expect it.
Understanding the
Dangers of POPs
Women of Childbearing Age
For pregnant women and women of childbearing age, exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) has been proven to cause adverse effects on the mother’s health,
Women of Childbearing Age
For pregnant women and women of childbearing age, exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) has been proven to cause adverse effects on the mother’s health,
Construction & Demolition
Typical workplaces are full of items that may be potentially hazardous as they contain Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The average employee may come into contact
Children
Young developing children are a product of their environment. And when their surroundings contain dangerous hazards such as Persistent Organic Pollutants, it’s important to educate
The truth is, danger lurks where you least expect it.
Understanding the Dangers of POPs
PBDEs & HBCD
At and around your household, you and your family may be exposed to a variety of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) including the Brominated Flame Retardants:
Pesticides
Whether you are on a farm spraying your crops or at the grocery store shopping for produce, you may be in contact with Highly Hazardous
UPOPs
In your backyard or even at the dinner table, you may be in contact with Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants (UPOPs) and not even know it.
PCBs
If you live or work near sites where PCB oils have been used or stored (such as power generation stations or transformer storage sites) you
PFOS
There are few contaminants that have been found around the world like Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS). Used in many popular consumer goods such as stain-resistant carpets,
What’s POP-ing
Keep Current With POPs News!
UPOPs Reduction through Improved Landfill Management
Under the project GEF 5558 for the Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism for POPs in the Caribbean, Component 2 addresses Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants (UPOPs) reduction through the
Why is Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Important?
The infographic below, from the Extension, Training and Services Division of The Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries of Trinidad and Tobago, illustrates how much
Update of National Implementation Plans
National Implementation Plans (NIPs) are one obligation under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants that guides the Parties to meet the objectives of the
Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism for POPs in the Caribbean
In 2013, eight countries in the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and
