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SUMMARY

ersistent organic Pollutants and use of these pollutants, as well
(POPs) are chemical substances as their emissions and releases. The
Pconsidered a serious threat to the convention entered into force on May
environment and human health. This 17th 2004 being Colombia one of the
feature is attributed to POPs due to the participating countries. Until now,
following properties that have been some of the identified compounds are
observed in this group of compounds: A) banned and others are still permitted in
they are highly resistant to degradation controlled quantities due to their toxicity,
so they remain in the environment for a therefore it is important to carry out a
long time; B) they are bioaccumulative, control or treatment of these persistent
that is, they accumulate in the tissues of organic compounds that are already in
living beings and are incorporated into the environment in order to mitigate
the food chain; C) they are toxic to health environmental and social impacts. The
and the environment; D) they travel long aim of this work is to identify which
distances and can be found in places compounds have been classified as POPs
where they have never been produced according to the Stockholm Convention
or used. This makes POPs a global as well as the main sources and uses of
problem that must be controlled. For these chemicals compounds in Colombia
that, in 2001 was signed the Stockholm in order to associate their impacts on
Convention with the aim of protecting the environment and the health of the
human health and environment by population.
reducing or eliminating the production
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