stockholm convention: necessity and implementation

The stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants (pops) aims to restrict and ultimately eliminate the production, use, release and storage of pops through a range of measures aimed at reducing and ultimately eliminating their releases into the environment and subsequent human exposure# persistent organic pollutants (pops) are hazards to human health and exhibit harmful effects on the environment, owing to their typically lipophilic and bio-accumulative nature# the present article describes the recent studies on the health and environmental problems due to the pollution of pops# besides, the future prospective, convention and regulation and control and removal measures of pops have also been discussed#