Back اتفاقية استكهولم بشأن الملوثات العضوية الثابتة Arabic Conveni d'Estocolm Catalan Stockholmská úmluva Czech Confensiwn Stockholm ar Lygryddion Organig Parhaus Welsh Stockholm-konventionen Danish Stockholmer Übereinkommen German Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants English Stokholma Konvencio Esperanto Convención de Estocolmo Spanish Stockholmi konventsioon Estonian
State parties to the Stockholm Convention as of 2016
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international treaty signed in 2001. The treaty became effective in May 2004. Its aim is to limit the use and production of Persistent Organic Pollutants. Examples of substances affected by the treaty are Polychlorinated biphenyl and Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. An extension to the treaty in 2009 added other substances, like Lindane. Critics have said that the treaty limits the effectiveness of the fight against diseases such as malaria. This is not the case, as the use of certain substances for vector control is permitted; this includes the use against mosquitoes.[1][2][3]
- ↑ Curtis, C. F. (2002), "Should the use of DDT be revived for malaria vector control?", Biomedica, 22 (4): 455–61, doi:10.7705/biomedica.v22i4.1171, PMID 12596442.
- ↑ 10 Things You Need to Know about DDT Use under The Stockholm Convention (PDF), World Health Organization, 2005.
- ↑ Bouwman, H. (2003), "POPs in southern Africa", Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Vol. 3O: Persistent Organic Pollutants, pp. 297–320, archived from the original on 2007-10-10, retrieved 2011-05-28.