INDIAN CABINET RATIFIES BAN ON 7 HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS LISTED UNDER STOCKHOLM CONVENTION
The Union Cabinet ratified ban on seven Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) listed under Stockholm Convention.
The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and environment from POPs, which are identified chemical substances that persist in the environment, bio-accumulate in living organisms, adversely affect human health/ environment and have the property of long-range environmental transport (LRET).
The Cabinet’s approval for ratification of POPs demonstrates India’s commitment to meet its international obligations with regard to protection of environment and human health.
