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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
01 May 2013-Air quality and climate change (Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand)-Vol. 47, Iss: 2, pp 10
TL;DR: The Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) was entered into force on 17 May 2004, with Australia ratifying the Convention on 20 May, 2004 and becoming a Party on 18 August 2004.
Abstract: The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was entered into force on 17 May 2004, with Australia ratifying the Convention on 20 May, 2004 and becoming a Party on 18 August 2004. The objective of the convention is to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
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