Persistent Organic Pollutants Knowledge 100 Questions

Author: Yu Gang / Huang Jun (editors)
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book addresses the new global environmental issue of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, introducing 100 related questions in a question-and-answer format to make the content easily understandable. It covers topics such as what POPs are, their characteristics, where they exist, the harms they pose to humans and the environment, why international society needs to unite to control POPs, the goals and main content of international conventions, how to control and eliminate POP pollution, the history and current status of POPs in China, and how to avoid exposure to POPs in daily life. This book serves as a popular science reading material for people from all walks of life to understand basic POP knowledge, and can also be used as supplementary reading for postgraduate or undergraduate students in environmental science, environmental engineering, and related fields at universities.