Ten years after entry into force of the Stockholm Convention: What do air monitoring data tell about its effectiveness?

Henry Wöhrnschimmel; Martin Scheringer; Christian Bogdal; Hayley Hung; Amina Salamova; Marta Venier; Athanasios Katsoyiannis; Ronald A. Hites; Konrad Hungerbühler; Heidelore Fiedler

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.01.090

doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.01.090

Ten years after entry into force of the Stockholm Convention: What do air monitoring data tell about its effectiveness?

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Environmental Pollution8.90

Volume: 217, Pages: 149 - 158

Published: Oct 1, 2016

Abstract

More than a decade ago, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), one of the multilateral environmental agreements administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), entered into force. The objective of this Convention is to protect human health and the environment by controlling the releases of POPs. According to its Article 16, the effectiveness of the Stockholm Convention shall be evaluated using...