India signs Stockholm Convention

Hospital waste management suffers from poor understanding and even poorer implementation

at least 120 countries have agreed to become signatories to a un treaty banning or restricting the use of 12 toxic chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants ( pop s). The treaty,

Persistent organic pollutants found Rising sea level and erosion aside, the Sundarbans now face a new threat. An international research team has detected polybrominated diphenyl ethers (pbde), a

India to toe industry s line in ratifying crucial treaty