POPs, or persistent organic pollutants, are toxic chemicals that accumulate and poison the environment. They include commonly recognized names like the pesticide DDT and the large group of industrial ...

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences have unveiled a promising strategy to address persistent organic pollutants—dangerous substances ...

A recent Environmental Health Perspectives study determined the impact of early life exposure to potent aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) agonists on gut microbiota and its potential effects on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Participants on a Mediterranean diet with low persistent organic pollutants exposure had lower risk for ...

Environment ministers endorsed the Council’s mandate to negotiate with the European Parliament an agreement on the regulation to further restrict the presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) ...

The Council and the Parliament reached a provisional deal concerning the revision of annexes to the persistent organic pollutant regulation in order to set further restrictions to the presence of ...