Chemical Tests Under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

The Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants was adopted in Stockholm in 2001 and entered into force in 2004. This convention is a global agreement to protect human health and the environment from chemicals that remain in the environment for a long time, spread over a geographically wide area, accumulate in the adipose tissue of humans and wildlife, and have harmful effects on human health or the environment.

Exposure to persistent organic pollutants has serious health effects, including certain cancers, birth defects, immune and reproductive system problems, increased susceptibility to disease, and damage to the nervous system.

The Stockholm convention, made in response to this global problem, requires measures to eliminate or reduce the release of persistent organic pollutants into the environment. In short, the Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants is a global agreement whose purpose is to protect human health and the environment from highly harmful chemicals that remain in the environment and affect human well-being as well as wildlife.

Persistent organic pollutants are toxic chemicals that adversely affect human health and the environment worldwide. Because they can be carried by wind and water, many such pollutants produced in a country affect people and wildlife far from where they are used and released. They remain in the environment for a long time and can be transferred and accumulated from one species to another through the food chain. To address this global concern, the Stockholm convention aims to reduce or eliminate the production, use and release of 12 key persistent organic pollutants.

Most of the persistent organic pollutants covered in the Stockholm convention are no longer produced. However, the risk remains due to persistent organic pollutants produced unintentionally or persistent organic pollutants released elsewhere and then transported, for example, by wind or water. Most developed countries have taken strong steps to control persistent organic pollutants, but a large number of developing countries have begun to restrict their production, use and release more recently.

Among the numerous test, measurement, analysis and evaluation studies it provides for businesses in various sectors, our organization also provides chemical testing services within the scope of the Stockholm contract on permanent organic pollutants with its trained and expert staff and advanced technological equipment.