These substances join a list of 12 other so-called persistent organic pollutants, or POPS, that are prohibited under a 2001 international treaty known as the Stockholm Convention. UN Environment ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—synthetic toxic ...

Taking a painkiller to cure a headache might seem quite harmless. But many of the medicines we take can have far-reaching impacts on the environment, wildlife and potentially our own health. View on e ...

Meanwhile, pharma products also generate non-degradable waste materials – known as environmentally persistent pharmaceutical pollutants ... with the global environment." They also hope to ...

Scientists from The University of Manchester have developed a new material designed to reduce water pollution caused by ...

Rourkela have developed an innovative method to remove pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater, offering a sustainable and cost-effective solution to a growing environmental concern. The project ...

USC researchers have found that persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—synthetic toxic chemicals often found in food sources and stored in body fat — are associated with long term higher blood pressure ...