Question

The original list from the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) of 12 hazardous chemicals, called the ____________________, which includes DDT and eight other chlorine-containing persistent pesticides, PCBs, dioxins, and furans.

Answer 1

Answer:

The dirty dozen.

Explanation:

This is mainly seen in the control of hazardous waste and its regulations through treaty in the control of persistent organic pollutant(POPs). This regulation is seen to occur in 12 widely used persistent organic pollutants; these are seen to have the ability to absorb and store tissues that make them fatty especially in humans and also animals found in the higher trophic levels or in the food web. That being said, it can be noted that the dirty dozen can move or even attain hundreds, or thousands of levels towards the environ and also in other cases, transporting them through air or water as the case may be.