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Article: The United Nations prohibits nine chemicals.(Inorganics)(Brief article)
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- China Chemical Reporter
- Article date:
- June 6, 2009
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From May 4th to May 8th in 2009, representatives from about 150 countries worldwide gathered in Geneva, Switzerland and attended a conference held by the United Nations Environment Program. In the meeting, they unanimously agreed to phase out the use and production of nine categories of chemicals which are still widely used in various pesticides and flame retardants and included them in the "Stockholm Convention on POPs" list.
The nine categories are alpha-benzene hexachloride and beta-benzene hexachloride, hexabromodiphenyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether, tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ...