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 ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—synthetic toxic chemicals often found in food sources and stored in body fat—are associated ...

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) ...

A new study reveals how engineered biochar can dramatically improve the removal of toxic pollutants from water by harnessing the power of persistent free radicals. The research offers a promising ...

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 ...