Implementing international agreements on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) : proposed amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act / Linda-Jo Schierow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schierow, Linda-Jo, author.

Series:

CRS report for Congress ; RL33336.

CRS report for Congress ; RL33336

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pesticides--Environmental aspects.

Pesticides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Implementing International Agreements on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 2006.

Summary:

Between 1998 and 2001, the United States signed two international treaties and one executive agreement to reduce production and use, and regulate trade and disposal, of certain "persistent organic pollutants" (POPs) and other chemicals that (for the most part) are strictly regulated in U.S. commerce. POPs are chemicals like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the pesticide DDT that do not break down easily in the environment, tend to accumulate as they move up the food chain, and may be harmful to people and wildlife. The President signed and has submitted the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent to the Senate for advice and consent. If the Senate consents by a two-thirds majority, and the Congress passes legislation that is needed to implement the two treaties (as well as the executive agreement, the POPs Protocol to the Aarhus Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution), then the treaties can be ratified and the agreements would take effect domestically.

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