PCBWaterContamination.docVIP

Persistent Organic Pollutants Developing Countries General Information Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are a class of organic compounds frequently used in the industry as chemical insulators, for electrical systems, in the production carbonless copy paper, and for pesticides. POPs are relatively stable chemicals which don’t degrade easily. As we will see, this principal characteristic has the potential cause enormous environmental devastation. The most common POPs are Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDTs), which we will examine in depth. Com