Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
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This is a group of twelve particularly hazardous substances (pesticides, industrial chemicals and chemical by-products) with a very long lifetime and which migrate into soils and water, sometimes over very long distances.
They accumulate in the food chain and are easily ingested by life forms, causing immune problems and genetic malformations.
In view of the serious impacts of POPs on the environment and health, the FGEF began supporting programmes that aim to eliminate these pollutants in 2004.