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Nations agree to add pollutants under hazardous management

Methoxychlor, a pesticide, and two industrial chemicals, Dechlorane Plus and UV-328, are to be eliminated.

A two-week conference in Geneva ended with agreement to regulate more pollutants.
A two-week conference in Geneva ended with agreement to regulate more pollutants. (AN/Ehud Neuhaus/Unsplash)

GENEVA (AN) — Governments agreed to eliminate a widely used pesticide and two industrials chemicals after two weeks of negotiations under three global treaties in Geneva.

Methoxychlor, a pesticide, and two industrial chemicals, Dechlorane Plus and UV-328, are persistent organic pollutants, or POPs, to be eliminated under the legally binding Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, officials said on Monday.

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