Convention of Stockholm

The Stockholm convention of 22 May 2004, this treaty was signed under the aegis of the United Nations and implemented on May 22nd 2004. The treaty includes 179 member states to which 152 countries are signatories. It aims to eradicate nine persistent organic pollutants (aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, toxaphene and the PCBs). Its aim is to strongly reduce the production and use of DDT’s and to predict and limit the formation and release of dioxins and furans.