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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
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<p>Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international <a href="/facts/Environmental_law/wgFnMNQ6">environmental</a> <a href="/facts/Treaty/KCfhDfDV">treaty</a>, signed on 22 May 2001 in <a href="/facts/Stockholm/sD74W4Pm">Stockholm</a> and effective from 17 May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of <a href="/facts/Persistent_organic_pollutant/80UtnJEp">persistent organic pollutants</a> (POPs). </p>