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Science 15 December 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5499, p. 2053
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5499.2053
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ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY:
Treaty Takes a POP at the Dirty Dozen

Jocelyn Kaiser and Martin Enserink

Last month's talks to mitigate global warming may have flopped, but this week brought some consolation to those concerned about the planet's environmental health: the first-ever global agreement to abolish a class of dangerous industrial chemicals. The treaty, finalized by representatives of 122 countries meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, also spells out a process to determine the next chemicals to be proscribed.

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