SCIE 1P50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cerium, Wind Turbine, Erbium
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Buy standards from chemical companies to compare compounds. International agreement about what we should be doing w/ a lot of these chemicals. Agreement to eliminate the production of certain persistent organic pollutants (pops) Phase out (obviously can"t stop immediately) production and use of intentionally produced pops. Reduce and, where feasible, eliminate releases of unintentionally produced. Interventions to stop them from unintentionally being produced (costly); can"t stop all production from consumption but try to. Mechanisms in place to clean up old stockpiles and remediate (i. e. , seal up, create barrier to keep pop from getting into environment) equipment containing. Pops; chemicals used in various industrial processes (i. e. , equipment, stockpiles) > 156 countries signed the agreement to date. Pcbs decided to stop production of them immediately. * doesn"t suddenly go away, but it becomes illegal to manufacture them in countries that have signed convention. Stop using pcb laden equipment by 2025.
