title: Environmental toxicology. Treaty takes a POP at the dirty dozen.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enserink
mesh_terms: D003634:DDT; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007391:International Cooperation; D010575:Pesticides / Q000633:toxicity; D014116:Toxicology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014480:United Nations
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D010575:Pesticides; D003634:DDT