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persistent organic pollutant
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persistent organic pollutant
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) a toxin resulting from a manufacturing process, which remains in the environment for many years Abbreviation POP


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Now, these persistant organic pollutants (POP) are present in the bodies of every person, and it will take "generations to rid them from the world, even if we never release another ounce.
With Native people across the country increasingly frightened and angry at the legacy of environmental devastation they already bear -- everything from persistant organic pollutants (POPs) entering the food chain and wreaking genetic havoc, to destruction of forests sanctioned by provincial and federal governments and even the courts -- NRTEE's task force found the complaints too many and the job too big.
 
 
 
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