Persistent Organic Pollutants in Egypt - an Overview
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Over the past few decades, scientists around the world have revealed the sinister impacts that persistent organic pollutants (POPs) could inflect on man and his environment. Growing interest in monitoring and managing POPs was building up at a worldwide level and Egypt was no exception. Egypt has ratified the Stockholm Convention for controlling the emission of POPs and had its National Implementation Plan (NIP) in accordance with other signatory countries. On the other hand, a set of environmental measures was adopted for environmental protection aiming among other things to minimize the emission of POPs in different environmental segments. A prominent component of the NIP was the preparation of an inventory of POPs that main industries and other activities produce. POPs use in Egypt was mainly limited to organochlorine and cyclodiene pesticides, used extensively to protect cash crops. With Egypt catching up with industry–based economy, numerous industries were established with the likelihood of using, emitting a wide array of chemicals that include POPs. Residues of some POPs, especially DDT and other pesticides were monitored in a variety of environmental matrices that include marine, freshwater, humans, food and many others. Monitoring studies of PCDD and PCDF were comparatively less frequent because of the special techniques required. The present review sheds some light on some of the prevailing conditions of POPs, their emission, management and institutional aspects. Residues of some POPs in some Egyptian environmental segments are
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