Northern Lights Against POPs

Download or read book Northern Lights Against POPs written by Inuit Circumpolar Conference and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2003 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is an "insider view" of global policy-making, reflecting the concerns of scientists, international negotiators, and circumpolar Inuit and other Arctic indigenous peoples about health and environmental issues relating to persistent organic pollutants. In May 2001 representatives of 111 nations gathered in Stokholm to sign a legally binding convention to eliminate or reduce emissions of pesticides, insecticides and other industrial combustion by-products. Northern Lights Against POPs tells the many-faceted scientific, policy, legal and advocacy story that led to the Stockholm convention.