Persistent organic pollutants (#POPs) #bioaccumulate and harm human health. But, good news: in recent years the emissions of POPs have continued to fall, thanks to environmental action at EU and international levels.

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> This argument blithely obscures the fact that most natural chlorine found in the environment is inertly bound up as salt. The chemical industry invests huge amounts of energy to split #salt molecules to produce caustic soda and highly reactive chlorine gas, most of which is directed to form downstream products called #organochlorines (carbon-bonded chlorine compounds). Nearly all organochlorines are #toxic, persistent or liable to #bioaccumulate in the #FoodWeb once..[in] the environment.