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What does POPS mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: POPS.
Term | Definition | Rating |
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POPS | Privately Owned Public Space(s) | |
POPS | Proactive Occupant Protection System | |
POPS | Publically Owned Point Sources | |
POPS | Positive Options For Positive Students | |
POPS | People Offering People Support | |
POPS | Performance Optimized Page Sizing | |
POPS | Property Of Purgatory Security | |
POPS | Problem Oriented Public Safety | |
POPS | Primary Oceanographic Prediction System | |
POPS | Pursuit Of Peace And Security | |
POPS | Port Operational Performance Simulator | |
POPS | Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonic Symphony | |
POPS | Father | |
POPS | The Physicians Organization Profile System | |
POPS | Positive Opportunities for Parenting Success | |
POPS | Professional Opportunities Program for Students | |
POPS | Privately Owned Public Spaces | |
POPS | Pain Of the Prison System | |
POPS | Pantograph Optical Projection System | |
POPS | Purchase Order Processing System | |
POPS | Parents of Pre schoolers | |
POPS | Pattern Over Pulse Sequence | |
POPS | Probability Of Precipitation So | |
POPS | Peers On Problem Solving | |
POPS | Polishing Our Precious Stones |
What does POPS mean?
- POPs
- Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), sometimes known as "forever chemicals", are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They are toxic chemicals that adversely affect human health and the environment around the world. Because they can be transported by wind and water, most POPs generated in one country can and do affect people and wildlife far from where they are used and released. The effect of POPs on human and environmental health was discussed, with intention to eliminate or severely restrict their production, by the international community at the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001. Most POPs are pesticides or insecticides, and some are also solvents, pharmaceuticals, and industrial chemicals. Although some POPs arise naturally (e.g. from volcanoes), most are man-made. The "dirty dozen" POPs identified by the Stockholm Convention include aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, HCB, mirex, toxaphene, PCBs, DDT, dioxins, and polychlorinated dibenzofurans.
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