<aside> ✋🏽 It is an international intergovernmental treaty to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

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• India is a signatory to the convention.
• signed on 22 May 2001 in Stockholm and effective from 17 May 2004.

POPs are chemicals that remain intact in the environment for long periods, become widely distributed geographically, accumulate in the fatty tissue of living organisms and are toxic to humans and wildlife.