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ざんりゅうせいゆうせんぶっしつ 残留性有機汚染物質
Noun
1. persistent organic pollutant; POP
Wikipedia definition
2. Persistent organic pollutantPersistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. Because of this, they have been observed to persist in the environment, to be capable of long-range transport, bioaccumulate in human and animal tissue, biomagnify in food chains, and to have potential significant impacts on human health and the environment. Many POPs are currently or were in the past used as pesticides.
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