Pakistan floods released stored toxic chemicals

New Scientist: The floods that tore through Pakistan earlier this year, affecting 20 million people, released some 3000 tonnes of dangerous chemicals into the environment. A report due to be published next year will warn that the event was not a one-off. Its findings were presented at the climate negotiations in Cancún, Mexico, yesterday. The long-lived chemicals, known collectively as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), include several banned pesticides and the insect repellent DDT. They are dispersed......

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