If it is true that the hardest stone is done by the persistence of falling water points above it, it is more likely that a similar thing happens to humans with the continued «Precipitation» Chemicals on it «small points» but poisonous. Are you walking through the streets of a crowded city? Think of the repulsive smells that leak you from the exhaust of cars, factories and accumulated waste, as well as the resulting burning of plastics, charcoal, wood, cotton robes, etc. Not only does it smell like nose and smell, it's probably deeper than that. There are types of chemicals carried by these products that leak into the insides of the body in very small quantities, but their continued leakage leads to significant harm. It is even more serious that exposure to such materials is sometimes impossible to avoid because most of them come from public sources. The gravity of these species is compounded by the fact that they are a composite of organic materials that are the basis for the installation of organisms, which facilitates their entry into, and even the melting of, objects. But it does not come out of the body and settle in it, unlike its ease of entry. Scientists call them "pops" Permanent Organic Pollutants (POPs "pops") to express their above-mentioned characteristics.
In the 1960s, environmental expert Rachel Carison launched a siren through her book "Silent Spring" Silent Spring (1962). She drew attention to the issue of the indiscriminate and excessive use of chemicals and pesticides, especially DDT and similar material. The chemicals that sprinkle agricultural crops, forests and gardens remain long in the soil, blending with organisms and passing from one to the other, in a series of poisoning that may lead to death, "Karison said.
Gradually, scientists have demonstrated the sincerity of Carison's predictions about the long-term impact of insecticides on the environment and their living organisms. Most seriously, this group of pesticides has a stable chemical structure, and it does not degrade in the environment even after decades, in addition to its ability to stabilize human cells and organisms. Karison focused on the famous DDT substance, which was widely used after World War II, with the aim of eradicating insect-causing malaria and typhus. Its prevalence was that it had entered the Earth's frozen poles, which were previously free of persistent organic pollutants.
The POPs list includes a long list of pesticides and chemicals. After nearly four decades of Silent Spring, the world's environmental activists have come to impose an international agreement on the issue. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has developed the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, 2001, and is also overseeing its implementation and observing the extent to which States are committed to it.
In the past weeks, Egypt has secured the safe disposal of a shipment of the severely hazardous "Lindin" Lindane, a prohibited substance under the Stockholm Agreement. It was stored in a literary port in Suez and sent to France to be burnt in special ovens.
The story dates back to 1998 when it arrived at the literary port of an "unknown" shipment that was on its way to an African country. It remained at the port, with the disappearance of the exporter. It was then revealed that it contained 220 tons of the highly toxic "lindin" pesticide. The Suez Procuracy received the consignment containers and searched for a long time on the export side, but to no avail. Studies and scientific committees were held to discuss how to handle the shipment. It was clear that considerable scientific and technological potential was needed. The decision was then taken to move it out of Egypt to burn in special ovens, hazardous materials and waste.
Egypt had the opportunity to obtain funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to implement a project entitled "Sustainable management of persistent organic pollutants", implemented by the Egyptian Ministry of Environment under the auspices of the World Bank. One of the main components of the project was the disposal of 1,000 tons of stagnant, abandoned and expired pesticides stored in some locations, including the "Lindine" shipment.
That article was included in the list issued by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, which was launched in 2004 with the aim of banning the production and export of POPs materials. Egypt was one of the first countries to sign the agreement and even issued a national plan to deal with POPs.
It was inevitable that the linline shipment would be disposed of in a scientific and secure manner that would apply to the global standards and specifications established by the Stockholm Agreement and the Basel Convention dealing with the control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. Therefore, the Egyptian Ministry of Environment announced a global tender according to the World Bank's procedures. It was won by a Greek company with global experience in that field. The consignment was delivered at the literary port. The site was then equipped and provided with the necessary equipment for the safety of its personnel, as well as in-depth training in that area. Thereafter, the process of refilling the components of the consignment began in special bags stamped with the United Nations seal. The bags were then placed in containers specially qualified for that work, in preparation for travel and incineration in special ovens in France. The old containers in which the consignment had been asleep were also cleared for a long time and transported out of Egypt.
In cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture, another quantity of up to 10 tonnes of pesticides in the list of POPs was accounted for, also to be deported with the linline shipment. Under heavy security, the consignment was transported overland from the port of literary in Suez to the port of al-Dekheila in Alexandria, waiting for the group working in the field of transporting hazardous materials. After a comprehensive scientific study to assess the environmental impact of the transport process, the approvals of the cargo route states were obtained. The dubious shipment of the lindine left the land of Kanana, on a journey without return.