March 2015

Environmental and health impact associated with the dissemination of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Yaoundé

Cameroon signed in 2001 and ratified in 2005, the Stockholm convention which aimed at restricting and eliminating the production, utilization and discharge of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Since then, the implementation of this convention in countries is not effective despite the perceptive diffusion of this toxic chemical substance. Few studies on the diffusion of POPs and risks attached to it have been carried...

Author(s): NANFA Dieudonné,, Ndonwi E Ngwa, Donfack S Olivier, FOPA L. G. Bertrand and ATOGHO T. Barbara,