This NARAP addressing dioxins and furans, and hexachlorobenzene documents how the three governments will cooperate in implementing their obligations and commitments established in CEC Council Resolutions 95-05 and 99-01, the Stockholm Convention, other international agreements to which one or more of the Parties is a signatory, and their respective national programs.
The objective of this NARAP, comprising joint and individual actions of the Parties, is to improve the capacities of the Parties to reduce exposure to dioxins and furans, and hexachlorobenzene of North American ecosystems, fish and wildlife, and especially humans, and to prevent and reduce anthropogenic releases to the environment of dioxins and furans, and hexachlorobenzene and to promote continuous reduction of releases where feasible. (...) |
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