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The 30 pages that link to Persistent organic pollutant, each with the reason it gives.

• BioaccumulationRelated: Persistence gives some pollutants more time to accumulate in organisms.

• BiomagnificationBroader topic: Long-lived pollutants are especially able to pass through repeated feeding and accumulate.

• DDTNarrower topic: DDT became a prominent example of the persistence and long-range transport targeted by this category.

• BromineNarrower topic: Certain brominated compounds, including some flame retardants, meet concerns associated with this broader category.

• BlubberRelated: Some pollutants concentrate in blubber because they dissolve readily in fat.

• Toothed whaleRelated: Long-lived toothed whales can accumulate pollutants through prey and pass them to offspring.

• Soil contaminationNarrower topic: This broader pollutant class includes chemicals that can remain in soil for decades.

• Environmental persistenceBroader topic: This group is defined partly by resistance to environmental breakdown.

• Biological half-lifeBroader topic: Some such pollutants accumulate in tissue and are eliminated slowly, giving them long biological half-lives.

• Aquatic toxicityRelated: Persistence and accumulation can prolong aquatic exposure long after release.

• Environmental fateBroader topic: These chemicals exemplify how persistence and transport produce widespread exposure.

• PolytetrafluoroethyleneCompared with: PTFE itself is not interchangeable with listed persistent organic pollutants, but its life cycle raises persistence concerns.

• Stockholm ConventionNarrower topic: The treaty targets this class of chemicals through elimination, restriction, and release reduction.

• Chemical wasteBroader topic: Persistence can make some discarded chemicals dangerous long after release.

• Flame retardantNarrower topic: Some flame-retardant chemicals persist and travel far from where products were used.

• FluorinationRelated: Some persistent fluorinated compounds remain in ecosystems long after their production or release.

• BrominationNarrower topic: Some brominated chemicals persist and spread far beyond their sites of use.

• Great Lakes Water Quality AgreementRelated: The agreement addresses legacy and emerging toxic pollutants in Great Lakes waters and wildlife.

• Herring gullRelated: Long-lived gulls can accumulate these pollutants, making them useful subjects for monitoring.

• Bottlenose dolphinRelated: These contaminants can build up in dolphins through marine food webs.

• HaloalkaneNarrower topic: Some organohalogen pesticides persist and bioaccumulate, motivating international controls.

• LindaneNarrower topic: Lindane’s persistence and long-range transport led to its listing under this category.

• Perfluorooctanoic acidNarrower topic: PFOA’s persistence prompted controls under international pollution agreements.

• AldrinNarrower topic: Aldrin meets the defining concerns behind international controls on persistent pollutants.

• DieldrinNarrower topic: Dieldrin exemplifies the persistence and long-range risks addressed by this category.

• HalocarbonRelated: Some halocarbons persist, travel long distances, and build up in living organisms.

• Organochlorine chemistryNarrower topic: Many regulated organochlorines became prominent examples of this broader pollution problem.

• 2,3,7,8-TetrachlorodibenzodioxinNarrower topic: TCDD persists, bioaccumulates, and is covered by international controls on persistent pollutants.

• FluorocarbonCompared with: Some fluorinated substances share persistence concerns, but not all fluorocarbons meet this definition.

• ToxapheneNarrower topic: Toxaphene’s persistence and long-range transport fit the defining concerns of this category.