Toxic pesticide that laces our utility poles has been globally banned after unprecedented vote at UN meeting on chemicals
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
16 May 2015
(Geneva, Switzerland) - Delegates from more than 90 countries took the unprecedented step of voting for a global ban on pentachlorophenol - a proven toxic pesticide and contaminant found in wildlife and human biomonitoring studies worldwide. The historic vote came at the combined meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions - which usually make decisions by consensus - after India repeatedly blocked action.
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