Dr Heloo said the country is a party to the Stockholm Convention of Article 6 Section 1 (e) which states that “parties shall endeavour to develop appropriate strategies for identifying sites contaminated by chemicals; if remediation of these sites is undertaken, it shall be performed in an environmentally sound manner”.
She was speaking in Accra on Tuesday at a national meeting on contaminated sites assessment aimed at offering a unique opportunity for participants to address contemporary pollution and contamination challenges facing the country.
The programme is in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation with the Blacksmith Institute from the United States, under the ambit of the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution.
Dr Heloo said the importance of the meeting was due to the fact that issues relating to toxic chemicals and persistent organic pollutants and the resultant are devastating health effects, which degrade the quality of the environment.
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