Director of Environmental Management, Conservation Division, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie, is presented with the educational children’s activity and colouring book ‘POPs and the Family’ by Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Denise Antonio. The book, which is intended for national distribution, is a specialised public-education product designed to help children identify and avoid persistent organic pollutants (POPs) commonly found in certain industries and substances in Jamaica. The handover ceremony was held on Thursday (March 9) at NEPA’s offices in Kingston. UNDP and NEPA are undertaking the public-education initiative as part of a comprehensive national project to reduce and eventually eliminate the importation, stockpiling and use of sources of POPs in Jamaica. POPs are present in widely used chemicals such as dielectric fluids in electrical equipment, flame retardants and pesticides. Exposure to POPs is hazardous to human health and has been linked to chronic illnesses, certain cancers, birth defects, and dysfunctional immune and reproductive systems.
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Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Denise Antonio and Director of Environmental Management, Conservation Division, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Anthony McKenzie, examine illustrations in the educational children’s activity and colouring book, ‘POPs and the Family’. The handover ceremony was held on Thursday (March 9) at NEPA’s offices in Kingston. UNDP and NEPA are undertaking public education as part of a comprehensive national project to reduce and eventually eliminate the importation, stockpiling and use of sources of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Jamaica. POPs are present in widely used chemicals such as dielectric fluids in electrical equipment, flame retardants and pesticides. Exposure to POPs is hazardous to human health and has been linked to chronic illnesses, certain cancers, birth defects, and dysfunctional immune and reproductive systems.
