This report summarizes a workshop—Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making: Implementing the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants held June 7-10, 2004, in Beijing, China. The presentations and discussions summarized here describe the types of scientific information necessary to make informed decisions to eliminate the production and use of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) banned under the Stockholm Convention, sources of information; scientifically informed strategies for eliminating POPs, elements of good scientific advice, such as transparency, peer review, and disclosure of conflicts of interest; and information dealing with POPs that decision makers need from the scientific community, including next steps to make such science available and ensure its use on a continuing basis. Table of ContentsFront MatterIntroductionReferencesAppendix A: Workshop AgendaAppendix B: List of Workshop ParticipantsAppendix C: POPs Survey and ResultsAppendix D: Graduate Students' Summary of Survey ResponsesAppendix E: List of Publications from Workshop in Chemosphere
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