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    Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are carbon-based chemicals that evaporate at room temperature and are found in many household products like paints and cleaners. Common VOCs such as benzene, formaldehyde, and xylene can irritate the eyes, nose, and throat when breathed in, and cause difficulty breathing, nausea, and damage to organs and the nervous system. They can also cause cancer. VOCs also affect plant growth and make trees more sensitive to environmental stresses. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are chemical substances that persist in the environment, accumulate in living organisms, can travel long distances, and have harmful effects. The most harmful POPs include DDT, PCBs, and

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    Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are carbon-based chemicals that evaporate at room temperature and are found in many household products like paints and cleaners. Common VOCs such as benzene, formaldehyde, and xylene can irritate the eyes, nose, and throat when breathed in, and cause difficulty breathing, nausea, and damage to organs and the nervous system. They can also cause cancer. VOCs also affect plant growth and make trees more sensitive to environmental stresses. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are chemical substances that persist in the environment, accumulate in living organisms, can travel long distances, and have harmful effects. The most harmful POPs include DDT, PCBs, and

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    Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are carbon-based chemicals that evaporate at room temperature and are found in many household products like paints and cleaners. Common VOCs such as benzene, formaldehyde, and xylene can irritate the eyes, nose, and throat when breathed in, and cause difficulty breathing, nausea, and damage to organs and the nervous system. They can also cause cancer. VOCs also affect plant growth and make trees more sensitive to environmental stresses. Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are chemical substances that persist in the environment, accumulate in living organisms, can travel long distances, and have harmful effects. The most harmful POPs include DDT, PCBs, and

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    Volatile organic compounds are a group of carbon-based chemicals (Kemicals) that easily

    evaporate at room temperature. Many common household materials and products, such as paints
    and cleaning products, give off VOCs.
    Common VOCs include acetone, benzene (BENCIN), ethylene glycol (GLAICOL),
    formaldehyde (FORMOLDEHAI), methylene chloride (CLORAID), perchloroethylene,
    toluene (TALIU-IN) and xylene (ZAI-LIN)
    Breathing (BRIDING) VOCs can irritate the eyes, nose and throat, can cause difficulty
    breathing and nausea, and can damage the central nervous system as well as other organs .
    Also some VOCs can cause (COUS) cancer.
    And on environment, COVs affect the growth and metabolism of plants, in addition to
    increasing the sensitivity of trees to frost, heat and drought.

    Persistent organic pollutants are chemical substances that have four basic characteristics:
    persistence, bioaccumulation, potential for long-range transport in the environment, and adverse
    effects
    The most harmful POPs are: aldrin, chlordane, dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT),
    dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, mirex, toxaphene, polychlorinated biphenyls,
    polychlorinated dioxins and polychlorinated furans.
    effects of POPs can include cancer, allergies and hypersensitivity, damage to the central and
    peripheral nervous systems, reproductive disorders, and disruption of the immune system.
    On envirtonment, COPS cause decrease and alteration in biological diversity

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