Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Templeton, Jessica

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“…The networks they form allow for the rapid diffusion of information and ideas among the experts of the community. Ideas are evaluated as they emerge during this socialization process, leading to the formation of a shared assessment of a problem, its risks and its adequate policy solutions (Antoniades, 2003; Haas, 1992; Templeton, 2011). Their ability to rapidly create and disseminate knowledge gives them an important role, especially in times when policymakers face crises and need the rapid provision of expert knowledge on which to base their policy solutions.…”

Section: Seeking Epistemic Consensus: a Gamblementioning

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Epistemic competition in global governance: The case of pharmaceutical patents

Couette

2024

Global Policy

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Expert consensus helps policymakers solve complex problems by identifying and legitimizing policy solutions. Yet, persistent hesitation remains among policymakers regarding the technically adequate policy solution despite the existence and mobilization of epistemic communities. This paper contends that more attention should be given to studying the epistemic competition that may arise when multiple epistemic communities grapple with the same problem but have divergent understandings of its technical nature and its adequate policy solutions. Building on Science and Technology Studies and on the literature on polarization, this paper suggests that two social dynamics, namely the mobilization of resources and increased polarization, may complexify the technical disagreement among experts. In turn, these dynamics may lead to a deadlock in the debates, negatively impacting the institutional context where they take place. To illustrate this, this paper analyzes the case of the pharmaceutical innovation system, which has been prone to tensions between experts arguing for strong patent protection and experts arguing for greater flexibility to meet public health needs. This paper builds on a mixed method combining a social network analysis of experts invited to provide their expertise in the WHO‐WTO‐WIPO Trilateral Cooperation events and on semi‐structured interviews with 24 of these experts.

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Section: Seeking Epistemic Consensus: a Gamblementioning

confidence: 99%

Epistemic competition in global governance: The case of pharmaceutical patents

Couette

2024

Global Policy

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Persistent organic pollutants in Chinese waterways: Occurrence, remediation, and epidemiological perspectives

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Deng

Chowdhury

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Regional Studies in Marine Science

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Health risk of consuming Sphoeroides spp. from the Navachiste Lagoon complex due to its trace metals and organochlorine pesticides content

Muñoz-Armenta

Pérez-González

Rodríguez-Meza

et al. 2022

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The Navachiste complex (NAV) is impacted by neighbored human activities and is located in the southwestern coastal zone of the Gulf of California. The study determines the trace metal (TM) and organochlorine pesticides (OCP) health risk content in the edible tissue of Sphoeroides spp. from NAV. The daily intakes (EDI), target hazard quotient (THQ), hazard index (HI), and carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks were calculated. Twenty OCP and seven TM were detected. Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb, and Zn were above MRLs. The γ‒Chlordane was the most frequent OCP. The highest average concentration was for α‒HCH, followed by γ‒chlordane. With the high ratios of γ‒HCH, p, p′‒ DDD and p, p′‒DDD, and the absence of p, p′‒ DDT, the higher ratios for dieldrin and endrin than for aldrin, α‒ chlordane, γ‒chlordane, heptachlor, and heptachlor epoxide indicates historical contamination. In contrast, the residual products of methoxychlor, endosulfan, and its isomers indicate endosulfan's recent use. The TM EDI, THQ > 1 (at 120 g day−1), and the ILCR (> 1 × 10–6) were above minimum levels, showing a high-risk potential for cancer development in the long term.

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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Cited by 4 publications

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Epistemic competition in global governance: The case of pharmaceutical patents

Epistemic competition in global governance: The case of pharmaceutical patents

Persistent organic pollutants in Chinese waterways: Occurrence, remediation, and epidemiological perspectives

Health risk of consuming Sphoeroides spp. from the Navachiste Lagoon complex due to its trace metals and organochlorine pesticides content

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