Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee

The environmental survey and/or monitoring data on the chemicals relevant to the live substances that were proposed for listing in Annex A of Stockholm Convention and considered at the first meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) held in November 2005, are pentabromodiphenyl ether (PeBDE), chlordecone,... 

UNEP, 2005. Report of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) on the work of its first meeting, Geneva, 7-11 November 2005 (available at http //www. pops.int/documents). 

POPRC Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee... 

Boudreau, T.M., Sibley, P.K., Mabury, S.A., Muir, D.C.G., and Solomon, K.R. 2003. Laboratory evaluation of the toxicity of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) on Selenastrum capricornutum, Chlorella vulgaris, Lemna gibba, Daphnia magna and Daphnia pulicaria. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 44 307-313. As cited in United Nations Environmental Programme, 2006. Report of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on the Work of Its Second Meeting. Addendum Risk profile on perfluorooctane sulfonate. 

Tue NM, Takahashi S, Suzuki G et al (2013) Contamination of indoor dust and air by polychlorinated biphenyls and brominated flame retardants and relevance of non-dietary exposure in Vietnamese informal e-waste recycling sites. Environ Int 51 160-167 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2013) Recommendation by the persistent organic pollutants review committee to list hexabromocyclododecane in annex A to the Stockholm convention and draft text of the proposed amendment. Conference of the parties to the Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants sixth meeting, Geneva, Switzerland (28 April-10 May 2013)... 

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