Selecting chemical substances for the UN-ECE POP Protocol
| Autor: | E.J. van de Plassche, F. Balk, D Lerche, A. Schwegler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Environmental Engineering
Databases Factual International Cooperation Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Decision Making Biological Availability Risk Assessment Risk profile chemistry.chemical_compound Reference Values Pentachlorobenzene Environmental Chemistry Tissue Distribution Organic Chemicals Protocol (science) Persistent organic pollutant Waste management Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine General Chemistry Pollution Expert group Physical planning chemistry Environmental science Environmental Pollutants Christian ministry Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Chemosphere. 47:617-630 |
| ISSN: | 0045-6535 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0045-6535(02)00028-0 |
| Popis: | In 1998 the UN-ECE POP Protocol was signed. Sixteen substances are included in the protocol. They can be characterised as persistent, bioaccumulating and toxic organic substances prone to long-range atmospheric transport. The Dutch Ministry of Housing, Physical Planning and the Environment started a project to select possible candidates for the protocol. In the first phase of the project possible candidates were selected using the so-called 'PTB-database' applying the criteria from the protocol. From the 12 substances that met the criteria four substances were selected for which preliminary risk profiles were drafted: polychlorinated naphthalenes, dicofol, hexachlorobutadiene and pentachlorobenzene. These profiles are presented. Revised profiles have to be prepared for the UN-ECE LRTAP Ad hoc Expert Group on persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Ultimately, the process should lead to a proposal to include additional POPs to the UN-ECE POP Protocol. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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