Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) is an international environmental treaty signed on May 22, 2001, which was adopted on November 11, 2004, in China. Initially, the Convention targeted 12 key POPs, which were listed in Annex A (Elimination), Annex B (Restriction), and Annex C (Unintentional production). Later, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention, by its decisions, amended Annexes A, B and C of the Convention to include additional POPs that have passed the review for inclusion. So far, there are 30 POPs listed in the Annexes to the Convention.
Previously, at the 17th meeting of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC) held in January 2022, the POPRC adopted:
- the risk profiles for Dechlorane Plus and UV-328 (moving the chemicals to the next review stage requiring risk management evaluations);
- the risk management evaluation on methoxychlor (recommending the COP to list the chemical Annex A of the Convention).
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