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Issued: 10 November 2023

 

This ebulletin contains information relating to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

Calls for Information on Persistent Organic Pollutants

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are inviting stakeholders to provide information regarding a number of proposed POPs ahead of a meeting of the POPs Review Committee (POPRC).

The UK is a party to the Stockholm Convention on POPs, which are substances that persist in the environment, accumulate in living organisms, pose a risk to our health and the environment, and have the potential for long range transport across international borders.

 

Additional information is requested for the following substances:

Chlorpyrifos

This is an insecticide which is no longer registered for use in the UK.

 

The requested information relates to socio-economic considerations to assist the drafting of a Risk Management Evaluation (as specified in Annex F of the Stockholm Convention).

 

Further details and information submission forms for chlorpyrifos can be found on GOV.UK.

 

Completed forms and/or queries should be directed to the Defra POPs team at POPs@defra.gov.uk

 

Deadline: 24 November 2023

Medium chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs)

Industrial chemical. Newly recommended for listing as a POP under the Stockholm Convention.

 

In October 2023, POPRC agreed the Risk Management Evaluation for MCCPs, and decided to recommend to the Conference of Parties (COP) 2025, that it considers listing MCCPs for elimination (under Annex A of the Stockholm Convention) with specific exemptions for several applications.

 

The Committee have invited Parties and observers to provide information that would assist in the possible strengthening of the recommendations by the Committee.

 

Further details and information submission forms for MCCPs can be found on the POPRC call for information.

 

Deadline: 18 January 2024

Long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs)

Industrial chemical. Newly recommended for listing as a POP under the Stockholm Convention.

 

POPRC has agreed the Risk Management Evaluation of LC-PFCAs, their salts, and related compounds, and the substance is recommended to the COP 2025 to be listed for elimination (under Annex A of the Stockholm Convention).

 

The Committee have invited Parties and observers to provide information that would assist in the possible refining of recommended specific exemptions for production and use of LC-PFCAs.

 

Further details and information submission forms for LC-PFCAs can be found on the POPRC call for information.

 

Deadline: 18 January 2024