POPs Review Committee call for information

The POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutant) Review Committee has called for interested parties to submit information on substances currently under review. Closing dates for submissions are in https://chm.pops.int/TheConvention/POPsReviewCommittee/Meetings/POPRC19/POPRC19Followup/tabid/9694/Default.aspx?utm_source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=chemicals-guidance-hse&utm_term=pops-2&utm_content=crd-10-nov-23  The substances and conditions in question are:

• Chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14–17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight
• Long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds
• Chlorpyrifos
• Persistent organic pollutants in stockpiles, products and articles in use and in wastes
• Long-range environmental transport