Policy paper

Call for comments: draft evaluations of substances proposed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Requesting comments on draft risk profiles and risk management evaluations for 5 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP review committee.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 28 April 2022
• Last updated: 28 February 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Risk profiles (covering Annex E of the Stockholm Convention)

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Risk management evaluation (covering Annex F of the Stockholm Convention)

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Chlorinated paraffins draft risk profile

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Chlorinated paraffins draft risk profile – additional information

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Chlorpyrifos draft risk profile

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Chlorpyrifos draft risk profile – additional information

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Dechlorane plus draft risk management evaluation

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Dechlorane Plus draft risk management evaluation – additional information

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Long-chain PFCAs draft risk profile

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Long-chain PFCAs – environmental concentrations database

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Long-chain PFCAs draft risk profile - additional information

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UV-328 draft risk management evaluation

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The UK is a party to the United Nations’ Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs). POPs are substances that persist in the environment, accumulate in living organisms and pose a risk to our health and the environment.

POPs can be transported by air, water, or migratory species across international borders, reaching regions where they have never been produced or used.

The Stockholm Convention’s POPs Review Committee (POPRC) has requested comments on the draft risk profiles (Annex E) for 3 substances:

• Chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14 to C17 and chlorination levels at or exceeding 45 per cent chlorine by weight (sometimes known as medium chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs))
• Long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), their salts and related compounds
• Chlorpyrifos

POPRC has also requested comments on the draft risk management evaluations (Annex F) for 2 substances:

• Dechlorane Plus
• UV-328

You can find more information about POPRC’s calls for comments and information on the Stockholm Convention’s website.

Comments

Comments were invited for an 8 week period between 28 April to 18 June 2022.

No comments were received.

Published 28 April 2022
Last updated 28 February 2023 + show all updates

1. 28 February 2023

   Updated the comments section to reflect that no comments were received.

2. 28 April 2022

   First published.