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Chemical Factsheet Index


POPs Factsheets
 Persistent Toxics Substances

CHEMICAL FACTSHEETS




Chemical fact sheets are available for the persistent organic pollutants listed in the Stockholm Convention and those perstistent toxic substances identified in the UNEP Regional Based Assessment Reports.







Chemicals - Persistent Organic Pollutants




Persistent Organic Pollutants as listed in the Stockholm Convention

Open Document Aldrin Open Document Dieldrin
Open Document Chlordane Open Document Toxaphene
Open Document Mirex Open Document Endrin
Open Document Heptachlor Open Document Hexchlorobenzene (HCB)
Open Document Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Open Document DDT Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane
Open Document Dioxins -Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) Open Document Furans -Dibenzofurans (PCDF)






Chemicals - Persistent Toxics Substances



Chemicals found in the Regional Based Assessment Reports

Open Document Aldrin Open Document Atrazine
Open Document Chlordane Open Document Chlordecone
Open Document Chlorinated paraffins Open Document DDT
Open Document Dieldrin Open Document Dioxins
Open Document Endrin Open Document Endosulphan
Open Document Heptachlor Open Document Hexchlorobenzene (HCB)
Open Document Hexchlorocyclohexanes (HCH) Open Document Lindane
Open Document Mirex Open Document Organotin
Open Document Organolead Open Document Organomercury
Open Document Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Open Document Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbens (PAH)
Open Document Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) Open Document Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
Open Document Phthalates/phthalate esters Open Document Paraffins -Polychlorinated alkanes
Open Document Alkyl phenols (nonyl/octyl phenols) Open Document PFOS
Open Document Toxaphene


Source:
UNEP Chemicals, Regional Reports of the Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances Program (2002)
Available from:
http://www.chem.unep.ch/pts
UNEP Chemicals 11-13, chemin des Anemones
CH-1219 Chatelaine, GE Switzerland.






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