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Finally, if the POPRC finds that global action is warranted, it develops a risk management evaluation, according to Annex F, reflecting socioeconomic considerations associated with possible control measures. Based on this, the POPRC decides to recommend that the COP list the substance under one or more of the annexes to the convention.
The Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants, a 1998 protocol on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), is an addition to the 1979 Geneva Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). The Protocol seeks "to control, reduce or eliminate discharge, emissions and losses of persistent organic pollutants" in Europe, some ...
The UNEP decided that POP regulation needed to be addressed globally for the future. The purpose statement of the agreement is "to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants." As of 2024, there are 185 countries plus the European Union have ratified the Stockholm Convention. [20]
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified meaning a collective entry to which substances, mixtures, solutions or articles may be assigned if a) they are not mentioned by name in 3.2 Dangerous Goods List AND b) they exhibit chemical, physical and/or dangerous properties corresponding to the Class, classification code, packing group and the name and description of the n.o.s. entry [4]
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UN Number Class Proper Shipping Name UN 3401: 4.3: Alkali metal amalgam, solid UN 3402: 4.3: Alkaline earth metal amalgam, solid UN 3403: 4.3: Potassium metal alloys ...
Logo IPEN's action during the negotiations for a plastics treaty (Uruguay, 2022). The International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) (formerly International POPs Elimination Network) [1] is a global network of NGOs dedicated to the common aim of eliminating pollutants, such as lead in paint, mercury and lead in the environment, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), endocrine disrupting ...
UN Number Class Proper Shipping Name UN 0401: 1.1D: Dipicryl sulfide, dry or wetted with less than 10 percent water, by mass : UN 0402: 1.1D: Ammonium perchlorate: UN 0403: 1.4G: Flares, aerial