Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

ICCA Documents on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

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UNEP Global POPs Treaty - INC5 - ICCA Statement on Key Issues - 08/2000

	English version - HTML - 36 Kb
	Spanish version - MS/Word document - 25 Kb
	Russian version - MS/Word document - 17 Kb
	French version - MS/Word document - 45 Kb
	Chinese version - PDF document - 92 Kb
	Arabic version - PDF document - 91 Kb

08/1999

Best Available Techniques for Destruction of PCBs - Incineration Technology - ICCA / WCC Position Paper

06/1999

Long-Range Transport and Deposition: The Role of Henry's Law Constant (PDF document - 89 Kb)

06/1999

ICCA Discussion Paper - Evaluating Long-Range Transport and Deposition Potential

05/1999

ICCA Briefing Note for CEG-2

05/1999

ICCA Briefing Paper - Log Kow criteria of 5 is equivalent to BCF criteria of 5,000

05/1999

ICCA Discussion Initiation Document on Outcome of Full Risk Evaluation/Review -- Content of Risk Profile - English version

05/1999

Document ICCA en vue d’initier une discussion sur les conséquences d’une revue/évaluation complète du risque -- Contenu du "Profil de Risque" - Version française

10/1998

UNEP Criteria Expert Group (CEG, Bangkok, 26-30 October 1998) - A precautionary approach to the identification of candidate POPs

21/04/98

Briefing Note on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - UNEP Web site

Technical Background Sheets

(Available in English, French, Russian or Spanish)

Technical Background Sheets (all)	Spanish version (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 97 Kb)
Technical Background Sheet number 1	EN: What is Persistence? (HTML) FR: Qu’est que la persistance? (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 65 Kb) Russian version (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 124 Kb)
Technical Background Sheet number 2	EN: The Link Between Persistence and Long-Range Transport (HTML) FR: Lien entre persistance et transport à longue distance (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 17 Kb) Russian version (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 65 Kb)
Technical Background Sheet number 3	EN: What is Bioaccumulation? (HTML) FR: Qu’est-ce que la bioaccumulation? (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 99 Kb) Russian version (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 65 Kb)
Technical Background Sheet number 4	EN: The Link Between Bioaccumulation and Eco-Toxicity (HTML) FR: Lien entre bioaccumulation et écotoxicité (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 77 Kb) Russian version (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 65 Kb)
Technical Background Sheet number 5	EN: Link between persistence and toxicity (HTML) FR: Lien entre persistance et écotoxicité (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 253 Kb) Russian version (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 65 Kb)
Technical Background Sheet number 6	EN: Relative Importance of Biomagnification from Aquatic-based and Terrestrial-based Food Chains (HTML) FR: Importance relative de la biomagnification dans les chaînes alimentaires aquatique et terrestre (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 21 Kb)
Technical Background Sheet number 7	EN: What is Bioavailability? (HTML) FR: Qu’est-ce que la biodisponibilité ? (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 24 Kb)
Technical Background Sheet number 8	EN: Multimedia Models as a Tool for Assessing Chemical Fate, Persistence and Potential for Long Range Transport in the Environment (HTML) FR: Les modèles du type "multi-media" comme outils d’évaluation de la manière dont une substance chimique pénètre dans l’environnement, y persiste et peut se transporter sur de longues distances (MS/Word 6.0/95 - 100 Kb)