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Call for comments: draft risk management evaluation of a substance proposed as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) 2024

Requesting comments on a draft risk management evaluation for chlorpyrifos, a chemical substance proposed as a POP to the UN바카라 사이트™s Stockholm Convention.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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

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

The Stockholm Convention바카라 사이트™s바카라 사이트¯POPs Review Committee (POPRC) has requested comments on the draft risk management evaluation (Annex F) for 1 substance: chlorpyrifos.

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We invited comments for an 8-week period between Friday 8 March to Friday 3 May.

No comments were received.

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Published 8 March 2024
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  2. This call for comments is now closed.

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