ENDOCRINE DISRUPTive COMPOUNDS IN EAST ASIA (EDC)
Since
1999, United Nations University (UNU) has been managing a network of water
pollution monitoring in coastal areas of 8 East Asian countries: China,
Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Its
focus is on endocrine disruptive compounds (EDC’s), some of which also
happen to be POPs. Specifically the programme targets the following set
of compounds:
- organochlorine pesticides (DDT, DDE, HCH, endrin, dieldrin, etc.)
- alkylphenols and bisphenyl-A
- phthalates
Web site: http://landbase.hq.unu.edu/Monitoring/MonitoringtheEnvironment.htm