
	Dr. J. Buccini, Director, Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Branch, Environment Canada, Canada Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Recent Developments in the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)

	Mr. J. Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland UNEP Plans for Global Action on POPs

	Mr. L. Nordberg, Deputy Director, Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, UN Economic Commission for Europe, Switzerland Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

	Mr. M. Furtado, Greenpeace International Toxics Campaigner, Brazil NGO Network and POPs Elimination: Background Statement and Elimination Platform

	Mr. M. Kós S. Campos, Manager of Technical Affairs, ABIQUIM, Brazil Responsible Care and POPs Management by Industry

	Ms. A. Sundén-Byléhn, Scientific Affairs Officer, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland Criteria for Identifying Persistent Organic Pollutants

	Dr. J. Stober, Executive Secretary of IFCS, Switzerland Health Effects of POPs

	Dr. J. Herkovits, Director of IESH, Argentina The Adverse Effects of POPs during the Perinatal Period: Dioxin-like Compounds

	Dr. D. Stone, Chief, Environmental Services and Research, Natural Resources and Environment, Northern Affairs Program, DIAND, Canada A Case Study of POPs Concentrations in Wildlife and People Relative to Effects Levels

	Mr. M. Boroukhovich, Sub-Director General, Ministry of Agriculture, Uruguay Current State of Chlorine Containing Pesticides in Uruguay

	Dr. H. Fiedler, University of Bayreuth, BIFA Research, Germany Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): Uses and Environmental Releases

	Mr. A. Navarro Arias, Chief, Chemical Section, Ministry of Health, Costa Rica Health Effects of PCBs and Related Case Studies

	Mr. M. Ugón, Chemist, Ministry of Industry and Ms. S. Aguinaga, Director of Dangerous Goods Division, Ministry of Environment, Uruguay Brief Outline of POPs in Industry, Particularly in the Generation Distribution and Consumption of Electricity in Uruguay

	Mr. S. Hart, Director, Transboundary Air Issues Branch, Environment Canada, Canada The Management and Disposal of PCBs in Canada

	Mr. P. Lemieux, USEPA, USA Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans: Sources, Emissions and Levels

	Dr. H. Fiedler, University of Bayreuth, BIFA Research, Bayreuth, Germany Dioxin Case Study from Germany

	Ms. S. Oliviero, National Institute for Industrial Technology, Argentina The Current Situation of Environmental Monitoring of Dioxins and Furans

	Dr. L. Rampy, International Affairs, Chlorine Chemistry Council, USA Dioxins and Furans in the Chemical Industry

	Ms. M. Ryczel, Doctor, Ministry of Health and Social Action, Argentina National Project on POPs

	Mr. A. Letellier Heinrich and Mr. E. Moreno Lafuente, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Bolivia Consideration on the POPs Situation in Bolivia

	Ms. C. Paratori, Chemist, National Environment Commission, Chile Persistent Organic Pollutants - Chile: Current Situation

	Ms. S. Souza Oliveira, Technical Adviser, Ministry of Environment, Brazil Status of the POPs Problem in Brazil

	Ms. M. E. Rozas, Director of Pesticide Action Network-America Latina, Chile Precautionary Principle and Potential POPs: the Chilean Case

	Ms. M. R. Scribano, Chemist, Ministry of Agriculture, Paraguay Report on Persistent Organic Pollutants

	Ms. S. Hoyt, Manager, International Technology Programme, USEPA, USA The USAID/EPA Agreement and Cooperation between PAHO and the EPA on POPs

	Dr. C. Catão Prates Loiola, Manager, National Malaria Programme, Brazil The Use of DDT in Malaria Control Programs in Brazil

	Mr. D. Roopnarine, Industrial Safety Officer, Ministry of Labor, Trinidad and Tobago Occurrence and Control of DDT in Mosquito Coils in Trinidad and Tobago

	Ms. A. Sundén-Byléhn, Scientific Affairs Officer, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland Alternatives to Persistent Organic Pollutants

	Ms. A. Sundén-Byléhn, Scientific Affairs Officer, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland UNEP's Activities on Alternatives

	Mr. L. Heileman, Environmental Affairs Officer, UNEP/ROLAC, Mexico Cleaner Production and its Implications for the Elimination of POPs: UNEP's Role

	Ms. A. Soares da Silva, Doctor in Public Health, Brazil Environmental Contamination and Occupational and Urban Exposure to Hexachlorobenzene at Baixada Santista, SP, Brazil

	Dr. E. Celis, Chile Chilean Case Study

	Dr. J. Buccini, Director, Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Branch, Environment Canada, Canada North American Cooperation on POPs

	Mr. S. Barbosa, Senior Regional Plant Protection Officer, FAO, Chile Overview of the Problem of Obsolete Pesticides

	Mr. J. Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland National and Regional Preparations for the POPs Negotiations

	Mr. J. Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals, Switzerland Concluding Remarks