PROCEEDINGS - Table of Contents

PROCEEDINGS
of the Subregional Awareness Raising Workshop on
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Bangkok, Thailand, 25-28 November 1997

CONTENTS

Introduction

Programme of the meeting

List of participants

Working group reports

Presentations

	Dr. J. Buccini, Director, Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Branch, Environment Canada, Hull, Quebec, Canada Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs): Recent Developments in the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)
	Mr. J. Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals UNEP Plans for global action on POPs
	Mr. L. Nordberg, Deputy Director, Environment and Human Settlement Division, UN Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva UN/ECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and Region POPs action
	Mr. J.Weinberg, Greenpeace Senior Toxics Campaigner, Chicago, USA Environmental NGOs position on the global POPs problem
1 2	Mr. H. Feng and Mr. I. Swann, International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Responsible Care and POPs management by industry
	Dr. D. Stone, Chief, Environmental Services and Research Division, Hull, Quebec, Canada Case study of POPs concentrations in wildlife and people relative to effects levels
	Dr. B. Rodan, National Center for Environmental Assessment, US EPA, Washington, USA Review of Screening Criteria Data for Persistent Organic Pollutants
	Mr. Li Thi Bich Thuy, Senior Officer, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam Registration of POPs used and their pollution on the soil and air in Vietnam
	Mr. H.K. Ellis, Senior Policy Analyst, Ministry for the Environment, Wellington, New Zealand New Zealand's Organochlorines Programme: focus on identifying POPs risks
	Mr. S. Harrison, Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Section, Canberra, Australia Organochlorines in Australia
	Mr. K.Keomanichanh, Senior Officer of Planning and Foreign Cooperation, Science, Technology and Environment Organization, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic Pesticide case study from Lao PDR
	Dr. H. Fiedler, BIFA Research, Augsburg, Germany Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs): uses and environmental releases
	Dr. J. Buccini, Director, Commercial Chemicals Evaluation Branch, Environment Canada, Hull, Quebec, Canada The Management and Disposal of PCBs in Canada
1 2	Mr. B. Rodan, National Center for Environmental Assessment, US EPA, Washington, USA Polychlorinated Dioxins and Furans: Sources, Emissions, and Levels
	Mr. S. Kimura, Office of Risk Evaluation, Environment Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan Case study on Dioxins/Furans in Japan
	Mr. Li Thi Bich Thuy, Senior Officer, Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam Persistent Organic Pollutants situation in Vietnam
	Mr. P. Bainton, Manager, Scheduled Waste Section, Environment Proctection Group, Environment Australia, Kingston, Australia Management and disposal of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Australia
	Mr. P. P. Manandhar, Director General, Nepal Bureau of Standards and Metrology, Kathmandu, Nepal Managing POPs in Nepal
	Mr. K. K. Hock, Senior Engineer, Pollution Control Department, Ministry of Environment, Singapore Managing POPs in Singapore
	Dr. B. Wahlström, International Adviser, National Chemicals Inspectorate, Solna, Sweden Managing POPs in Sweden
1 2 3 4 5	Dr. J. Boon-Long, Environmental Quality Management Specialist, Pollution Control Department, Bangkok, Thailand Managing POPs in Thailand
	Ms. M. Meschi, Senior Expert of Pesticide Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Tehran, Iran Chemicals and Pesticides Management in I.R. Iran
	Mr. S. Lijin, Pollution Control Department, National Environmental Protection Agency, Beijing, China POPs: Problems and Management in China
	Dr. R.T.M. Sutamihardja, Special Assistant Minister for Global Environment, Jakarta, Indonesia Toxic Chemical Management
	Ms. Muslina Sulaiman and Dr. Zuriati Zakaria, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Initiatives Strategies to Address Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Problems in Malaysia
	Mr. M. Radka, Regional Industry Officer, UNEP/ROAP, Bangkok, Thailand POPs Issues Related to Response Strategies: Cleaner Technologies
	Dr. B. Wahlström, International Adviser, National Chemicals Inventorate, Solna, Sweden Alternatives to POPS
	Mr. I. Swann, Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association, Melbourne, Australia Control of releases of dioxins/furans in the chemical industry
	Dr. H. Fiedler, BIFA Research, Augsburg, Germany Safe management of PCBs and case studies
	Mr. P. Bainton, Manager, Scheduled Waste Section, Environment Proctection Group, Environment Australia, Kingston, Australia PCBs - a case study on Australia's plans to manage PCB stockpiles
	Dr. D. Stone, Chief, Environmental Services and Research Division, Hull, Quebec, Canada Communicating information concerning POPs exposure and risks to an arctic population
	Mr. N. Jayaraman, Greenpeace International, New Delhi, India Greenpeace and other Indian voluntary sector perspectives on the POPs problem in Asia in the context of larger issues
	Mr. A. Munro, Waste Management and Pollution Prevention Officer, SPREP, Apia, Western Samoa Persistent Organic Pollutants in Pacific Island Countries
	Dr. J. Boon-Long, Environmental Quality Management Specialist, Pollution Control Department, Bangkok, Thailand Activities of the ASEAN Working Group on Transboundary Air Pollution
	Mr. James Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals National and regional preparations for the POPs negotiations
	Mr. James Willis, Director, UNEP/Chemicals Concluding remarks