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POPRC members consulting with the Secretariat during the contact group on PBDD/Fs and PBCDD/Fs

Observers from the UK, Sweden, and Spain

At #POPRC21, several issues showed the growing challenge of eliminating persistent organic pollutants from global supply chains

Participants also focused on the need for exemptions and how best to collect information on complex #chemical groups

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At #POPRC21, the Committee could not agree to the only draft risk profile on the agenda for a particular group of chemicals produced by activities such as waste incineration, metal production, and production of brominated flame retardants

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Contact Group on PXDD/PXDF

POPRC member John Mumbo, Kenya, and GMP Coordination Group Co-Chair Vincent Madadi, Kenya

Alain Wittig and Kei Ohno-Woodall, BRS Secretariat, and Co-Chair of the Contact Group on PXDD/PXDF Lamin Jaiteh, The Gambia

With the majority of #POPRC21 technical work completed, experts worked late into the evening to finalize the draft risk profile for polybrominated and mixed polybrominated/chlorinated dioxins and furans

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#POPRC21 is getting closer to finalizing draft risk profile for PXDD/PXDF

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POPRC members Magdalena Frydrych, Poland, and Victorine Pinas, Suriname

POPRC member John Mumbo, Kenya

John Norman, International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA)

On Wednesday, #POPRC21 delegates brainstormed how to address data complexity on persistent organic pollutants #POPs and reduce uncertainty related to POPs in global supply chains

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From inhalers to ammunition coating, many exemptions and allowed uses of POPs were deliberated Tuesday at #POPRC21 by scientific experts and industry representatives

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On Monday, #POPRC21 discussed a group of chemicals unintentionally released by many industrial processes, including recycling

Committee members must decide by Friday whether they are persistent organic pollutants #POPs that warrant global action

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#chemicals