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The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a global treaty on POPs developed science-based screening criteria for identifying additional substances as candidates for future international action. The screening criteria relate to properties, e.g., persistence, bio-accumulation, potential for long-range environmental transport and adverse effects. Numerical cut-off values have been agreed for persistence in different media and for bio-accumulation but not for long-range environmental transport potential and adverse effects. The cut-off values may be modified by certain external factors, e.g., very high toxicity. Data for individual nominated substances or groups of substances will be compared to the screening criteria as a first step in the assessment. At later steps an in-depth assessment will be undertaken.
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Wahlström, B.A. (2003). Criteria for Additional POPs. In: Fiedler, H. (eds) Persistent Organic Pollutants. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 3O. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10751132_3
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