EPA Solicits Information for Chemical Review Under Stockholm Convention

Summary

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking information from interested parties for the review of six chemicals for possible addition to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The chemicals under review include hexabromobiphenyl, pentabromodiphenyl ether, chlordecone, lindane, perfluorooctane sulfonate, commercial octabromodiphenyl ether, pentachlorobenzene, short-chained chlorinated paraffins, alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane, and beta-hexachlorocyclohexane. The EPA aims to develop risk management evaluations and risk profiles for these chemicals to inform potential additions to the Convention's Annexes A, B, and/or C.