The Control Strategies for POPs in Taiwan
Management of the persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in Taiwan is a responsibility shared by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), the Council of Agriculture (COA), the Department of Health (DOH) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). In this paper, the strategies and actions has been taken or are proposed to be taken by the organizations are introduced. Taiwan exercises control of POPs listed in the Stockholm Convention through several legislation and regulations, either prohibits or has never registered the use of these chemicals. The POPs in this paper are divided into three categories to describe: nine organochlorine pesticides, PCBs and Dioxin and Furans, and the control strategies are addressed through legal basis and the duties of the four organizations, analysis of current situation and monitoring of environmental media and the biological matrix separately. For the new nine chemicals added to the convention in COP4, chlordecone, lindane and pentaBDE are already controlled or prohibited in Taiwan, and others are now under evaluation and discussion.
Yuan S Y Hsu P Y Chen S L
Environmental Protection Administration,Executive Yuan,NO. 83,Sec. 1,Jhonghua Rd,Taipei10042
国际会议
北京
英文
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2009-08-24（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）