POPRC-3/11

Perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride

Date: 19-11-2007

Treaty

Stockholm Convention

Meeting

Third meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-3)

Type

Decision

Status

Active

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Keywords

Conventions, Appendices, Persistent organic pollutant, Transport, POPRC (POPRC)

Full text

1.Decides that PFOSF meets the criteria in Annex D of the Convention; Decides that PFOSF and PFOS salts are likely, through their rapid transformation to PFOS and as a result of the longrange environmental transport of PFOS, to lead to significant adverse human health and/or environmental effects such that global action is warranted.

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Files

DOC UNEP-POPS-POPRC.3-POPRC-3-11.English.DOC

PDF UNEP-POPS-POPRC.3-POPRC-3-11.English.PDF