Community Monitoring:

The Community Monitoring Working Group (CMWG) is the focal point for the POPs Review Committee and associated activities. The CMWG developed the POPs Review Committee Repository to inform and track the review process.
see ADDING NEW POPs

The Community Monitoring Working Group (CMWG) also aims to develop community monitoring and body burden testing as a campaign tool to support the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and help reduce chemical trespass. The CMWG also reviews body burden data to identify new POPs.

The CMWG developed the Body Burden Community Monitoring Handbook to inform the wider community about body burden and support communities involved in the monitoring of the environment or our bodies.

Community Monitoring - Documents:

Global Monitoring:

International Breast Milk Monitoring Report
Monitoring Mother Earth by Monitoring Mother's Milk by - MaPP Report
  Breast Milk Monitoring as a .pdf 1876 KB


Monitoring of the Environment:

Egg Monitoring Report
Monitoring activity and analysis of the 2005 Egg data & other eggs for DDT levels
May 2009
  DDT Egg Report full report as a .pdf file 1350KB


Report on the new generation of POPs - PBDEs and lindane:
Apr 25, 2005
The Next Generation of POPs: PBDEs and Lindane �Keep the Promise, Eliminate POPs!� Campaign and Community Monitoring Working Group of the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Report
Ann Blake, PhD
  New Generation of POPs   English  Adobe .pdf 421 KB.


An Update on the Toxicity of PCBs:
Stephen Lester, Science Director - Environmental Health Fund
May 15, 2000 USA
  Toxicity of PCBs   English  web page

New POPs - Documents:

New POPs Guide
May, 2009
Nine (9) new substances will be up for consideration at COP4. IPEN has produced a guide to the recommendations of the Convention's scientific committee, the POP Review Committee (POPRC). The guide includes IPEN's position on these recommendations.

  New POPs Guide in English as a .pdf 1750KB
  New POPs Guide a Chinese text translation .pdf 180KB

Community Monitoring - Group:

Leaders in the Community Monitoring Working Group:

   Sharyle Patton
spatton at igc.org
Steering Committee Member + Pesticide Working Group Participant + Community Monitoring Working Group Chair

  Version: November 2009