Alternatives to Practices that Use or Generate POPs;
  Country Situation Reports for Contribution to NIP Processes;
  DDT;
  Health and Ecosystem Impacts;
  Indigenous Peoples and POPs;
  Inventories and Data Collection;
  Monitoring and Assessment;
  New POPs;
  Obsolete Pesticides;
  POPs Hotspots;
  Policy and Legislation;
  Public Information, Education, Capacity-building and Awareness-raising;
  Pesticides, Agriculture and Integrated Pest Management;
  PCBs;
  Unintentionally Produced POPs (dioxins, furans, HCB, PCBs;
  Waste Management and POPs;
  Youth;



Monitoring and Assessment:




Albania
  • Country situation report on POPs in Albania


    • 2ALB   Albania Country Situation Report  .pdf 647KB

    Environmental Center for Development, Education and Networking Center (EDEN Center) and Arnika


    Albania
  • Pesticide contamination in an abandoned chemical plant


    • 3ALB   Lindane and Chromium Contamination at Porto Romano  .pdf 773KB

    Environmental Center for Development, Education and Networking Center (EDEN Center)


    Armenia


  • Monitoring of PCB levels in environmental media in the Republic of Armenia and the identification of hotspots
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    1ARM   Armenia PCBs Monitoring English Summary  .pdf 354KB

    Ecotox


    Armenia

  • Environmental security for residents of Aarat Oblast; a burial site of obsolete and banned pesticides in Armenia
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    2ARM   Armenia Pesticides Aarat booklet_1  .pdf 172KB

    2ARM   Armenia Safety Pesticides Russian  .pdf 556KB

    ARM_2 Armenia Safety Pesticides and Aarat Oblast.pdf

    Women of Armenia for Health and Healthy Environment


    Belarus

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


    • 2BYE   Belarus_eggsreport  .pdf 451KB

    Foundation for the Realization of Ideas (FRI)


    Belarus

  • Expert team investigation of brominated flame retardants in Minsk


    • 8BYE   Brominated flame retardants in Belarus  .pdf 329KB

    Foundation for Realization of Ideas (Belarus)


    Bulgaria

  • Contamination of chicken eggs from Kovachevo, Bulgaria by dioxins, PCBs and hexachlorobenzene

    Bulgarian
    5BUL   Bulgaria_eggsreport Bulgarian .pdf 1,401KB

    5BUL   Bulgaria_eggsreport  .pdf 722KB

    Za Zemiata/For the Earth


    • Czech Republic

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


    • 4CEH   Egg sampling for by-product POPs  .pdf 968KB

    Arnika Association


    Czech Republic

  • Global coordination of egg sampling for by-product POPs


    • Arnika Association

    5CEH   Global Egg Study Coordination  .pdf 338KB

    IPEN Eggs Report

    Appendices


    Czech Republic

  • Eggs sampling for by-product POPs and public raising-awareness activities


    • 8CEH   Usti_eggsreport  .pdf 564KB

    Arnika Association


    Czech Republic

  • Expert team activities on POPs in wastes


    • 14CEH   Case Study HCB Unintentional Production  .pdf 989KB

    Arnika Association


    Czech Republic
  • PBDEs in the Czech Republic


    • 17CEH   PBDEs in the Czech Republic  .pdf 736KB

    Arnika Association


    Czech Republic
  • POPs in the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) in the Czech Republic


    • 18CEH   PRTR and POPs in Czech Republic  .pdf 575KB

    Arnika Association


    Czech Republic
  • Milovice and Lysa nad Labem: two POPs hotspots in Central Bohemia


    • 20CEH   IPEP_Lysa_Milovice  .pdf 1,887KB

    Civic Association Lysin and Arnika Association


    Czech Republic
  • Municipal waste incinerator in Liberec - important POPs source


    • 21CEH   Liberec Municipal Waste Incin in Czech Rep  .pdf 1,141KB

    Arnika Association and Lidi pro Liberec (People for Liberec)


    Czech Republic
  • Lindane hotspots


    • 22CEH   Lindane in Czech Republic  .pdf 581KB

    Czech Ecological Society and Arnika - Toxics and Waste Programme


    Egypt

  • Developing regional NGO strategies on POPs and chemical management


    • 13EGY   Regional NGOs POPs and Chemicals   .pdf 372KB

    Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED)


    Georgia

  • Campaign to raise public awareness of pesticides, including banned and obsolete ones, and their health impacts


    • 2GEO   Public Awareness on Pesticides in Georgia   .pdf 380KB

    Georgian Environmental and Biological Monitoring Association (GEBMA)


    Hungary

  • Lindane in Hungary


    • 2HUN   Lindane in Hungary   .pdf 587KB

    Clean Air Action Group (CAAG)


    India

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs: identification of a POPs hotspot in Lucknow


    • 3IND   Lucknow_eggsreport   .pdf 347KB

    Toxics Link


    India

  • Establishing the prevalence of POPs pesticide residues in water, soil and vegetable samples and creating awareness about their ill effects


    • 11IND   POPs Pesticides Monitoring in India   .pdf 487KB

    Janhit Foundation


    India

  • POPs awareness in Rajasthan


    • 17IND   Empowering and Enviro Health in Rajasthan   .pdf 350KB

    Students Relief Society


    Kazakhstan
  • PCB contamination of the Eastern-Kazakhstan region: monitoring and inventories of PCB sources; ways to address the problem


    • 3KAZ PCB Contamination in East Kazakhstan   .pdf 379KB

    Greenwomen


    Kenya

  • Kitengela obsolete pesticides store in Kenya


    • 3KEN   Kenya Contam Site Kitengla Obs Pesticide   .pdf 2,425KB

    Environmental Liaison Education and Action for Development (ENVILEAD)


    Kenya

  • Contamination of chicken eggs near the Dandora dumpsite in Kenya by dioxins, PCBs and hexachlorobenzene


    • 5KEN   Kenya_eggsreport   .pdf 483KB

    Environmental Liaison Education and Action for Development (ENVILEAD)


    Lebanon

  • Burning dump POPs hotspot


    • 5LEB   Lebanon Hotspot Garbage Mountain   .pdf 383KB

    Association pour la Protection de l'Environnement et du Patrimoine (APEP) Lebanon hotspot: Garbage Mountain


    Mexico

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico


    • 5MEX   Mexico_eggsreport   .pdf 835KB

    Organización y Desarrollo Social and Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México (RAPAM)


    Morocco

  • Prevention of morbidity and mortality due to POPs pesticides


    • 1MOR   Prevention and POPs Pesticides in Morocco   .pdf 396KB

    Société Marocaine de Toxicologie Clinique et Analytique


    Nepal

  • Identification of POPs hotspots


    • 1NEP   Identification of POPs Hotspot DDT Lindane   .pdf 588KB

    Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists


    Pakistan

  • Physical verification, environmental and health impacts of a former DDT factory in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan


    • 2PAK   DDT Factory Study in Pakistan   .pdf 1,327KB

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)


    Pakistan

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


    • 3PAK   Pakistan_eggsreport   .pdf 599KB

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)


    Philippines

  • Monitoring community exposure to PCBs located at the Meralco Pasig Central Service Station


    • 2PHI   PCBs at Meralco Pasig   .pdf 365KB

    Advocates of Science and Technology for the People (AGHAM)


    Philippines

  • Participatory action research in support of a community struggle against an incineration facility for health care waste


    • 6PHI   Capacity Build Healthcare Waste Incineration   .pdf 349KB

    Cavite Green Coalition and the Institute for Educational and Ecological Alternatives


    Russia

  • Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD/Fs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breast milk of women residents of Magnitogorsk


    • 2RUS   Dioxins in Breast Milk English   .pdf 748KB

    Iskorka


    Russia


  • PCBs pollution of Nizhegorodskaya Oblast: territory monitoring and inventories of PCBs sources as an option to address the problem


    • 9RUS   PCBs Pollution and Monitoring English   .pdf 339KB

    Eco-SPES


    Russia

  • Contamination of chicken eggs from the Dzerzhinsk region of Russia by dioxins, PCBs and HCB


    • 12RUS   Russia_eggsreport   .pdf 448KB

    Eco-SPES


    Russia

  • Reproductive health effects associated with exposure to PCBs among Natives of the Russian Arctic


    • 13RUS   Reproductive Health Effects in Russian Arctic   .pdf 543KB

    The North-western Centre of Hygiene and Public Health


    Russia

  • Development of an action plan for reducing the exposure to POPs among Natives of the Russian Arctic


    • 14RUS   Reducing POPs in People of Russian Arctic   .pdf 461KB

    The North-western Centre of Hygiene and Public Health


    Russia

  • Global day of action on POPs in Russia: dioxins in Russian food


    • 17RUS   Eco Accord GDA English   .pdf 328KB

    Eco-Accord


    Russia

  • Study of POPs levels in the breast milk of women-residents of Chelyabinsk Oblast (Karabash) and Tyumen Oblast (Tobolsk)


    • 27RUS   Dioxin and PCB Monitoring in Russia   .pdf 407KB>

    Iksorka


    Russia


  • Assessment of contamination of chicken eggs by some POPs in different regions of Russia


    • 28RUS   POPs Contam in Food Products in Russia   .pdf 462KB

    Environment-Risk-Health


    Russia

  • Health and environmental impact of toxic chemicals: chemical management policies of Russia and EU countries


    • 30RUS   Workshop Enviro Health Impacts Chemicals   .pdf 363KB

    Eco-Accord


    Russia

  • Brominated flame retardants in the Russian Federation


    • 32RUS   BFRs in Russia   .pdf 531KB

    Eco-SPES


    Russia
  • DDT and DDE in the Russian Arctic and reproductive health of Indigenous Peoples


    • 35RUS   DDT in Russian Arctic   .pdf 528KB

    The North-western Centre of Hygiene and Public Health


    Russia

  • Evaluation of potential risk of obsolete pesticide stockpiles for human health and the environment


    • 37RUS   Eval of Health Risks of Obsolete Pest Stockpiles   .pdf 338KB

    Women Network in the Urals


    Russia

  • Public campaign and health impacts of pesticides


    • 38RUS   Public Campaign and Health Impacts of Pesticides   .pdf 384KB

    Volgograd Ecopress



    Tanzania

  • Preliminary study of the Vikuge DDT-contaminated site


    • 6URT   Vikuge Preliminary Report   .pdf 1,383KB

    AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development (AGENDA)


    Tanzania

  • Water and sediments analysis in Vikuge POPs-contaminated site in Tanzania


    • 6URT   Vikuge Water and Sediments   .pdf 1,031KB

    AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development (AGENDA)


    Tanzania

  • Contamination of chicken eggs near the Vikuge obsolete pesticides stockpile in Tanzania by dioxins, PCBs and hexachlorobenzene


    • 7URT   Tanzania_eggsreport   .pdf 413KB

    AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development (AGENDA)


    Turkey

  • Egg sampling for POPs: Contamination of chicken eggs near the hazardous waste incinerator in Izmit, Turkey by dioxins, PCBs and hexachlorobenzene


    • 3TUR   GDA in Turkey   .pdf 329KB

    Bumerang, Arnika - Toxics and Waste Programme, and Greenpeace Mediterranean








    Version: 2.0 (March, 2007)