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;



POPs Hotspots:




Albania
  • Sharra dumpsite and awareness-raising campaign on POPs in wastes in Albania


    • 1ALB   Sharra Dump in Albania  .pdf 535KB

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


    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
    •

    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
    •

    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


    Azerbaijan

  • Public environmental inventory of pesticides in the Republic of Azerbaijan and organization of a public movement for their elimination


    • 1AZE   Pesticides in Azerbaijan English Summary  .pdf 333KB

    Ruzgyar


    Azerbaijan

  • Global day of action on POPs in Azerbaijan


    •    2AZE   Azerbaijan GDA English  .pdf 329KB

    Ruzgyar


    Bangladesh

  • Assess and identify the POPs hotspots in Bangladesh


    • 2BGD   POPs Hotspots in Bangladesh  .pdf 386KB

    Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)


    Belarus

  • Verkhnedvinsk and Novopolock; two hotspots in Belarus


    • 1BYE   Belarus Novopolotsk Hotspot English Summary  .pdf 354KB

    Foundation for the Realization of Ideas (FRI)


    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


    • Bulgaria

  • Lindane in Bulgaria


    • 6BUL   Lindane in Bulgaria   .pdf 1,765KB

    National Movement Ecoglasnost - Friends of the Earth Bulgaria


    Czech Republic

  • POPs pesticides and hazardous waste incineration in the Czech Republic


    • 2CEH   Czech Haz Waste Incin and POPs  .pdf 412KB Policy Brief:

    2CEH   POPs Pesticides in Czech Republic  .pdf 889KB

    Czech Ecological Society


    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


    Egypt

  • Health status of residents, particularly children, in the impact zone of the El Kafer El Zaiat plant, a former DDT pesticide chemical production facility


    • 4EGY   Health Status El Kafr El-Zayat Impact Zone   .pdf 458KB

    Egypt Suns Association for Development and Environmental Protection


    Egypt

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


    • 5EGY   Egypt_eggsreport   .pdf 358KB

    Day Hospital for Development and Rehabilitation


    India

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


    • 3IND   Lucknow_eggsreport   .pdf 347KB

    Toxics Link


    India

  • Production of awareness materials for farmers on the harmful impacts of POPs and pesticides and promotion of alternatives


    • 10IND   Awareness Materials for Farmers   .pdf 339KB

    Kheti Virasat Mission


    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

  • A study on waste incineration activities in Nairobi that release dioxins and furans into the environment


    • 4KEN   Kenya Waste Burning and Incineration   .pdf 676KB

    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)


    Kyrgyzstan

  • Analysis and assessment of POPs in the Kochkorskiy District of the Kyrgyz Republic


    • 4KYR   POPs in Kockkorskiy District Kyrgyzstan   .pdf 395KB

    Unison Civic Environmental Foundation


    Lebanon

  • National POPs campaign in Lebanon


    • 3LEB   National POPs Campaign in Lebanon   .pdf 733KB

    AMWAJ


    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)


    Mexico

  • Mexican Isthmus: generation of and contamination by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)


    • 8MEX   Mexican Isthmus and POPs   .pdf 345KB

    Ambiente y Bienestar Humano and Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México (RAPAM)


    Mexico

  • Global week of action on POPs in Mexico


    • 9MEX   RAPAM GDA English   .pdf 329KB

    Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y Alternativas en México (RAPAM)



    Nepal

  • Public information and awareness campaign on POPs


    • 2NEP   POPs Public Awareness in Nepal   .pdf 340KB

    Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists


    Nigeria

  • Identification and control of POPs-contaminated sites in Lagos, South Western Nigeria and stakeholders' workshop


    • 3NIR   POPs Hotspots Lago South western Nigeria   .pdf 3,704KB

    Nigerian Environmental Society (NES)


    Nigeria
  • Assessment of the Lagos Lagoon for POPs sources, types and impacts


    • 4NIR   Lagos Lagoon and POPs   .pdf 794KB

    Friends of the Environment (FOTE)


    Pakistan

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


    • 3PAK   Pakistan_eggsreport   .pdf 599KB

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)


    Philippines

  • Community health assessment in a POPs-contaminated community (Target Village, Sapang Bato, Angeles City)


    • 7PHI   Health Assess in POPs Contam Community   .pdf 359KB

    Peoples' Task Force on Bases Cleanup


    Philippines

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs in chicken eggs


    • 10PHI   Philippines_eggsreport   .pdf 646KB

    Cavite Green Coalition, Ecowaste Coalition, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives and the Health Care Without Harm


    Romania

  • Constanta medical waste incinerator

    3ROM   Constanta Med Waste Incinerator   .pdf 466KB

    Mare Nostrum


    • Russia

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


    • 12RUS   Russia_eggsreport   .pdf 448KB

    Eco-SPES


    Russia

  • Global day of action on POPs in Russia: the fifteenth anniversary of the dioxin dump in Ufa


    • 15RUS   Union of Enviro GDA English   .pdf 329KB

    The Union of Ecologists of the Republic of Bashkortostan


    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

  • Organization and holding of public hearings on reorganization of "Khimprom" company in Ufa


    • 33RUS   Public Hearings on Khimprom   .pdf 328KB

    The Union of Ecologists of the Republic of Bashkortostan


    Slovakia

  • The RSTO hazardous waste landfill: a POPs waste hotspot


    • 4SLO   RSTO Landfill in Slovakia   .pdf 431KB

    Priatelia Zeme - SPZ (Friends of the Earth Slovakia)


    Senegal

  • Contamination of chicken eggs near the Mbeubeuss dumpsite by dioxins, PCBs and hexachlorobenzene


    • 5SEN   Senegal_eggsreport   .pdf 698KB

    Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Africa


    Thailand

  • Dioxin hotspot report - case study of municipal waste incinerators in Phuket and Samui


    • 3THA   Mun Waste Incinerators in Thailand   .pdf 427KB

    Campaign for Alternative Industry Network and Greenpeace Southeast Asia


    Turkey

  • Pesticide stockpile in Derince, Kocaeli, Turkey


    • 1TUR   Turkey Kocaeli Pesticide Stock English   .pdf 833KB

    Turkish    1TUR   Turkey Kocaeli Pesticide Stock Turkish   .pdf 1,005KB

    1TUR   Turkey Petkim PVC English   .pdf 1,239KB

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


    Turkey

  • Petkim Petrochemical Co. PVC Plant


    • Turkish   
  • 2TUR   Turkey Petkim PVC Turkish   .pdf 1,377KB
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    2TUR   Turkey_eggsreport   .pdf 410KB

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


    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


    Tanzania

  • Hotspot report for a contaminated site: Old Korogwe DDT site in Tanzania


    • 2URT   Tanazania Old Korogwe DDT Site   .pdf 754KB

    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)


    Uruguay

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs in Uruguay


    • 1URU   Uruguay_eggsreport   .pdf 425KB

    1URU   Uruguay_eggsreportSPANISH   .pdf 1,044KB

    Red de Acción en Plaguicidas para América Latina (RAP-AL) and REDES-Amigos de la Tierra


    Uganda

  • Hotspot report for a contaminated site: Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) Uganda


    • 3UGA   Uganda Contaminated Site Report   .pdf 853KB

    National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE)








    Version: 2.0 (March, 2007)