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;



Unintentionally Produced POPs (dioxins, furans, HCB, PCBS):




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)


    Argentina

  • Opportunities for moving toward non-incineration medical waste treatment in Latin America


    • 4ARG   MedWaste in Latin America English Summary  .pdf 361

    ARG_4 Spanish MedWaste in Latin America.pdf

    Health Care Without Harm Latin America and Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives


    Armenia

  • Identification of potential sources of dioxins and furans in Armenia and elaboration of recommendations aimed at reducing their negative impact on human health and the environment


    • 8ARM   Dioxin Sources in Armenia  .pdf 331KB

    Ecotox


    Bangladesh

  • Assess and identify the POPs hotspots in Bangladesh


    • 2BGD   POPs Hotspots in Bangladesh  .pdf 386KB

    Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO)


    Belarus

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


    • 2BYE   Belarus_eggsreport  .pdf 451KB

    Foundation for the Realization of Ideas (FRI)


    Belarus

  • Cement kilns and POPs


    • 7BYE   Cement Kilns in Belarus  .pdf 358KB

    Foundation for Realization of Ideas (FRI)


    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

  • Zero Waste Awareness-raising


    • 8BUL   Zero Waste Case Study in Bulgaria   .pdf 638KB

    Romani Baht Foundation


    Colombia


    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

  • Country situation report, Toxic Free Future public awareness raising campaign, and POPs disposal investigation


    • 3CEH   Czech Country Situation Report  .pdf 2,366KB

    Arnika Association


    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
  • Public participation in IPPC processes in POPs contaminated areas


    • 16CEH   Epitetra IPPC Final  .pdf KB

    16CEH   Spolana IPPC Final  .pdf 448KB

    Arnika Association and Civic League Ústí nad Labem


    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)


    Egypt

  • Monitoring of dioxins in fish produced in the impact zone of Helwan cement and steel plants


    • 3EGY   Monitoring of Dioxins in Fish in Egypt   .pdf 343KB

    Day Hospital for Development and Rehabilitation


    Egypt

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


    • 5EGY   Egypt_eggsreport   .pdf 358KB

    Day Hospital for Development and Rehabilitation


    Hungary

  • Zero waste as a Best Environmental Practice to address POPs issues created by waste incineration and/or landfilling of waste: a case study in Hungary


    • 1HUN   Zero Waste Case Study in Hungary   .pdf 511KB

    HuMuSz


    India

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


    • 3IND   Lucknow_eggsreport   .pdf 347KB

    Toxics Link


    India

  • Global day of action on POPs in India


    • 5IND   India Toxics Link GDA Report   .pdf 456KB

    Toxics Link


    India

  • Case study of Zero Waste Kovalam: a progressive waste management program with a focus on the best available technology options and material substitution


    • 7IND   Zero Waste Kovalam   .pdf 610KB

    Thanal


    India

  • Training and creating awareness among junk dealers about POPs present or created in their premises and to understand the importance of minimizing POPs


    • 8IND   Junkdealers and POPs   .pdf 350KB

    Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group


    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

  • Identification of sources of dioxins, furans, PCBs and the campaign against POPs pollution in Central Asia


    • 3KYR   Dioxin Sources in Central Asia   .pdf 397KB

    For Civil Society (Kyrgyzstan) and Clean Fergana (Uzbekistan)


    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


    Malaysia

  • Report on persistent organic pollutants in Malaysia and efforts to raise consumer awareness and action to protect public health and the environment


    • Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP)

    2MAL   Malaysia Broga Incinerator Project   .pdf 362KB

    2MAL   Malaysia Country Situation Report   .pdf 457KB


    Mexico

  • Identification of POPs pollution sources using a participatory approach in Eastern Morelos, Mexico


    • 3MEX   Participatory ID of POPs Sources Mexico   .pdf 343KB

    Centro de Análisis Social, Información y Formación Popular, A.C. (CASIFOP)


    Mexico

  • Inventories of unintentional POPs (U-POPs) in Latin America: a comparative study


    • 7MEX   Estimating Dioxin Releases English   .pdf 474KB

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


    Nepal

  • Identification of POPs hotspots


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

    Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists


    Nepal

  • Public information and awareness-raising on unintentionally produced POPs from medical waste


    • 8NEP   Public awareness on UPOPs in Nepal   .pdf 348KB

    Pesticide Watch Group and Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists


    Nepal

  • Medical waste and POPs


    • 10NEP   Med Waste and POPs in Nepal   .pdf 346KB

    Center for Public Health and Environment Development (CEPHED)


    Pakistan

  • Egg sampling for by-product POPs


    • 3PAK   Pakistan_eggsreport   .pdf 599KB

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)


    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

  • Health care waste incineration in Romania

    2ROM   Healthcare waste incin in Romania   .pdf 467KB

    Environmental Experts Association (EEA)


    • Romania

  • Constanta medical waste incinerator

    3ROM   Constanta Med Waste Incinerator   .pdf 466KB

    Mare Nostrum


    • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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


    Senegal

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


    • 5SEN   Senegal_eggsreport   .pdf 698KB

    Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Africa


    Senegal

  • Inventory of some informal sector activities releasing POPs in Senegal


    • 9SEN   Dioxins and Informal Sector in Senegal French   .pdf 1,715KB

    9SEN   Dioxins and Informal Sector in Senegal   .pdf 537KB

    Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Africa


    South Africa

  • South Africa policy brief: national application of Best Available Techniques (BAT) to eliminate POPs and their by-products


    • 1SAF   National App of BAT in South Africa   .pdf 668KB

    Earthlife Africa (ELA)


    Sri Lanka

  • Global day of action on POPs in Sri Lanka


    • 2 SRL   GDA in Sri Lanka   .pdf 581KB

    Centre for Environmental Justice


    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)


    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

  • Petkim Petrochemical Co. PVC Plant


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

    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


    Uganda

  • Identification of activities or practices that release POPs in Uganda


    • 1UGA   Activities Releasing POPs in Uganda   .pdf 447KB

    Environmental NGOs Lobby Group (ENGO-LOG)


    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








    Version: 2.0 (March, 2007)