Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) as new Stockholm Convention POPs-a global perspective on the management of Lindane and its waste isomers

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作者
Vijgen, John [2 ]
Abhilash, P. C. [2 ,3 ]
Li, Yi Fan [2 ,4 ,8 ]
Lal, Rup [2 ,5 ]
Forter, Martin
Torres, Joao [2 ,6 ]
Singh, Nandita [3 ]
Yunus, Mohammad [7 ]
Tian, Chongguo [8 ]
Schaeffer, Andreas [9 ]
Weber, Roland [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] POPs Environm Consulting, D-73035 Goppingen, Germany
[2] IHPA, DK-2840 Holte, Denmark
[3] Natl Bot Res Inst, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
[4] Environm Canada, Sci & Technol Branch, Toronto, ON M3H 5T4, Canada
[5] Univ Delhi, Dept Zool, Delhi 110007, India
[6] Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Inst Biofis, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[7] Babasaheb Bhimarao Ambedkar Univ, Sch Environm Sci, Lucknow 226025, Uttar Pradesh, India
[8] Harbin Inst Technol, State Key Lab Urban Water Resource & Environm, IJRC PTS, Harbin 150006, Peoples R China
[9] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Inst Environm Biol Grp 5, Aachen, Germany
关键词
HCH; Lindane; Stockholm Convention; POPs; Contaminated site; PCDD/PCDF; SOIL; CONTAMINATION; CONTEMPORARY; INVENTORIES; RELEVANCE; DIOXIN; PLANT;
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10.1007/s11356-010-0417-9
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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摘要
Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers (alpha-, beta- and gamma- (Lindane)) were recently included as new persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Stockholm Convention, and therefore, the legacy of HCH and Lindane production became a contemporary topic of global relevance. This article wants to briefly summarise the outcomes of the Stockholm Convention process and make an estimation of the amount of HCH waste generated and dumped in the former Lindane/HCH-producing countries. In a preliminary assessment, the countries and the respective amount of HCH residues stored and deposited from Lindane production are estimated. Between 4 and 7 million tonnes of wastes of toxic, persistent and bioaccumulative residues (largely consisting of alpha- (approx. 80%) and beta-HCH) are estimated to have been produced and discarded around the globe during 60 years of Lindane production. For approximately 1.9 million tonnes, information is available regarding deposition. Countries are: Austria, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, The Netherlands, UK, USA, and former USSR. The paper highlights the environmental relevance of deposited HCH wastes and the related POPs' contaminated sites and provides suggestions for further steps to address the challenge of the legacy of HCH/Lindane production. It can be expected that most locations where HCH waste was discarded/stockpiled are not secured and that critical environmental impacts are resulting from leaching and volatilisation. As parties to the Stockholm Convention are legally required to take action to stop further POPs pollution, identification and evaluation of such sites are necessary.
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