The third meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC 3) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) took place from 19-23 November 2007, in Geneva, Switzerland.

POPRC 3 approved the risk management evaluation for five chemicals, and recommended that COP 4 consider listing the following under Annex A (elimination): lindane; chlordecone; hexabromobiphenyl (HBB); and pentabromodiphenyl ether (pentaBDE). It also recommended that COP 4 consider listing, under Annex A or Annex B (restriction), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), its salts, and PFOS fluoride (PFOSF). Risk profiles were approved for four chemicals, and POPRC-3 adopted a draft work programme to prepare draft risk management evaluations for those chemicals, namely on: commercial octabromodiphenyl ether, pentachlorobenzene, and alpha and beta hexachlorocyclohexane. The decision on the risk profile for short-chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) was deferred until POPRC 4, scheduled to convene in October 2008.
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