The fifth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-5) of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) took place from 12-16 October 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland.

POPRC-5 addressed several operational issues, including: work programmes on new POPs; substitutions and alternatives; toxicological interactions; and activities undertaken for effective participation in the work of the Committee. POPRC-5 also considered the draft risk profile for endosulfan and agreed to move it forward to the Annex F phase of the assessment process. The draft risk profile for short-chained chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) was stalled at Annex E phase. This decision was taken without prejudice to future decisions, and requests the Secretariat to analyse the risk management and risk reduction measures and to present this information at POPRC-6 in 2010. The Committee also discussed whether hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) met the Annex D criteria for listing under the Stockholm Convention and agreed to move it to the Annex E phase.
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