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Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (CAS No: 335-67-1, PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and PFOA-related compounds

Document type
Decision
Reference number
POPRC-11/4
Date
Oct 18, 2015
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Public health
Treaty
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001)
Meeting
Eleventh Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-11)
Website
www.informea.org
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Abstract

The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,

Having examined the proposal by the European Union to list pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (CAS No.: 335-67-1, PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), its salts and PFOA related compounds in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Convention and having applied the screening criteria specified in Annex D to the Convention,
1. Decides, in accordance with paragraph 4 (a) of Article 8 of the Convention, that it is satisfied that the screening criteria have been fulfilled for pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (CAS No: 335-67-1, PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid), as set out in the evaluation contained in the annex to the present decision;