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Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds

Document type
Decision
Reference number
POPRC-14/1
Date
Sep 17, 2018
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Treaty
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 21, 2001)
Meeting
Fourteenth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Commtitee of the Stockholm Convention
Website
www.informea.org
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Abstract

The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee,

Having completed an evaluation of the proposal by Norway to list perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds, defined as any substance that contains the chemical moiety C6F13SO2- as one of its structural elements and that potentially degrades to PFHxS, in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Stockholm Convention and having decided at its thirteenth meeting, in its decision POPRC 13/3, that the proposal meets the criteria set out in Annex D to the Convention,