J 2022

Persistent Problem: Global Challenges to Managing PCBs

MELYMUK, Lisa Emily; Jonathan BLUMENTHAL; Ondřej SÁŇKA; Adriana SHU-YIN; Veena SINGLA et al.

Basic information

Original name

Persistent Problem: Global Challenges to Managing PCBs

Authors

MELYMUK, Lisa Emily; Jonathan BLUMENTHAL; Ondřej SÁŇKA; Adriana SHU-YIN; Veena SINGLA; Kateřina ŠEBKOVÁ; Kristi Pullen FEDINICK and Miriam Leah DIAMOND

Edition

Technology, Washington, D.C. American Chemical Society, 2022, 0013-936X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

Marked to be transferred to RIV

Yes

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00127524

Organization

Přírodovědecká fakulta – Repository – Repository

EID Scopus

Keywords in English

polychlorinated biphenyls; Stockholm Convention; chemicals management; persistent organic pollutants; PCB stocks; environmentally sound management; Canada; Czechia; USA

Links

EF17_043/0009632, research and development project. 734522, interní kód Repo. 857560, interní kód Repo. RECETOX RI, large research infrastructures.
Changed: 11/6/2025 00:50, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Abstract

In the original language

gt;30 years after the end of production highlights the urgent need to prioritize reducing production and use of newer, more widely distributed POPs such as chlorinated paraffins and per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, as these management challenges are unlikely to be resolved in the coming decades.

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