First Expert Meeting to update the Guidance on the Global Monitoring Plan for POPs (EG-1)

Geneva, Switzerland, 12 to 14 April 2010

The First Meeting of the Expert Group to update the Guidance on the Global Monitoring Plan for POPs was held to discuss the implications of listing new POPs for the guidance on the GMP and agree on the approach, workplan and timetable to update the GMP Guidance document. The discussions took into consideration issues such as new substances to be monitored, sampling and analysis of new and candidate POPs in air, human milk and blood, as well as other media, specimen banking, etc. An approach to update the GMP Guidance document was agreed, along with a work-plan, timetable and potential contributions from experts.

Meeting documents


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Meeting Agenda179.62 K
Meeting Report286.1 K
List of Participants174.66 K

Presentations


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Overview of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. SSC2.1 MB
New POPs-Compounds to analyze?–Thoughtstarter. Heidi Fiedler, UNEP Chemicals502.3 K
Analysis of POPs in human milk for WHO/UNEP-coordinated exposure studies with regard to the Global Monitoring Plan. CVUA (State Institute for Chemical and Veterinary Analysis of Food), Freiburg, Germany.1.1 MB
Sampling and analysis of new and candidate POPs in other media. Derek Muir, Environment Canada, Aquatic Ecosystem Protection Research Division669.72 K
Scope of Environmental Specimen Banking in Stockholm Convention. Yasuyuki Shibata, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan3.13 MB
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