Standardized toolkit for Indentification and Quantification of Dioxin and furan releases

Abstract

Dioxins and furans, more precisely polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) are two of the twelve Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) covered by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). PC'DD PCDF. together with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) are listed in Annex C of the Stockholm Convention POPs: they are unintentionally generated and are commonly named "by-products". All POPs listed in Annex C require "continuing minimization and. where feasible, ultimate elimination*' (Stockholm Convention 2001). Paragraph (a) of Article 5 within the Convention requires the development and implementation of an action plan to "identify, characterize and address the releases of the chemicals listed in Annex C" and sub-paragraph (i) specifies that the action plan shall include "the development and maintenance of source inventories and release estimates".