Annex

Explanatory notes to the form for submission of information specified in
Annex E for use by the POPs Review Committee

In filling in the form please provide, where possible and relevant,
information of sufficient detail to inform scientific considerations of
the Committee in preparing the risk profile, emphasizing information on
study methods, tissue concentrations for comparative purposes, and
citations, including, if possible, original copies of papers not readily
available in the public literature. If the information is not
peer-reviewed, it may still be useful for the Committee.

Sources

Provide units for the data.

Historical data and trend data regarding production and uses.

Information regarding imports and exports.

Hazard assessment for the endpoints of concern

Only information regarding the most important endpoints of concern need
to be provided.

Data on human toxicity and ecotoxicity would be particularly helpful.

Environmental fate

Other information, including long-range environmental transport
modelling data.

Monitoring data

If possible, provide additional monitoring data with indication of the
data quality or the level of confidence. 

Trend data.

Additional data related to the criteria in Annex D, especially where
relevant to persistence, bio-accumulation and long-range environmental
transport, as well as exposure. Please compare with the Annex D
evaluation by the Committee (http://www.pops.int/poprc/)

Environmental monitoring data and exposure data. 

Exposure in local areas

Data regarding areas remote from sources of the chemical.

Data related to human health as well as wildlife.

Experimental or modelling data indicating possible long-range transport.

Occupational exposure data.

National and international risk evaluations etc.

Rationale (assessment information) for regulation on toxic chemicals.

National and international risk evaluations prepared by Governments,
inter-governmental organizations, regional economic integration
organizations and non-governmental organizations

Status of the chemical under international conventions

Only information regarding instruments other than the most well-known
ones should be submitted (see document UNEP/POPS/POPRC.1/INF/10).

Additional information may also be submitted that is relevant for the
evaluation of the chemical by the Committee but which does not fall
within the above categories.

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