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Persistent Organic Pollutants Regulation

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is amending the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation to address PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), which are highly persistent, bioaccumulative chemicals with potential long-term environmental and human health impacts. The department is conducting consultations on regulatory amendments and risk assessments for substances proposed as POPs, with changes expected in 2026.

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24 Apr 2025 | Impact assessment Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Request for information on substances proposed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) 2024

Request for information to feed into a draft Risk Profile, and draft Risk Management Evaluation for 2 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP Review Committee.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Responses received and government response (PXD…
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↓ Responses recieved and government response (MCCPs) ↓ Request to inform the substance Risk Profile (Annex E of th… ↓ Request for more information for Risk Management Evaluation… ↓ Defra's research privacy notice
15 Aug 2023 | Impact assessment Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Request for information on substances proposed as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) 2022

Requesting information to feed into draft Risk Profiles and draft Risk Management Evaluations for 3 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP Review Committee

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↓ Request to inform substance Risk Management Evaluations (An… ↓ Request to inform substance Risk Profiles (Annex E of the S… ↓ Information submission form: chlorinated paraffins (C14 to … ↓ Information submission form: long-chain perfluorocarboxylic… ↓ Information submission form: chlorpyrifos (Annex E of the S… ↓ Privacy notice
28 Feb 2023 | Impact assessment Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Request for information about risk management evaluations of substances proposed as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Collecting information for risk management evaluations for 2 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP Review Committee.

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↓ Summary of responses and government response ↓ Privacy Notice