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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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9 Mar 2026 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Call for comments on a revised draft risk profile of a substance proposed as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) 2026

Call for comments on a draft risk profile for polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans and mixed polybrominated/chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, excluding polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Further background information: revised draft r…
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↓ Draft revised risk profile PBDD/Fs and PBCDD/Fs (55pp) ↓ Additional information relating to the draft risk profile f… (12pp)
20 May 2025 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Call for comments: draft risk profile of a substance proposed as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) 2025

Requesting comments on a draft risk profile for polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (including mixed polybrominated/chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans).

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Draft risk profile (covering Annex E of the Sto…
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↓ Draft risk profile for PXDD/Fs (51pp) ↓ Draft risk profile - additional information (10pp)
20 May 2024 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Call for comments: draft risk management evaluation of a substance proposed as a persistent organic pollutant (POP) 2024

Requesting comments on a draft risk management evaluation for chlorpyrifos, a chemical substance proposed as a POP to the UN’s Stockholm Convention.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Risk management evaluation (covering Annex F of…
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↓ Chlorpyrifos draft risk management evaluation (39pp) ↓ Chlorpyrifos draft risk management evaluation – additional … (17pp) ↓ Chlorpyrifos draft risk management evaluation – additional … ↓ Privacy notice
28 Feb 2023 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Call for comments: draft evaluations of substances proposed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Requesting comments on draft risk profiles and risk management evaluations for 5 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP review committee.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Risk profiles (covering Annex E of the Stockhol…
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↓ Risk management evaluation (covering Annex F of the Stockh… ↓ Privacy Notice ↓ Chlorinated paraffins draft risk profile (85pp) ↓ Chlorinated paraffins draft risk profile – additional infor… (98pp) ↓ Chlorpyrifos draft risk profile (52pp) ↓ Chlorpyrifos draft risk profile – additional information (33pp) ↓ Dechlorane plus draft risk management evaluation (30pp) ↓ Dechlorane Plus draft risk management evaluation – addition… (28pp) ↓ Long-chain PFCAs draft risk profile (54pp) ↓ Long-chain PFCAs – environmental concentrations database ↓ Long-chain PFCAs draft risk profile - additional information (83pp) ↓ UV-328 draft risk management evaluation (34pp)
7 Jun 2021 | Policy paper Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs linked

Chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14-17

Draft proposal to list chlorinated paraffins with carbon chain lengths in the range C14-17 and chlorination levels ≥45% chlorine by weight as a persistent organic pollutant (POP).

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↓ Annex D: summary of UK proposal to list Chlorinated paraffi… ↓ Annex D: Support document for UK Proposal to list Chlorinat… (118pp) ↓ Response documents A to D ↓ Response documents E to H ↓ Response documents I to Z ↓ January 2021: Proposal to list “Chlorinated paraffins with … (49pp) ↓ Privacy notice