Perspectives on the Inclusion of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate into the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTPerspectives on the Inclusion of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate into the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants1Reflections on the inclusion of perfluorooctane sulfonate into the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.Thanh Wang, Yawei Wang, Chunyang Liao, Yaqi Cai, and Guibin JiangView Author Information State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing1Editor’s Note: This manuscript was accepted for publication on April 24, 2009. On May 9, 2009, the Conference of the Parties 4 of the Stockholm Convention (COP-4) in Geneva placed perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride (PFOS and PFOSF) in Annex B (see below for other included substances). Due to our production timelines, it was impossible to have this article appear prior to the COP-4 meeting (began May 4, 2009). Therefore the conditional/future tensing within this article, now made moot by the COP-4 decision, has been edited into parentheses. Much of this paper describes the toxicological considerations of PFOS/PFOSF that led to its inclusion. Taking the information in this Viewpoint article, readers may wish to consider the placement of PFOS/PFOSF as argued by the authors. According to the press release of the (COP-4) May 9, 2009 resolution (http://chm.pops.int/Convention/Pressrelease/COP4Geneva9May2009/tabid/542/language/en-US/Default.aspx), the compounds listed in this paper were assigned as follows: PFOS, its salts, and PFOSF - Annex B, pentabromodiphenyl ether - Annex A, hexabromobiphenyl - Annex A, chlordecone - Annex A, pentachlorobenzene - Annex A and Annex C, lindane - Annex A, α- and β-hexachlorocyclohexane - Annex A.Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, 14, 5171–5175Publication Date (Web):June 8, 2009Publication History Published online8 June 2009Published inissue 15 July 2009https://doi.org/10.1021/es900464aCopyright © 2009 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views7729Altmetric-Citations323LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (2 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Anatomy,Environmental pollution,Organic compounds,Serum,Toxicity Get e-Alerts