PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE (PFHxS)— SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT, EXPOSURE, AND THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE IPEN Expert Panel Rome October 2019 PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE (PFHxS)—SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT, EXPOSURE, AND THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE September 2019 Bluteau, T. a, Cornelsen, M. b, Holmes, N.J.C. c, Klein, R.A. d, McDowall, J.G.e, Shaefer, T.H. f, Tisbury, M. g, Whitehead, K. h. a Leia Laboratories, France b Cornelsen Umwelttechnologie GmbH, Essen, Germany c Department of of Science and Environment, Queensland Government, Australia d Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University New York (CUNY), New York USA e 3FFF Ltd, Corby, United Kingdom f Sydney, Australia g United Firefighters Union and Melbourne Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB), Australia h Unity Fire & Safety, Oman representing the IPEN Panel of Independent Experts White Paper prepared for IPEN by members of the IPEN Expert Panel and associates for the meeting of the Stock- holm Convention POPs Review Committee (POPRC-15), 1-4 October 2019, Rome, Italy © 2019 IPEN and Authors Listed as IPEN Expert Panel Members Cite this publication as: IPEN 2019. White Paper for the Stockholm Convention Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC-15). Perfluorohexane Sulfonate (PFHxS)—Socio-Economic Impact, Exposure, and the Precautionary Principle. Corresponding authors: R. A. Klein <
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