UNITED NATIONS SC UNEP/POPS/POPRC.6/INF/24 Distr.: General 1 October 2010 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic English only Pollutants Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee Sixth meeting Geneva, 11–15 October 2010 Item 5 of the provisional agenda* Consideration of the draft risk management evaluation on endosulfan Compilation of information submitted pursuant to Annex F that is relevant to endosulfan Note by the Secretariat The annex to the present note contains a compilation of information pursuant to Annex F to the Stockholm Convention that is relevant to endosulfan and has been submitted by parties and observers in response to the invitation issued by the Committee in accordance with Article 8, paragraph 7 (a), of the Convention. The annex is presented as prepared by the working group and has not been formally edited by the Secretariat. * UNEP/POPS/POPRC.6/1/Rev.1. K1062292 061010 For reasons of economy, this document is printed in a limited number. 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UNEP/POPS/POPRC.6/INF/24 Annex Compilation of information submitted pursuant to Annex F that is relevant to endosulfan Draft prepared by the ad hoc working group on endosulfan under the POPs Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention July 2010 Contents 2 UNEP/POPS/POPRC.6/INF/24 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................................................4 ADDITIONAL ANNEX E INFORMATION........................................................................................................................5 (i) Production data, including quantity and location.............................................................................................5 (ii) Uses.................................................................................................................................................................7 (iii) Releases, such as discharges, losses and emissions .....................................................................................16 ANNEX F INFORMATION...........................................................................................................................................18 (A) EFFICACY AND EFFICIENCY OF POSSIBLE CONTROL MEASURES IN MEETING RISK REDUCTION GOALS.................18 (i) Description of possible control measures.......................................................................................................18 (ii) Technical feasibility......................................................................................................................................26 (iii) Costs, including environmental and health costs .........................................................................................28 (B) INFORMATION ON ALTERNATIVES (PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES).........................................................................33 (i) Description of alternatives .............................................................................................................................33 (ii) Technical feasibility......................................................................................................................................51 (iii) Costs, including environmental and health costs .........................................................................................51 (iv) Efficacy ........................................................................................................................................................53 (v) Risk ...............................................................................................................................................................54 (vi) Availability...................................................................................................................................................55 (vii) Accessibility................................................................................................................................................56 (C) SUMMARY ON INFORMATION ON IMPACTS ON SOCIETY OF IMPLEMENTING POSSIBLE CONTROL MEASURES........56 (i) Health, including public, environmental and occupational health .................................................................56 (ii) Agriculture, including aquaculture and forestry............................................................................................59 (iii) Biota (biodiversity) ......................................................................................................................................67 (iv) Economic aspects.........................................................................................................................................68 (v) Movement towards sustainable development................................................................................................70 (vi) Social costs...................................................................................................................................................71 (D) WASTE AND DISPOSAL IMPLICATIONS (IN PARTICULAR, OBSOLETE STOCKS OF PESTICIDES AND CLEAN‑UP OF CONTAMINATED SITES) ............................................................................................................................................71 (i) Technical feasibility.......................................................................................................................................71 (ii) Costs..............................................................................................................................................................73 (E) ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PUBLIC...............................................................................................................73 (F) STATUS OF CONTROL AND MONITORING .............................................................................................................76 (G) ANY NATIONAL OR REGIONAL CONTROL ACTIONS ALREADY TAKEN, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON ALTERNATIVES, AND OTHER RELEVANT RISK MANAGEMENT INFORMATION ......................................................79 (H) OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR THE RISK MANAGEMENT EVALUATION ....................................................83 (I) OTHER INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THE POPRC...........................................................................................101 ANNEX-I ..............................................................................................................................................................106 ANNEX-II.............................................................................................................................................................115 3 UNEP/POPS/POPRC.6/INF/24 Introduction Endosulfan, a synthetic organochlorine compound, is widely used as an agricultural insecticide. It was introduced into the market already back in the mid 1950s but plant protection products containing endosulfan are still used in a number of countries worldwide. The European Community and its Member States that are Parties to the Convention submitted a proposal to list endosulfan in Annexes A, B or C of the Convention in 2007 (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.3/5). At its fourth meeting held from 13 to 17 October 2008 in Geneva the POPRC decided to invite Parties and observers to submit the Annex E information on Endosulfan proposed by European Community and its Member States that are Parties to the Convention for listing in Annexes A, B, and/or C of the Convention in order to prepare a draft risk profile. A large number of parties and observers have responded to this invitation. The ad hoc working group prepared the draft risk profile (UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/3). A supporting document for the draft risk profile can be found in document UNEP/POPS/POPRC.5/INF/9. At its 5th meeting in Geneva from 12 to 16 October 2009 the POPRC reviewed and adopted a revised draft risk profile on endosulfan by which it agrees that the POP characteristics of the chemical warrant global action. The Committee decided to develop for endosulfan a risk management evaluation document that includes an analysis of possible control measures for consideration at its next meeting and final recommendation to the COP for its listing in the Annexes of the Convention.i Parties and observers have been invited to submit to the Secretariat information specified in Annex F by 8 January 2010ii. Several EU and non EU Member States and a few organisations followed the invitation and provided the relevant information. Among them Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Germany, India, Japan, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Togo, Ukraine, the United States of America and institutions like CropLife, IPEN, ISC and MAI. They provided useful information according to Annex F of the Stockholm Convention. In addition to the information relevant for the risk management evaluation, two parties (Australia and Norway) provided additional information relevant for the risk profile with respect to adverse human health effects. The corresponding information provided by Australia can be found in chapter “(I) Other information requested by the POPRC”. The corresponding information provided by Norway can be found in chapter “(h) Other relevant information for the risk management evaluation”. 4 UNEP/POPS/POPRC.6/INF/24 Additional