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Current Status and Regulatory Aspects of Pesticides Considered to be Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Taiwan

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  • Wen-Tien Tsai

    (Graduate Institute of Bioresources, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan)

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Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are capable of persisting in the environment, transporting between phase media and accumulating to high levels, implying that they could pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. Consequently, most OCPs are designated as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and even as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The objective of this paper was to review the current status of pesticide POPs in Taiwan, including aldrin, chlordane, chlordecone, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, α/β-hexachlorocyclohexanes, lindane, mirex, pentachloro-benzene, and toxaphene. The information about their environmental properties, banned use, carcinogenic toxicity and environmental levels, can be connected with the regulatory infrastructure, which has been established by the joint-venture of the central competent authorities ( i.e. , Environmental Protection Administration, Department of Health, Council of Agriculture, and Council of Labor Affairs). The significant progress to be reported is that the residual levels of these pesticide-POPs, ranging from trace amounts to a few ppb, have declined notably in recent years.

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  • Wen-Tien Tsai, 2010. "Current Status and Regulatory Aspects of Pesticides Considered to be Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Taiwan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 7(10), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:7:y:2010:i:10:p:3615-3627:d:9819
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    1. Cheng-Chih Kao & Danielle E. Que & Sayre J. Bongo & Lemmuel L. Tayo & Yi-Hsien Lin & Chun-Wen Lin & Sheng-Lun Lin & Yan-You Gou & Wen-Li Hsu & Cherng-Gueih Shy & Kuo-Lin Huang & Ming-Hsien Tsai & How-, 2019. "Residue Levels of Organochlorine Pesticides in Breast Milk and Its Associations with Cord Blood Thyroid Hormones and the Offspring’s Neurodevelopment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-19, April.
    2. Men-Wen Chen & Harvey M. Santos & Danielle E. Que & Yan-You Gou & Lemmuel L. Tayo & Yi-Chyun Hsu & Young-Bin Chen & Fu-An Chen & How-Ran Chao & Kuo-Lin Huang, 2018. "Association between Organochlorine Pesticide Levels in Breast Milk and Their Effects on Female Reproduction in a Taiwanese Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-22, May.

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