Stockholm Convention lists chlorpyrifos and long-chain PFCAs for global elimination
Friday, 02 May 2025
Geneva-Today, the Stockholm Convention Conference of Parties (COP) agreed that the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos and the group of long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs) meet the Convention criteria as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and added them to the list of globally banned substances. IPEN welcomed the movement as an important step for global health and praised the increasing drive to list groups of chemicals that have similar harmful properties – rather than listing chemicals one at a time, a time-consuming process that can leave people and the environment at risk.
The Stockholm Convention contaminated sites guidelines should advance steps toward a healthier planet by identifying POPs contaminated sites, minimizing exposure risks, and using non-combustion and other alternative technologies for safer POP waste disposal and site clean-up.
Project TENDR is an alliance of more than 50 leading scientists, health professionals, and advocates working to protect children from toxic chemicals and pollutants that harm brain development, prioritizing ending the disproportionate exposures to these chemicals and pollutants and greater impacts experienced by children from families with low incomes and families of color.
Click below to read the letter from Project TENDR and their allies (including IPEN) calling on the Stockholm Convention to list chlorpyrifos for global elimination.
