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Canada |
Federal Act: Canadian
Environmental Protection Act - phrasing "persistent
organic pollutant" not used. Legislated per pollutant.
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| Australia |
PCBs are banned
and there are a variety of state-based laws governing
their storage, handling and disposal |
| Taiwan |
The Dirty Dozen
POPs have been banned under the Agropesticide
Act and the Environmental Agent Control
Act. Under the Toxic Chemical Substances Control
Act, Taiwan EPA has listed ten substances as announced
toxic chemical substances, thus are strictly banned
from manufacturing, importation, selling or using
unless specifically for lab testing, research and
educational purposes, namely PCBs, Chlordane, DDT,
Dieldrin, Toxaphene, Endrin, Heptachlor, Adrin,
Lindane, Hexachlorobenzene. |
| Malaysia |
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| Japan |
Our government
policy is to eliminate PCBs by 2010. The Law of
the Promotion of Environmentally Sound Destruction
of PCB Wastes which was enacted in June, 2001, stated
the disposition of PCBs to be completed by the year
2016. |
| Korea |
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| Hong Kong |
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| China |
Do not know. |
| Indonesia |
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