PMID- 17521727
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071206
LR  - 20070824
IS  - 0160-4120 (Print)
IS  - 0160-4120 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 7
DP  - 2007 Oct
TI  - Environmental management of pesticidal POPs in China: past, present and future.
PG  - 894-902
AB  - China, the largest developing country in the world, has been undergoing rapid 
      economic growth in the past two decades. Synchronously, large quantities of 
      persistent organic chlorinated pesticides have been used in agriculture and 
      non-agriculture areas. Accompanying with incomplete management framework, the 
      improper use and disposal of pesticides have caused serious pollution problems. 
      In this study, we discussed: (1) ten persistent organochlorine pesticides in 
      terms of historical production, consumption and number of manufacturers, import 
      and export; (2) the current management framework of pesticidal persistent organic 
      pollutants (POPs) with respect to legal system and government administrative 
      system; (3) the existing problems in the management of pesticidal POPs; and 
      proposed recommendations for countermeasures. Based on the available information, 
      it can be concluded that records on the historical production and consumption 
      quantities of pesticidal POPs are incomplete which makes a difficulty in the 
      management. Although China has come a long way in developing a modern legal 
      system, the current system is still considered weak and inefficient; and many 
      challenges are ahead. The government administrative system has also been reformed 
      and improved, but over-lapping jurisdictions still exist and are ineffective in 
      managing pesticidal POPs program. To address these existing problems in 
      pesticidal POPs management, it was suggested that more investigations should be 
      conducted to collect information on pollution sources of pesticidal POPs, to 
      evaluate their environmental risks, to identify new alternative chemicals and to 
      complete management framework of pesticidal POPs in China. Furthermore, the 
      public should be encouraged to participate in managing hazardous pesticidal POPs 
      in China, and international cooperation and communication should be established 
      and strengthened imperatively as well.
FAU - Wei, Dongbin
AU  - Wei D
AD  - Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 
      Beijing 100085, PR China. weidb@rcees.ac.cn
FAU - Kameya, Takashi
AU  - Kameya T
FAU - Urano, Kohei
AU  - Urano K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20070522
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Int
JT  - Environment international
JID - 7807270
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Pesticides)
SB  - IM
MH  - China
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Environmental Pollution/analysis/*legislation & jurisprudence/*prevention & 
      control
MH  - Pesticides/*analysis
MH  - Public Policy
EDAT- 2007/05/25 09:00
MHDA- 2007/12/07 09:00
CRDT- 2007/05/25 09:00
PHST- 2006/09/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/04/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/04/17 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/05/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/12/07 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/05/25 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0160-4120(07)00080-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envint.2007.04.006 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Int. 2007 Oct;33(7):894-902. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.04.006. Epub 2007 
      May 22.