PMID- 22285063
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120716
LR  - 20120416
IS  - 1873-6424 (Electronic)
IS  - 0269-7491 (Linking)
VI  - 165
DP  - 2012 Jun
TI  - Environmental policy, legislation and management of persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs) in China.
PG  - 182-92
LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.002 [doi]
AB  - Since early 1980s, chemical pollution has become a serious environmental problem 
      in rapidly developing China. This study reviewed the policy and legal framework 
      for monitoring and management of chemical pollutants in China, with reference to 
      the relevant experience in other jurisdictions. Although efforts in environmental 
      monitoring of chemical contamination have been substantially increased over the 
      last decade, China is lagging behind in terms of nationwide monitoring of 
      chemical contamination in human population, and standardization of sampling and 
      analytical protocols. While actively participating in various international 
      treaties and conventions related to pollution control, China also has a very 
      comprehensive set of environmental laws and policies. These include the newly 
      enacted legislation on the control of new chemicals (i.e., China REACH) and the 
      development of a set of National Environmental Standards. In addition to 
      environmental education, these new measures will further enhance the control of 
      chemical pollutants and facilitate effective law enforcement.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Lau, Melody Hoi Yin
AU  - Lau MH
AD  - The Swire Institute of Marine Science and School of Biological Sciences, The 
      University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, China.
FAU - Leung, Kenneth Mei Yee
AU  - Leung KM
FAU - Wong, Stella Wing Yu
AU  - Wong SW
FAU - Wang, Hong
AU  - Wang H
FAU - Yan, Zhen-Guang
AU  - Yan ZG
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
DEP - 20120130
PL  - England
TA  - Environ Pollut
JT  - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
JID - 8804476
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
SB  - IM
MH  - China
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/legislation & jurisprudence/methods/statistics & 
      numerical data
MH  - *Environmental Policy
MH  - *Environmental Pollutants
MH  - Environmental Pollution/*legislation & jurisprudence/prevention & control
MH  - International Cooperation
MH  - *Organic Chemicals
EDAT- 2012/01/31 06:00
MHDA- 2012/07/17 06:00
CRDT- 2012/01/31 06:00
PHST- 2011/08/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/01/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/01/05 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/01/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/01/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/07/17 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0269-7491(12)00019-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.002 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Pollut. 2012 Jun;165:182-92. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.01.002. Epub 2012 
      Jan 30.