PMID- 25510609
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160516
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1614-7499 (Electronic)
IS  - 0944-1344 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 19
DP  - 2015 Oct
TI  - Inventory development for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in Turkey: 
      challenges to control chemicals in articles and products.
PG  - 14537-45
LID - 10.1007/s11356-014-3924-2 [doi]
AB  - Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and related substances have been listed as 
      persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Stockholm Convention. Countries which 
      have ratified the Convention need to take appropriate actions to control PFOS use 
      and release. This study compiles and enhances the findings of the first inventory 
      of PFOS and related substances use in Turkey conducted within the frame of the 
      Stockholm Convention National Implementation Plan (NIP) update. The specific 
      Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System (HS)) codes 
      of imported and exported goods that possibly contain PFOS and 165 of Chemical 
      Abstracts Service (CAS) numbers of PFOS-related substances were assessed for 
      acquiring information from customs and other authorities. However, with the 
      current approaches available, no useful information could be compiled since HS 
      codes are not specific enough and CAS numbers are not used by customs. 
      Furthermore, the cut-off volume in chemical databases in Turkey and the reporting 
      limit in the HS system (0.1 %) are too high for controlling PFOS. The attempt of 
      modeling imported volumes by a Monte Carlo simulation did not also result in a 
      satisfactory estimate, giving an upper-bound estimate above the global production 
      volumes. The replies to questionnaires were not satisfactory, highlighting that 
      an elaborated approach is needed in the communication with potentially PFOS-using 
      stakeholders. The experience of the challenges of gathering information on PFOS 
      in articles and products revealed the gaps of controlling highly hazardous 
      substances in products and articles and the need of improvements.
FAU - Korucu, M Kemal
AU  - Korucu MK
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Kocaeli University, 41380, Kocaeli, 
      Turkey. kemal.korucu@kocaeli.edu.tr.
FAU - Gedik, Kadir
AU  - Gedik K
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Akdeniz University, 07058, Antalya, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Weber, Roland
AU  - Weber R
AD  - POPs Environmental Consulting, 73527, Schwabisch Gmund, Germany.
FAU - Karademir, Aykan
AU  - Karademir A
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Kocaeli University, 41380, Kocaeli, 
      Turkey.
FAU - Kurt-Karakus, Perihan Binnur
AU  - Kurt-Karakus PB
AD  - Department of Environmental Engineering, Bursa Technical University, 16190, 
      Bursa, Turkey.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20141217
PL  - Germany
TA  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
JT  - Environmental science and pollution research international
JID - 9441769
RN  - 0 (Alkanesulfonic Acids)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Fluorocarbons)
RN  - 9H2MAI21CL (perfluorooctane sulfonic acid)
SB  - IM
MH  - Alkanesulfonic Acids/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - Environmental Monitoring/*methods
MH  - Environmental Policy
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - Fluorocarbons/*analysis/chemistry
MH  - Turkey
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chemicals in products
OT  - HS codes
OT  - Monte Carlo simulation
OT  - PFOS and PFAS
OT  - POPs inventory
OT  - Stockholm Convention
EDAT- 2014/12/17 06:00
MHDA- 2016/05/18 06:00
CRDT- 2014/12/17 06:00
PHST- 2014/10/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/11/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/12/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/12/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/05/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-014-3924-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1007/s11356-014-3924-2 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2015 Oct;22(19):14537-45. doi: 
      10.1007/s11356-014-3924-2. Epub 2014 Dec 17.