Are We Making
Progress?
Precautionary policy for PBT pollutants that affect infants and
children
Overview
PBT Pollutants
PBT: Persistence
UNEP: paths to remote areas
Sources may be far from
effects
PBT: Bioaccumulative
Profile for PBT pollutants
PBT: Toxic
Key PBT pollutants
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Policy challenges
Elements of policy approach
US: status of policy
approaches
Mercury: example
Mercury trends in Canada
US position on treaty goal
LRTAP heavy metals protocol
National efforts: Identify
sources
Mercury emission estimates
CA
National efforts: monitor
trends
Northern impacts
National efforts: Source
controls
Global action in US interest
Conclusions
Resource links on-line
California mercury release
data
Exposure
Pesticides