BSAP Hazardous substances UllaBritta Fallenius Swedish Environmental Protection

BSAP Hazardous substances Ulla-Britta Fallenius Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Vision • Healthy Baltic Sea environment, with diverse biological components functioning in balance, resulting in a good ecological status and supporting a wide range of sustainable human economic and social activities

Goal • Baltic Sea life undisturbed by hazardous substances

Objectives • Concentrations of hazardous substances close to natural levels • All fish safe to eat • Healthy wildlife • Radioactivity at pre-Chernobyl levels

Selected substances • • • • 1. Dioxins (PCDD), furans (PCDF) & dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dil. PCB) 2 a. Tributyltin compounds (TBT) 2 b. Triphenyltin compounds (TPh. T) 3 a. Pentabromodiphenyl ether (penta. BDPE) 3 b. Octabromodiphenyl ether (octa. BDPE) 3 c. Decabromodiphenyl ether (deca. BDPE) 4 a. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) 4 b. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) 5. Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) 6 a. Nonylphenols (NP) 6 b. Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) 7 a. Octylphenols (OP) 7 b. Octylphenol ethoxylates (OPE) 8 a. Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP or chloroalkanes, C 10 -13) 8 b. Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCP or chloroalkanes, C 14 -17) 9. Endosulfan

Consultant report Identification of measures for 8 selected organic substances and possible other toxics • Major emission sources • Proposals for measures Ø Product control measures (ban/substitution, better raw materials) Ø BAT Ø Handling/treatment of waste

Identification of reduction measures for pollution of dioxins, mercury and cadmium focussing on specific parts of the most relevant sectors such as metal industry and combustion processes Ø Implementation of BAT Ø Product control measures