Current Status and Regulatory Aspects of Pesticides Considered to be Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Taiwan
Current Status and Regulatory Aspects of Pesticides Considered to be Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Taiwan
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph7103615
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发表时间：
2010-10
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通讯作者：
W. Tsai
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作者：
W. Tsai
有机氯农药（OCPs）能够在环境中持久存在，在相介质之间迁移并积累到高水平，这意味着它们可能对人类健康和环境造成不利影响。因此，大多数OCPs被指定为持久性有机污染物（POP），甚至是内分泌干扰化学品（EDCs）。摘要本研究旨在探讨台湾地区杀虫剂类持久性有机污染物的现况，包括艾氏剂、氯丁醚、十氯酮、滴滴涕、狄氏剂、异狄氏剂、七氯、六氯苯、α/β-六氯环己烷、林丹、灭蚁灵、五氯苯及毒杀芬。关于其环境特性、禁用、致癌毒性和环境水平的信息可与中央主管当局联合建立的监管基础设施相联系（即，环境保护署、卫生署、农业理事会、劳工事务理事会）。需要报告的重大进展是，这些农药-持久性有机污染物的残留量从微量到几ppb不等，近年来已显著下降。
Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are capable of persisting in the environment, transporting between phase media and accumulating to high levels, implying that they could pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. Consequently, most OCPs are designated as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and even as endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The objective of this paper was to review the current status of pesticide POPs in Taiwan, including aldrin, chlordane, chlordecone, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene, α/β-hexachlorocyclohexanes, lindane, mirex, pentachloro-benzene, and toxaphene. The information about their environmental properties, banned use, carcinogenic toxicity and environmental levels, can be connected with the regulatory infrastructure, which has been established by the joint-venture of the central competent authorities (i.e., Environmental Protection Administration, Department of Health, Council of Agriculture, and Council of Labor Affairs). The significant progress to be reported is that the residual levels of these pesticide-POPs, ranging from trace amounts to a few ppb, have declined notably in recent years.