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Change (%) in PCB emissions 1990-2009 (EEA member countries): The reported change in polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) emissions for each country, 1990-2009.
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Sector split of emissions of selected POPs (EEA member countries): The contribution made by different sectors to emissions of: HCB - hexachlorobenzene, HCH - hexachlorocyclohexane, PCBs - polychlorinated biphenyls; dioxins & furans; and PAHs - polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
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Emission trends of persistent organic pollutants (EEA member countries - indexed 1990 = 100): Emission trends 1990-2009 for the persistent organic pollutants: HCB - hexachlorobenzene, HCH - hexachlorocyclohexane, PCBs - polychlorinated biphenyls; dioxins & furans; and PAHs - polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
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European Union emission inventory report 1990–2009 under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP): This document is the European Union emission inventory report under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). It includes information on the formal institutional arrangements that underpin the European Union's emission inventory, emission trends for the EU‑27 and Member States, and the contribution of important individual emission sources to total emissions, sector group emission trends for key pollutants, information on recalculations and future planned improvements.
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Persistent organic pollutant (POP) emissions (APE 006) - Assessment published Oct 2010: EEA-32 emissions of a number of compounds categorised as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), have decreased between 1990 and 2008 - hexachlorobenzene (HCB, by -89%), hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH, by -86%), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs, by -76%), dioxins & furans (by 81%) and poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, by -60%). While the majority of individual countries report POP emissions have fallen during this period, a number do report that increased emissions have occurred. In 2008, the most significant sources of emissions for these POPs included the 'Commercial, institutional and households' (53% of PAHs, 30% of dioxins & furans, 23% of PCBs) and 'Industrial Processes' (99% of HCB, 74% of HCH, 37% of PCBs) sectors. Important emission sources of PAH, include residential combustion processes (open fires, coal and wood burning for heating purposes etc), industrial metal production processes, and the road transport sector. Emissions from these sources have all declined since 1990 as a result of decreased residential use of coal, improvements in abatement technologies for metal refining and smelting, and stricter regulations on emissions from the road transport sector. Environmental context: Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are chemical substances that persist in the environment, have potential to bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment. This group of substances includes unintentional by-products of industrial processes (such as PAHs, dioxins and furans) pesticides (such as DDT), and industrial chemicals (such as polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs). All share the property of being progressively accumulated higher up the food chain, such that chronic exposure of lower organisms to much lower concentrations can expose predatory organisms, including humans and wildlife, to potentially harmful concentrations. In humans they are also of concern for human health because of their toxicity, their potential to cause cancer and their ability to cause harmful effects at low concentrations. Their relative toxic/carcinogenic potencies are compound specific. POPs have also been shown to possess a number of toxicological properties. The major concern is often centred on their possible role in carcinogenic, immunological and reproductive effects but more recently concern has also been expressed over their possible harmful effects on human development.
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Contribution to total change in emissions of selected POPs between 1990 and 2008 (EEA member countries): The contribution made by each sector to the total change in emissions of selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) between 1990 and 2008: HCB - hexachlorobenzene, HCH - hexachlorocyclohexane, PCBs - polychlorinated biphenyls; dioxins & furans; and PAHs - polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
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Change (%) in PCB emissions 1990-2008 (EEA member countries): The reported change in polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) emissions for each country, 1990-2008.
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Emissions by sector of selected persistent organic pollutants - 2008 (EEA member countries): The contribution made by different sectors to emissions of: HCB - hexachlorobenzene, HCH - hexachlorocyclohexane, PCBs - polychlorinated biphenyls; dioxins & furans; and PAHs - polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
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Emission trends of selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (EEA member countries - indexed 1990 = 100): Emission trends 1990-2008 for the persistent organic pollutants: HCB - hexachlorobenzene, HCH - hexachlorocyclohexane, PCBs - polychlorinated biphenyls; dioxins & furans; and PAHs - polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
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European Union emission inventory report 1990 — 2008 under the UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP): This document is the European Union emission inventory report under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). It includes information on the formal institutional arrangements that underpin the European Union's emission inventory, emission trends for the EU‑27 and Member States, and the contribution of important individual emission sources to total emissions, sector group emission trends for key pollutants, information on recalculations and future planned improvements.
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