New Zealand - Feedback on Restricting Three New Stockholm Convention POPs: Chlorpyrifos, MCCPs and LC-PFCAs
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In May 2025, three new chemicals were added to the Stockholm Convention. This is an international treaty to eliminate or restrict the production and use of POPs – highly toxic chemicals that do not readily degrade.
New Zealand will add them to Schedule 2A of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 (HSNO Act).
The three chemicals are: chlorpyrifos, medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs), and long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts and related compounds (LC-PFCAs).
The Stockholm Convention decisions for these chemicals allow some exemptions that may be relevant for New Zealand.
This consultation is to collect feedback on these exemptions.
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