Overview

As of 2019, the following POPs listed in Annexes A and B to the Stockholm Convention have pesticide use:

  • Annex A: aldrin, alpha hexachlorocyclohexane (Alpha-HCH), beta hexachlorocyclohexane (Beta-HCH), chlordane, chlordecone, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, lindane, mirex, pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters (PCP), technical endosulfan and its related isomers, and toxaphene;
  • Annex B: DDT.

* Dicofol will be listed in Annex A by decision SC-9/11 of 10 May 2019.