POPs Use in South East Asia - Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Toolkit

The tables on this page outline the years of use and regulatory controls for various persistent organic pollutants in South East Asian countries.

Aldrin

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia			Banned in 1992
Lao PDR			Banned in 1992
Malaysia	Yes	1980-1994	Banned in 1994
Thailand	Yes	1955	Banned in 1988
Indonesia			Never registered for use
Philippines			Banned in 1989
Viet Nam			Banned in 1992

Chlordane

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia	Yes	1950-92 – present?	Banned
Lao PDR	Yes	Present (market)	Banned
Malaysia	Yes	1980-1997	Banned in 1998
Thailand	Yes	1959-2000	Banned in 2000
Indonesia			Banned in 1992
Philippines			Restricted
Viet Nam			Banned in 1992

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DDT

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia	Yes	1950-92 – present?	Banned in 1992
Lao PDR	Yes	1953 -1992 Present?	Banned in 1992
Malaysia	Yes	Until 1999	Banned in 1999
Thailand	Yes	1940	Banned in 1983 (for health in 2003)
Indonesia			Banned
Philippines			Restricted
Viet Nam			Banned in 1992

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Dieldrin

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia	Yes		Banned
Lao PDR			Banned in 1992
Malaysia	Yes	1980- 1994	Banned in 1994
Thailand	Yes	1955	Banned in 1988
Indonesia			Banned in 1992
Philippines			Banned in 1989
Viet Nam			Banned in 1992

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Endosulfan

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia			Restricted
Lao PDR
Malaysia
Thailand
Indonesia
Philippines
Viet Nam

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Endrin

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia	Yes	1950-92 Present?	Banned
Lao PDR			Banned in 1992
Malaysia			Withdrawn by company
Thailand	Yes	1955	Banned in 1981
Indonesia			Never registered for use
Philippines			Banned from import in 1989
Viet Nam			Banned in 1992

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Heptachlor

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia			Banned
Lao PDR	Yes	Present	Banned in 1992
Malaysia	Yes	1980- 1989	Banned in 1990
Thailand	Yes	1959	Banned in 1988
Indonesia			Never registered for use
Philippines			Banned in 1989
Viet Nam			Banned in 1992

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HCB

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia			Banned
Lao PDR
Malaysia			Never registered
Thailand	Yes	1959	Banned in 1988
Indonesia			Banned
Philippines			Restricted
Viet Nam			Banned in 1992

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Mirex

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia			Restricted
Lao PDR			Banned
Malaysia			Banned
Thailand			Banned in 1995
Indonesia			Banned
Philippines			Restricted
Viet Nam

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PCP

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia			Restricted
Lao PDR
Malaysia			Banned in 2000
Thailand			Banned in 1995 (AG). Banned in 2000 (PH)
Indonesia			Banned in 1980
Philippines			Only allowed for use in wood treatment
Viet Nam			Import under conditions imposed by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

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Toxaphene

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia			Banned
Lao PDR			Banned in 1992
Malaysia			Banned
Thailand	Yes	1959	Banned in 1983
Indonesia			Banned in 1980
Philippines			Banned in 1989
Viet Nam			Banned in 1995

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HCH

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia			Banned
Lao PDR
Malaysia			Registration under review
Thailand			HCH-mixed isomer banned. Lindane banned 2002. Lindane in public health restricted
Indonesia			HCH isomers – banned. Lindane – not registered
Philippines			Banned in 1989
Viet Nam			Banned

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HCB

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia			NA
Lao PDR			Banned
Malaysia			Banned
Thailand			Banned in 1980
Indonesia			Banned in 1988
Philippines			Restricted
Viet Nam			Banned in 1992

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PCBs

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage	Regulatory Controls
Cambodia	Yes	1959-present	NA
Lao PDR	Yes		Banned
Malaysia	Yes		Banned
Thailand	Yes		Import banned in 1975, fully banned in 2004.
Indonesia			Banned in 1994
Philippines			Restricted
Viet Nam

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Dioxins & Furans

	Used or Found in Country?	Years of Usage
Cambodia	Yes	To present
Lao PDR	Yes	To present
Malaysia
Thailand	Yes
Indonesia
Philippines
Viet Nam

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References:

UNEP, 2002. Regionally Based Assessment of Persistent Toxic Substances – South East Asia and South Pacific Regional Report, United nations Environment Programme Chemcials, Geneva, pp.125.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. 2007. Plan for the Implementation of Its Obligation under the Stockholm Convention on the POPs, May 2007.

Government of Malaysia. 2007. National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on POPs. Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Putrajaya, Malaysia. pp. 296.

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Ministry of Environment. 2006. National Implementation Plan, Department of Environmental Pollution Control Management, Ministry of Environment, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. pp. 123.

Vanhan, H., and T. Sochantha. 2004. Inventory Report on Agricultural POPs Pesticides and DTT for Malaria Control in Cambodia, Project Coordination Unit Enabling Activities for the Development of a National Plan for Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, Ministry of Environment, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. pp. 93.

STEA. 2007. Draft National Implementation Plan. Environment Research Institute (ERI), Science Technology and Environment Agency (STEA), Vientiane, Lao PDR. pp. 130.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. 2007. Plan for the Implementation of Its Obligation under the Stockholm Convention on the POPs, May 2007.

Government of Malaysia. 2007. National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on POPs. Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Putrajaya, Malaysia. pp. 296.

Ministry of Environment. 2006. National Implementation Plan, Department of Environmental Pollution Control Management, Ministry of Environment, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. pp. 123.

STEA. 2007. Draft National Implementation Plan. Environment Research Institute (ERI), Science Technology and Environment Agency (STEA), Vientiane, Lao PDR. pp. 130.

Luangrath, S. 2005. Preliminary Inventory Report for PCBs Dielectric Fluid for Transformers in Laos. Project Coordination Unit, Environment Research Institute (ERI), Science Technology and Environment Agency (STEA), Vientiane, Lao PDR. pp. 33.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. 2007. Plan for the Implementation of Its Obligation under the Stockholm Convention on the POPs, May 2007.

Government of Malaysia. 2007. National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on POPs. Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Putrajaya, Malaysia. pp. 296.