Chemicals
UK Dioxins Strategy Group
A Dioxins Strategy Group has been established to inform the development of the UK Dioxins Action Plan.
The establishment of such a Group was widely supported by respondents to the consultation paper Dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in the UK environment.
The purpose of the Dioxins Strategy Group is to provide a dialogue platform to inform Government on further measures that could be taken in order to continue reducing the release of dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls into the environment.
The Group will appraise the results of the Government's scientific research programmes to underpin policy development on dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs and will input into the identification of areas for future action to be included in the Dioxins Action Plan.
The group will meet three times to develop the Dioxin Action Plan and will take forward work between meetings.
Membership
The group has 14 members, drawn from industry, academia, non-governmental groups and consumer groups. The broad membership of the group ensures that a diverse range of views are represented.
The following organisations are represented:
Corus
Solid Fuel Association
Non-Ferrous Alliance
Sea Fish Industry Authority
Environmental Services Association
Women's Environmental Network
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
University of Birmingham
University of Lancaster
University of Newcastle
PD Consulting
AEA Technology
Meetings
- Summary note of third meeting - 25 May 2006
(30 KB) - Summary note of second meeting - 1 December 2005 (53 KB)
- Summary note of first meeting - 21 April 2005
(27 KB)
Published research
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Partial Regulatory Impact Assessment - Analysis of the costs and benefits of the addition of new persistent organic pollutants to the Stockholm Convention: revised final report – January 2008 (PDF 350 KB)
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A review of the current source inventories for dioxin and dioxin-like PCBs for air, soil, and water with view to updating emission factors/estimates and inclusion of new sources: final report - May 2006 (PDF 1.6 MB NB large filesize)
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Emissions of dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls from domestic sources - May 2006 (PDF 691 KB)
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Page last modified:
19 February 2008
Page published: 2 June 2005