Second Ministerial Conference
Countries meeting at the Second Ministerial Conference
on the Protection of the North Sea held in London
in November 1987 agreed to reduce the inputs of
potentially dangerous substances to the North Sea
by approximately 50% and also to restrict the inputs
of nutrients to vulnerable zones by about 50%. The
Conference also agreed to eliminate the incineration
of dangerous waste and disposal of sewage sludge
at sea.
The UK Red List initiative
In response to the Conference, the UK agreed in
a Ministerial Declaration to apply a dual approach
to the control of certain particularly dangerous
substances - The Red List. The dual approach consists
of applying EQSs or limit values, whichever are
the more stringent, to the control of the Red List
substances (see table linked below).
Table - Control of Red List Substances
Proposals for environmental quality standards (EQSs)
have been prepared for the DETR (then the DoE) for
those substances for which EQS values had not yet
been adopted.
The UK Red List Substances
| |
Substance
|
List I status(1)
|
| |
Mercury |
+
|
| |
Cadmium |
+
|
| * |
Gamma
hexachlorocyclohexane (lindane) |
+
|
| * |
DDT |
+
|
| * |
Pentachlorophenol
(PCP) |
+
|
| |
Hexachlorobenzene
(HCB) |
+
|
| |
Hexachlorobutadiene
(HCBD) |
+
|
| * |
Aldrin |
+
|
| * |
Dieldrin |
+
|
| * |
Endrin |
+
|
| * |
PCB
(Polychlorinated biphenyls) |
|
| * |
Tributyltin
compounds |
|
| * |
Triphenyltin
compounds |
|
| * |
Dichlorvos |
|
| * |
Trifluralin |
|
| |
1,2
Dichloroethane |
+
|
| |
Trichlorobenzene |
+
|
| * |
Azinphos-methyl |
|
| * |
Fenitrothion |
|
| * |
Malathion |
|
| * |
Endosulfan |
|
| * |
Atrazine |
|
| * |
Simazine |
|
Notes:
Chloroform has List I status but is not included
in the UK Red List
Substances which enter the environment predominantly
from diffuse sources
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