ROTTERDAM CONVENTION
January 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PETROL additives tetraethyl lead and tetramethyl lead have been provisionally added to a United Nations (UN) Rotterdam Convention Prior Informed Consent (PIC) blacklist, which allows countries to block imports of listed products on environmental health grounds. Final confirmation would be made at a convention meeting this September, in Geneva.
THE PETROL additives tetraethyl lead and tetramethyl lead have been provisionally added to a United Nations (UN) Rotterdam Convention Prior Informed Consent (PIC) blacklist, which allows countries to block imports of listed products on environmental health grounds. Final confirmation would be made at a convention meeting this September, in Geneva.
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