Table 2 Grouping of characteristics: The first line is a common name for the group of characteristics.
From: Insights from international environmental legislation and protocols for the global plastic treaty
Chemical group | Fate of substance | Harmful effects on humans | Environmen-tal impact | Spread of substance | Use in economic activity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Volatile organic compound (VOC) | In food | Carcinogen | Ozone depletion | Uniformly mixing polluter vs. non-uniformly mixing polluter | Substitutes available |
Brominated fire retardant (BFR) | In plastic | Human-animal toxic | Climate change | Point source polluter vs. non-point source (diffuse) polluter | Discontinued production |
Persistent organic pollutant (POP) | In personal/home products | Â | Acute aquatic toxicity | Â | Unit price |
CFC/HCFC/. | In air | Cause mutation in human DNA (Mutagen) | Chronic aquatic toxicity | Â | Volume of production |
Polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) | In water | Cause birth defects | Land ecosystem toxicity | Â | Â |
PCB/PCDD/PCDF | Â | Toxic to reproduction | Â | Â | Â |
PAH | Â | Endocrine disruptive activity (Interact with hormones) | Â | Â | Â |
