Organisers, Sponsors, Scientific Committee, Co-operating Organisations - 3

FOREWORD, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - 13

Foreword - John Vijgen, Stefan Pruszynski and Stanislaw Stobiecki - 15

Letter from the Cabinet of Commisioner Wallström - 17

Letter from EU-Parliament to the ambassadors of the 10 accession countries - 18

Acknowledgement - 19

OFFICIAL OPENING - 21

Introduction - Stefan Pruszynski - 23

Introduction - Teresa Stachowicz - 24

Introduction - Stefan Mikolajczak - 25

CONCLUSIONS OF THE 6^th FORUM - 27

Summary Report to Forum Statement - 29

Technical summary of sessions - 31
Bram de Borst, Branko Družina, Ivan Holoubek, Stefan Pruszynski, Wim Rulkens, Stanislaw Stobiecki, Konstantin Terytze, Leon Urlings, John Vijgen

Closure of the Forum 
Stefan Pruszynski - 35

A. PRESENTATIONS - 37

A.1. International opinions - 39

Prevention of accumulation of obsolete unwanted and banned pesticide stocks - Problems and perspectives - 41
Alemayehu Wodageneh

Chemical safety agenda for Europe - Priority public health actions beyond 2000 -  53
Dinko Kello

Disposal of obsolete pesticides in Central and Eastern Europe - Transfer of Danish experiences - 65
Mikala Klint

Obsolete stocks of crop protection products are avoidable - 69
Chris D. Waller

Conclusions of the OECD-FAO-UNEP workshop on obsolete pesticides. Alexandria, Virginia, USA, September 2000 - 73
Janice King Jensen

Prospects for action on obsolete pesticides - an overview of activity? - 77
Mark Davis

A.2. Central Eastern European and Central Asia Countries Information - 81

Hexachlorocyclohexanes in the Central and Eastern European Countries in the comparison with other parts of the world - The results from European measurements and modelling programmes - 83
Ivan Holoubek, Viktor Shatalov, Sergej Dutchak

An overview of Polish activities on obsolete pesticides problems - 109
Stefan Pruszynski, Stanislaw Stobiecki

Obsolete pesticides stocks in Central and Eastern Europe - 113
Sander Grip, Michal Oppenheimer

Widespread use of DDT and HCH and some of its consequences in the former GDR - 115
Siegfried Johne, Roland Watzke, Konstantin Terytze

The pesticide pollution waste problem in the Republic of Latvia - 121
Ilgonis Strauss

Some aspects of pesticides utilisation in Byelorussia - 123
Sergey Soroka, Aloiz F. Skuriat, Piotr M. Kislushko

Obsolete pesticides and chemicals in Slovenia - 125
Marta Ciraj, Branko Družina

Overview on the waste material from the former lindane plant in Skopje - 129
Jordan Hadzi - Panzov, Stojan Petrovski, Andon Alazarevski

Obsolete pesticides and soil overview of Bulgaria - 135
Valentina Vassileva

The problem of obsolete pesticides disposal in Ukraine: Solution, ecology and economy - 143
Valentin Drozda

Destruction of prohibited and deteriorated pesticides in Kyrgyzstan - 149
Kalylbek Sharikov, Gulmira Akatova

Overview on the pesticides problems within the context of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the Republic of Uzbekistan - 151
Zinaida G. Ovchinnikova

A.3. Soil - 157

Study on the pesticides content in the groundwater in the Republic of Bulgaria: Some problems and recommendations - 159
Rossitza Gorova

Risk assessment studies on obsolete pesticides storage places - Hydrological and chemical methods - 171
Michal Fic, Stanislaw Stobiecki, Irena Giza, Tomasz Stobiecki

HCH-polluted soils in highly populated areas in "O Porrino", (Galicia, Northwest Spain) - 175
Natalia Crespo González, Francisco Pan-Montojo González, José Rega Pineiro, Juan Luis Casas

Intrinsic and stimulated in situ biodegradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) - 181
Alette Langenhoff, Sjef Staps, Charles Pijls, Arne Alphenaar, Gerard Zwiep, Huub Rijnaarts

Phytoremediation on HCH-contaminated soils - 187
Siegfried Johne, Roland Watzke, Konstantin Terytze

Perspectives of phytoremediation for soil contaminated with pesticides - 191
Wim H. Rulkens

A.4. Special sessions: Norway and the Basque Country . 197

"JOVA" - The agricultural environmental pesticides monitoring programme in Norway - 199
Gro Hege Ludvigsen, Olav Lode

Experimental determination of important factors for pesticide behaviour in soil and water - 207
Ketil Haarstad

Progress in HCH infrastructures in the Basque Country - 221
Marian Barquin

A.5. Waste - 235

Classification of obsolete pesticides for prioritising the need and urgency of measures - 237
Basia Mooren Korolewicz, Rob M.C. Theelen

Field services experiences in Eastern Europe: A pesticide disposal operation in Bulgaria - 243
Peter van Leest, Anouk Teuns

Disposal of obsolete pesticides in Nicaragua - 247
Markku Aaltonen

Challenges presented by obsolete pesticide collection operations in Africa. - The Mozambique experience - 253
André Tomlinson

Semi-mobile installation for the destruction of toxic waste - Safe disposal of obsolete pesticides - 267
Stanislaw Stobiecki, Andrzej Silowiecki, Andrzej Wlodarczyk, Kazimierz Waleczek

Gas-phase chemical reduction of hexachlorobenzene and other chlorinated compounds: Waste treatment experience and applications - 271
K. Elisabeth (Beth) Kümmling, Douglas J. Gray, Jim P. Power, Sherri E. Woodland

Disposal of highly toxic wastes by means of liquid propellant rocket engine technology - 277
Guy M.H.J.L. Gadiot, Yuri A. Lebedev and Yuli Kolbanovsky, Yuli N. Filimonov and Boris T. Plachenov

Disposal of pesticides as an alternative fuel in cement kiln: Project outline - 285
Stanislaw Stobiecki, Jan Cieszkowski, Andrzej Silowiecki, Tomasz Stobiecki

Disposal of obsolete pesticides in cement kilns in developing countries Lessons learned - How to proceed - 291
Kare Helge Karstensen

Public Interest: NGO perspective on the selection of appropriate technologies for destruction of obsolete POPs stockpiles - 303
Pawel Gluszynski

A.6. Concerted Actions - 305

Cleaner and safer technology promotion for reducing/eliminating risks associated with POPS in the environment - 307
Bala Sugavanum

Funding opportunities in defence of man and the environment within the "INTAS Call 2001" - 315
Elisabeth Csoregi

UN/ECE and UNEP Chemicals POPs activities. The UNEP/GEF project regionally-based assessment of persistent toxic substances - 317
Ivan Holoubek

ICS-UNIDO programmes with the focus on the subprogramme of remediation - Overview and strategy - 321
Stanislaw Miertus, Andrea Lodolo

Elements of a GEF operational program for reducing and/or eliminating releases of persistent organic pollutants into the environment - 325
Mayra Sanchez Osuna

A.7. Prevention/sustainable development - 331

Prevention measures accompanying disposal in Ethiopia - 333
Mark Davis

Management of obsolete pesticide stocks sustainability through training - 337
Nick Morgan

Safe and effective use of pesticides - Summary of 7 years of research - 339
Jost Frei, Klaus M. Leisinger, John Atkin

Organic agriculture worldwide - A fast growing reality for 100% pesticide risk reduction - 343
Bernward Geier, Dorota Metera

A critical ecotoxicological perspective on pesticides used in Hungary - 349
Béla Darvas

B. POSTER PRESENTATIONS - 357

B.1. Networking - 359

Benefits of regional/sub-regional networking in developing countries to eliminate/manage Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - 361
Bala Sugavanum

B.2. Soil - 367

Primary selection of poplars suitable for areas polluted by pesticides - 369
Jaroslaw Figaj, Stefano Predieri, Leslaw Rachwal, Edoardo Gatti

Evaluation of the diffuse contamination in an agricultural soil treated with herbicides - 375
José Martínez-Inigo, Gabriel Gascó, Araceli Pérez-Sanz, Carmen Lobo

B.3. Risks/Hygiene/Toxicology - 379

Cancer mortality among population groups exposed to HCH and other pesticides in Cidade dos Meninos, Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brazil: preliminary results - 381
Sergio Koifman, Ines Echenique Mattos, Rosalina Jorge Koifman, Gina Torres, Rego Monteiro

Residues of hydrocarbon pesticides in plant products and soils in Slovenia - 385
Joze Macek

Organochloride pesticides transfer within the Danube Delta Ecosystem - 391
Silvia Chitimiea, Carmen Toader, Liviu N. Popescu

Role of biodegradability tests in efforts for minimising the environmental risk of pesticides application - 393
Jacek Zielinski, Joanna Jakóbczyk-Baraniecka

B.4. Water - 403

Pesticides residues in surface water in Bosnia-Herzegovina - 405
Refic M. Numic

Testing atrazine biodegrading in water - 409
Branko Družina, Peter Bukovec

Dechlorination of lindane, p'p-DDT and methoxychlor during TiO₂ - enhanced photocatalysis - 419
Bartosz Dabrowski, Adriana Zaleska, Jan Hupka

C. SUBMITTED PAPERS - 425

C.1. Central Eastern European and Central Asia Countries - 427

Management of obsolete pesticides in Lithuania - 429
Arunas Cepele

Overview of pesticides in Romania - 433
Mihaela Vasilescu

Information on pesticides in the Republic of Moldova - 439
Stefan Stasiev

Obsolete pesticides in Georgia - 441
Givi Kalandadze, Khatuna Akhalaia

Pesticide waste in Albania - Situation and new developments - 443
Aleksander Kolaci

Overview on the state of pesticide management in the Republic of Azerbadjan - 449
Vagif Djadabov

C.2. Regional - 451

Environmental pesticide pollution and its countermeasures in China - 453
Jiang Xiliu, Hua Xiaomei

Trends in pesticide use in a world metropolis, Istambul - 457
Aysegul Tanik, Mustafa Yazgan, Ibrahim Ethem Gonenc, Ismet Ucarli

C.3. Soil - 465

Thermal Desorption Technology treatment of obsolete pesticides followed by integrated revitalisation  - 467
G. Edward Soméus

Degradation of soil-sorbed isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane in soils under flooded conditions - 473
Nambrattil Sethunathan

Exploitation of native strains of Pseudomonas for decontamination of HCH contaminated soils - 479
Archna Gupta

DARAMEND technology for in situ bioremediation of soil containing organochlorine pesticides - 487
Theresa Phillips, G. Bell, D. Raymond, K. Shaw, Alan Seech

The Xenorem^TM process to treat toxaphene contaminated soil - 491
Neil C.C. Gray, Paul R. Cline, Guy P. Moser, Ann L. Gray, Lori E. Moser, Holly A. Guiler, Brian M. Boyd and David J. Gannon

Bioremediation of PCB & pesticide contaminated soils utilising Gene Expression Factors - A new cost effective site remediation treatment to eliminate Persistent Organic Pollutants - 499
Christopher Young

Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminated soils: an alternative for pesticides contaminated soils? - 503
Tesema Chekol, Lester R. Vough, and Rufus L. Chaney

Organochlorine insecticide residues in the soils of Romania - 507
Mihail Dumitru, Doina Plaxienco, George Cojocaru

The influence of soil properties on the mobility of chlorsulfuron under field conditions - 513
Victoria N. Kolupaeva, Victor S. Gorbatov

Bioavailability and toxicity of persistent organic pollutants due to ageing (sequestration) processes - 517
Marianne Ness, Jan Erik Sorli, Hege Jonassen

C.4. Waste - 521

Management of chlorinated wastes in Australia - 523
Ian D. Rae

Destruction of highly chlorinated pesticides and herbicides using the CerOx process - 527

Norvell Nelson, Thomas Neustedter, G. Anthony Steward, Wendell Pells, Steve Oberg, Juan Varela

Economic and ecologically favourable destruction of polyhalogenated pollutants using the DMCR^* technology (^*Dehalogenation by Mechanochemical Reaction) - 535
Volker Birke

Implications of the ACWA Silver II programme for pesticide and herbicides destruction - 543
Andrew D. Turner

The solution to pollution: Quantum Tech - 551
Stephen Smith

GeoMelt Process: An alternative for pesticides waste and soil treatment - 553
Don Fraser, Leo Thompson

C.5. Risks/Hygiene/Toxicology - 557

Clinico-biochemical peculiarities of the influence of pesticides upon development of hepatic and gastric diseases in rice-growing farmers at the Priaral region of Kazakhstan - 559
S.U. Umarova, Begaly N. Aitbembet

Environmental pollution in Armenia: Evaluation and assessment - 561
Albert Mairapetyan, Natalya Tadevosyan

Public health risk assessment of environment pollution with pesticides - 563
Boris N. Filatov, Tamara I. Kolody, Victor M. Kononov, Mikhail V. Kononov

Pesticide application in Armenia: Carcinogenic after-effects - 567
Hmayak Avagyan, Derenik Dumanyan, Leon Karabashyan

C.6. Concerted Actions - 569

ECE initiatives regarding the identification and reduction of risks related to the presence of obsolete chemicals in transition countries - 571
Andreas Kahnert

The Basel Convention and the African leadership on the issue of stockpiles of pesticides - A strategy for Central-Eastern Europe and Central Asia - 573
Pierre Portas, Vincent Jugault

C.7. Prevention/sustainable development - 575

Progressive pest management controlling pesticides and implementing IPM - IPM for Cotton in Asia: a possible strategy for Central Asia and Eastern European countries? - 577
Michael Dale

List of participants - 581

Index of authors - 585