UNEP DATABANK OF LABORATORIES ANALYZING PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
"POPS LABORATORY DATABANK"

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SUBJECT COMMENT
Problems:- Maintenance of equipment; - Acquisition of reference substances for the standardization or normalization; - Slow process of buying and delivering material specially the pesticides standards; - Management system of requests is too rigid; - European control of request is draconian.
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Needs:- Complementary training to laboratory technicians; - International assistance is required to start the Analytical Section of Dioxins.
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Fulfilments:- In 2005, a technician was trained on Dioxins analysis, in Netherlands for a period of 6 months. This training program was promoted by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which Tunisia is Signatory Part. - The Laboratory does not have equipment to analyze POPs in the air, but commands of equipments to analyze Dioxins are in process of invitation to tender.
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8321u03pf8|0010D1E61973|UNEP_Labs|ADDITIONALS|COMMENT|99BE183C-8309-490F-B0CF-563AA851E979
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