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Annex IV. Classification of selected
substances according to different
Russian schemes
1. Dioxins (PCDD), furans (PCDF) & dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls – I hazard
class (ambient air)
2a. Tributyltin compounds (TBT) – II hazard class (recreational water)
2b. Triphenyltin compounds (TPhT) – could not be dentified
3a. Pentabromodiphenyl ether (pentaBDE) – could not be dentified
3b. Octabromodiphenyl ether (octaBDE) – could not be dentified
3c. Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) – could not be dentified
4a. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) – IV hazard class for atmospheric air
4b. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) – could not be dentified
5. Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) – IVth hazard class (air)
6a. Nonylphenols (NP) – III rd hazard class
6b. Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) –could not be dentified
7a. Octylphenols (OP) – IIIrd hazard class and IVth hazard class for fishery water
7b. Octylphenol ethoxylates (OPE) – IV hazard class (fishery water). “The forth hazardous
class includes substances whose impact is affecting ecological conditions
in a water body (eutrofication, mineralisation etc.). IIIrd hazard class and IVth hazard
class for marine water bodies.
8a. Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP or chloroalkanes, C10-13) - .). IIIrd and
IVth hazard class.
8b. Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCP or chloroalkanes, C14-17) – could not
be dentified
9. Endosulfan – IV hazard class – very hazardous (for water bodies according to
pesticide classification) as well as Class D - hazardous, non-degradable or hardly degradable.
Use of endosulfanis prohibited in all subareas of sanitary protection zones.
10. Mercury (Hg) – I class (drinking & recreational water)
11. Cadmium (Cd) – II class (drinking & recreational water)
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