The achievements made in this project included: 1) The latest international control strategies of the Six Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP6) and Eight meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC8) to the Stockholm Convention were collected, and recommendations for control strategies of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were proposed to related administrative agencies in Taiwan. ; 2) Two National Implementation Plan of the Republic of China (R.O.C., Taiwan) under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants” (NIP) working-group seminars were held to gathered the achievements made by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), Ministry of Health and Welfare, Council of Agriculture and the Ministry of Economic Affairs on the National Report of POPs in 2012. Additionally, the EPA held “2013 Persistent Organic Pollutants Conference” to enhance public awareness of POPs and demonstrated the goals made by Taiwan Government; 3) The “Persistent Organic Pollutants Website” were renewed and expanded in accordance with the control strategies of domestic and Stockholm Convention as well as the establishment of the “intergovernmental Website” to release governmental information and results. ; 4) Drafted the “Toxic Substance Release Calculation Guidance” as well as supporting promotion and announcement. In addition, this project has accomplished 10 on-site inspection and performed exposure measurement of ethylbenzene in 10 sample. The release of ethylbenzene in each release source was estimated based on chemicals measured. ； 5) As for the data integration of dioxins, three different databases have been integrated into the Dioxins Integrated Management System that is consisted of the Solid Waste Incineration Management System (SWIMS), the Soil and Groundwater Information Management System (GIMS), and the Application of Stationary Sources of Air Pollution Information System (ASSAPIS). Through the integration and the data collection from individual study, 18,499 entries of exposure measurement of dioxins were included in this system.； 6) The latest domestic control strategies and the strategies of the Convention on Mercury were collected and suggestions to implement the Minamata Convention were proposed.

Persistent Organic Pollutants;Toxic chemical substances;Release quantity