Secretariat requests new information/comments on indicative lists for LC‑PFCAs, PFOA and PFHxS (scope clarification for existing listings)

The Stockholm Convention Secretariat requested submissions of new information and comments on the indicative lists clarifying which substances are covered by the Convention listings for long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC‑PFCAs), their salts and related compounds; perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds; and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds. This impacts compliance screening and substance identification because indicative lists influence how parties interpret scope for listed PFAS families in products, mixtures, and wastes.