Environmental Levels
The major sources of information on the environmental levels of POPs in Hong Kong include: reports of the EPD’s routine monitoring programmes, Government-funded consultancy studies and studies conducted by local academia.
The mean local ambient air dioxins/furans concentration was generally comparable to the ranges reported in most countries in Asia, South America and Europe.
Assessment based on available data indicated that there was unlikely to be any unacceptable ecological risk associated with exposure of the local marine life to the current level of POPs contamination in the marine environment of Hong Kong.
