The Shandong Province Supplementary List of Key Controlled Emerging Pollutants (2025 Edition) was jointly released on December 26, 2025, by the Shandong Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment and seven other departments, including the Department of Industry and Information Technology. Taking into consideration the real conditions of Shandong Province, this list was created based on the national List of Key Controlled Emerging Pollutants (2023 Edition) and the Shandong Province Emerging Pollutant Treatment Work Plan. It further supplements and widens the scope of important regulated emerging pollutants in Shandong, seeking to strengthen and perfect the management mechanism. It aims to support the growth of a strong emerging pollutant treatment system in Shandong Province through improved environmental risk control through a "one substance, one policy" approach. The list will take effect on February 1, 2026, and stay valid until January 31, 2031, with dynamic revisions to be made based on actual conditions.
The list primarily comprises 17 rising pollutant categories:
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, its salts, and perfluorooctanesulfonyl fluoride (PFOS) are among the fourteen categories of chemicals on the National List.
1. Perfluorooctanoic acid, its salts and related substances (PFOA)
2. Decabromodiphenyl ether
3. Chlorinated paraffins with a short chain
4. Hexachlorobutadiene
5. Pentachlorophenol and its esters and salts
6. Dicofol
7. Salts of perfluorohexanesulfonic acid and related substances (PFHxS)
8. The syn-isomer and anti-isomer of dechlorane plus
9. Dichloromethane
10. Chloroform
11. Antibiotics with nonylphenol
12. Substances that are already phased out
The overall environmental dangers of the above 14 chemicals are considered controllable within Shandong Province. As a result, the original control measures are kept in the Supplementary List without being replaced. Concurrently, the National List has been cleared of any invalid or expired exemption statements. Environmental risk control measures, such as prohibition,
limitation, and emission limits, must be strictly applied for these 14 categories of emerging pollutants in compliance with national regulations.
Furthermore, based on the 14 categories from the National List, the list includes 3 new restricted compounds, all of which are newly designated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention:
· Chlorpyrifos
· Chlorinated paraffins with a medium chain
· UV-328, or UV Absorber 328
General Procedures (relevant to the three recently added substances):
· List management: Create and update a list of businesses that produce or utilize goods.
· Key Supervision: Add pertinent businesses to the list of key environmental supervision units.
· Cleaner Production: In compliance with the law, relevant businesses must perform required cleaner production audits.
· Soil Pollution Prevention and Control: Businesses designated as key soil pollution supervision units are required to create prevention and control plans, submit annual reports, and set up a mechanism for investigating hidden risks.
Particular Precautions (specific to Chlorpyrifos):
· Prohibition: Don't use it on veggies.
· Limit Standards: Enforce food's maximum residual limits strictly.
· Pollutant Discharge: Adhere strictly to the pesticide industry's water pollutant discharge regulations.
Background and List Features for Drafting
Shandong, a significant province for the chemical industry and POPs convention compliance, deals with a lot of new pollutants and a lot of treatment work. This list was created with the intention of implementing national deployments, enhancing the management system, proactively controlling POPs that are scheduled for phase-out, and lowering risks to the environment and human health.
The following reflects the qualities of the list: First of all, it maintains logical coherence with the National List by exactly supplementing three types of POPs depending on the province's actual situations and advancements in international conventions. Second, it follows a guiding philosophy that emphasizes efficient supervision and source control. Thirdly, it develops strategies based on science to reduce any effects on the stable operation of the local economy and the high-quality growth of industries.
Importance
By explicitly defining priority banned substances, the Supplementary List's design helps prevent treatment scopes that are too broad and actions that are not well targeted. It boosts the treatment system, strengthens the management mechanism, and expands the ability to tackle developing pollutants. This promotes both high-level ecological and environmental protection and high-quality economic development, in addition to the coordinated implementation of environmental risk management for new pollutants. It makes it easier to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green growth, and expansion in a synergistic and integrated manner, successfully minimizing the harm that developing pollutants do to the environment and human health while sincerely protecting public health.
