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to the new Knowledge Platform of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)

Here you can access useful resources, read articles, find out about latest events, meet people and join our communities of practice on the SAICM emerging chemical policy issues

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Our Communities of Practice are spaces of exchange on the sound management of chemicals and waste among representatives from academia, governments, industry, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, consumers, and citizens

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Check our calendar of events where discussions and decisions are taken to shape the future of chemicals and their impact in our environment and health

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Keep updated on news on chemicals of concern as well as challenges and achievements to progress towards the SDGs

Policy brief

A review of PFAS as a Chemical Class in the Textiles Sector

For over a decade, under both SAICM and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), the class of chemicals known as PFAS is gaining increasing international attention.

Policy Document

Global elimination of lead paint: why and how countries should take action

Lead has toxic effects on almost all body systems and is especially harmful for children and pregnant women. Lead paint is an avoidable source of exposure to lead.

Report

Women, Chemicals and the SDGs

Gender Review Mapping with a Focus on Women and Chemicals: Impact of Emerging Policy Issues and the Relevance for the Sustainable Development Goals

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People working for a healthier environment

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Meda Gurudutt Prasad

Safe and Effective use of Pesticides a training to the Tribal Farmers in Andhra Pradesh and Promotion of a sustainable, climate resilient agriculture in tribal communities of Andhra Pradesh.

Anastasiya Buchok

I serve as a Senior Project Assistant to Global NIP Update Project.

Anna Odur

Communication, research and advocacy to our stakeholders who include community groups and policy makers.

Anibal Maury

Thanks to my international and national education and professional experience, I have acquired a high level of competence on teaching, researching, and transferring knowledge towards the sustainable construction.

Dawda Badgie

My work at the environment agency is essentially involved in the general protection of the environment from all kinds of pollution that affect human health and other related living thing and advocate for sustainable management of our this important planet earth.

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