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Process Considerations for Drafting Lead Paint Laws

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Lead Paint Alliance ,
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August 2020
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In response to questions received by the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint on roadmaps for developing regulations on lead content in paint, the Alliance offers the following process considerations. Questions are illustrative, indicating the kinds of information a government might consider as it undertakes each component of a drafting process.
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
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Factsheets and brochures

Market Analysis of the paint industry in Colombia (Draft / Spanish only)

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CNPML
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July 2020
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Las pinturas se han convertido en parte esencial del estilo de vida de la sociedad moderna, el color de ellas es apetecido por sus funciones estéticas, decorativas, de protección para productos y hasta en usos como códigos de seguridad, sin embargo, su producción y uso plantea aun muchos retos en los cuales se viene trabajando tanto a nivel mundial como local.Los países más industrializados prohibieron desde hace más de 40 años el uso de pinturas con plomo. Colombia aún carece
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
Community of practice summary of discussions

Accelerating the implementation of SDG 12.4

November 2020
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The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have launched a Community of Practice (CoP) on Chemicals and SDGs to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to addressing Chemicals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is a summary of the discussion on Accelerating the implementation of SDG 12.4, which took place on 25 November 2020.Presenter: Tessa Goverse (UNEP)In 2015, world leaders
Topics: Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Management
Factsheets and brochures

Chemicals and waste management: essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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IOMC
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October 2019
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In adopting the 17 Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, world leaders outlined a transformational course of action for the people, planet, and prosperity. Chemicals and waste management are related to achieving every aspect of this Agenda.Chemicals and waste management play an important and increasingly significant role in every economic and social sector. Sound management of chemicals throughout their lifecycle is essential to avoiding complex risks to human health and ecosystems, and substantial costs to national economies. Similarly
Topics: Sustainable Development Goals
Report

Update on the Global Status of Legal Limits on Lead in Paint

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UNEP
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February 2021
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The new 2020 Update on the Global Status of Legal Limits on Lead in Paint reports new laws, new tools, and new momentum on progress toward laws to eliminate lead paint in 2020. Available in English and Spanish, the Update also describes activity and results by region. As of 31 December 2020, 79 countries have confirmed that they have legally binding controls on lead in paint, which is 41% of all countries. Since October 2019, Colombia, Lebanon and Vietnam established

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
[English] 2020 Update[English] 2019 Update[Spanish] 2019 Actualización2018 Update2017 Update2016 Global Status Report
Factsheets and brochures

Suggested Steps for Establishing a Lead Paint Law

December 2019
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This fact sheet outlines steps that have been helpful in countries that have adopted lead paint laws. The steps are not necessarily sequential or needed in every country.
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
Infographic

Interactive visualisation of the status of lead paint laws

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SAICM
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January 2020
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The interactive map shows the status of national lead paint laws as provided by governments to UNEP and WHO, Secretariat of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint. Information on an individual country’s lead paint law can be found by hovering over each country. The year indicates the year a country passed its lead paint law.This data visualization was prepared under the Global Environment Facility (GEF) full sized project 9771: Global best practices on emerging chemical policy issues of concern
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
Policy document

Model Law and Guidance for Regulating Lead Paint

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UNEP
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July 2018
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UN Environment, in cooperation with World Health Organization, United States Environment Protection Agency and other partners, has developed a model law and guidance in order to assist countries in establishing and implementing regulation on lead paint.The purpose of this guidance is to assist countries to enact new laws (or to modify their existing laws) to establish a single regulatory limit on the total lead content in paints. The guidance describes the key elements of effective and enforceable legal requirements. It

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Policymaking
English Arabic Azeri Chinese, Simplified French Russian Spanish Model Law (in all 6 UN Languages)
Factsheets and brochures

Case studies on the implementation of the WHO Chemicals Road Map

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World Health Organization
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January 2021
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The World Health Organization is publishing a series of national case studies on the implementation of the WHO Chemicals Road map, which was adopted in World Health Assembly Decision 70(23).The case studies were developed by different Member States, including members of the Global Chemicals and Health Network. They illustrate the role the health sector plays in the sound management of chemicals, recognizing the need for multi-sectoral cooperation at a national level.The case studies concentrate on different actions of the road
Emerging Policy Issues: Pharmaceutical pollutants Chemicals in products
Topics: Sustainable Development Goals Knowledge Management
WHO Chemicals Road Map Case study: chemicals Management Plan (‎‎CMP)‎‎ Science Committee in Canada Case study: chemical safety in schools in the Philippines Case study: COVID-19 and methanol poisoning in Azerbaijan Case study: development of a road map towards sound management of biocides in Georgia Case study: fair environmental conditions in urban areas in Germany Case study: implementation of national guideline on establishment of Nigeria Poison Information Control and Management Centres Case study: implementation of the Minamata Convention by the health sector in Brazil Case study: mainstreaming chemicals management into the sustainable development agenda in Belarus Case study: medical waste management in Bhutan Case study: occupational health risk in metal artisanal workplaces in Bhutan Case study: plan of action to implement the WHO chemical road map in Jordan Case study: successful collaborative multi-agency approach to deliver on the WHO Chemicals Road Map in New Zealand Case study: using the WHO CRM and Workbook to determine country priorities for sound management of chemicals and waste
Report

Chemicals of Concern for the Health Sector

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Health Care Without Harm
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February 2021
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Chemicals are widely used in daily life. They have a unique importance in the health-care sector, where they are used as disinfectants, cleaners, laboratory re­agents, sterilants, pesticides, medicines and pharma­ceuticals and in medical devices and equipment. The hazards of these chemicals are not well understood by health professionals nor incorporated into procure­ment decisions.To minimize these hazards, the health sector has been taking steps to promote and implement sustainable healthcare within their institutions and to collaborate externally with suppliers and manufactures
Emerging Policy Issues: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Highly Hazardous Pesticides Pharmaceutical pollutants Chemicals in products
Topics: Sustainable Development Goals
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