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https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/articles/stockholm-committee-reviews-three-pops-screening-listing

Stockholm Committee Reviews Three POPs for Screening, Listing

The 16th meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Review Committee (POPRC-16) to the Stockholm Convention

https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/articles/saicm-launches-project-best-practices-chemical-policy-issues-concern

SAICM Launches Project on Best Practices for Chemical Policy Issues of Concern

> The project will focus on three components: phase out of lead in paint; lifecycle management

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SAICM Emerging Policy Issues Video

January 2020
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Have you ever noticed how many chemicals shape people’s daily lives? They keep homes sparkling clean, boost food production, and are included in virtually all manufactured goods surrounding you right now. Chemicals drive the economy but as we produce more than ever before, they have to deliver their benefits without damaging our health and environment.Toxic lead paint for example is still used in many regions of the world and Highly hazardous pesticides continue to poison agricultural workers and contaminate the
Emerging Policy Issues: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Hazardous chemicals in electronics Highly Hazardous Pesticides Nanotechnology Perfluorinated Chemicals Pharmaceutical pollutants Lead in paint Chemicals in products
Topics: Chemicals in electronics Knowledge Management
https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/articles/unep-report-identifies-top-actions-minimize-adverse-impacts-pesticides-fertilizers

UNEP Report Identifies Top Actions to Minimize Adverse Impacts of Pesticides, Fertilizers

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has published a report on the environmental and health impacts of

https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/articles/unep-manual-suggests-ways-advance-green-and-sustainable-chemistry

UNEP Manual Suggests Ways to Advance Green and Sustainable Chemistry

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has drafted a manual focused on green and sustainable chemistry, in

https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/articles/technical-briefing-reviews-proposed-international-tax-35-basic-chemicals

Technical Briefing Reviews Proposed International Tax on 35 Basic Chemicals

The Strategic Alliance for International Chemicals Management (SAICM) convened a Technical Briefing on Financing the Sound

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ICCM5 Joint video message UNEP ED and German Minister for the Environment

March 2021
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Joint video message from Svenja Schulze, German Minister for the Environment, and Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, on the Fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) that should have started this week in Bonn, and has been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both call upon the international community to keep the momentum going to protect human health and the environment from the potential adverse impacts of chemicals and waste beyond 2020
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Be the change beyond 2020 for the sound management of chemicals and waste!

October 2019
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Curtain raising video of the third meeting of the intersessional process held at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, from 1 to 4 October 2019. Regional meetings and technical briefings took place on 30 September 2019. These meetings support stakeholders in their efforts to elaborate the future arrangements of the Strategic Approach and the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020 for consideration and adoption at the next session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5)
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Global Chemicals Outlook 2019

April 2019
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The Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions: Implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, mandated by the UN Environment Assembly in 2016, seeks to alert policymakers and other stakeholders to the critical role of the sound management of chemicals and waste in sustainable development. It takes stock of global trends as well as progress made and gaps in achieving the global goal to minimize the adverse impacts from chemicals and waste by 2020. The Global Chemicals
Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products
Topics: Chemicals in toys Chemicals in textiles
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