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Household Plastic Products Disrupt Endocrine System, Threaten Human Health

Over 1,000 manufactured chemicals used today are endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), including flame retardants, dioxins, UV-stabilizers, and toxic metals such as lead

https://saicmknowledge.org/index%2ephp/articles/ipen-saicm-report-chemicals-disproportionate-impacts-women

IPEN, SAICM Report on Chemicals’ Disproportionate Impacts on Women

A report published by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and the Strategic Alliance for International Chemicals

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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How to Get Beyond the Zero-Sum Game Mentality between State and Non-State Actors in International Environmental Governance

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Columbia University

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January 2020

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This paper examines one specific theme of the democracy-environment interface of environmental governance: the participation of stakeholders in environmental policy formulation and implementation.After a short discussion of environmental governance, its main functions and challenges, the paper addresses the issue of stakeholder participation and the claim of a “democratic deficit” in international environmental governance. It stresses that while stakeholder involvement does not increase the democratic legitimacy, it may nevertheless increase the quality and through this the legitimacy of environmental policy processes

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Rethinking chemistry for a circular economy

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ScienceDirect

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January 2020

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Earth is running out of resources needed for manufacturing materials such as chemicals, minerals, and petroleum. Thus, these components are available only at increasing economic and environmental costs. As an important contribution to a sustainable future, chemistry and its products must be adapted to a circular economy (CE)—a system aimed at eliminating waste, circulating and recycling products, and saving resources and the environment.Nearly 140,000 industrial chemicals are marketed worldwide, and new chemicals are becoming more complex (e.g., stereochemistry, functional groups)

Emerging Policy Issues: Chemicals in products

Topics: Circularity Knowledge Management

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Artificial Intelligence for chemical risk assessment

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Elsevier

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February 2020

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As the basis for managing the risks of chemical exposure, the Chemical Risk Assessment (CRA) process can impact a substantial part of the economy, the health of hundreds of millions of people, and the condition of the environment. However, the number of properly assessed chemicals falls short of societal needs due to a lack of experts for evaluation, interference of third party interests, and the sheer volume of potentially relevant information on the chemicals from disparate sources.In order to explore

Topics: Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Management

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Preventing disease through healthy environments: exposure to lead: a major public health concern

November 2019

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This WHO policy brief presents the consequences of lead exposure on human health and details its toxicity in the body system explaining why it is important to reduce the use and releases of lead, and to reduce environmental and occupational exposures, particularly for children and women of childbearing age.The policy brief also lists the sources of lead releases and contamination in industrial process, drinking water and domestic sources. The brief also gives guidelines for tolerable intake levels of lead and

Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint

Topics: Awareness-raising

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