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https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/interactive-tool-illuminates-status-national-lead-paint-laws

Interactive Tool Illuminates Status of National Lead Paint Laws

The Strategic Approach for International Chemicals Management (SAICM) website features an interactive map that shows the status

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Increasing knowledge of EDCs

January 2015
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Increasing knowledge of Endocrine-Disrupting ChemicalsIncreasing knowledge of EDCs from UN Environment on Vimeo.

Emerging Policy Issues: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
Community of practice summary of discussions

Community of Practice on Lead in Paint - 2020 Digest Compliation

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UNEP
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May 2021
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The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have established a Community of Practice (CoP) on Lead in Paint to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to the elimination of Lead Paint. This is a compilation of summaries of the discussions, which took place in 2020.
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Knowledge Management

Event

https://saicmknowledge.org/events/validation-workshop-paint-reformulation-guidelines
Validation Workshop on the Paint Reformulation Guidelines

Background

The GEF-funded Project 9771 Global Best Practices on Emerging Policy Issues of Concern under the

Manuals and toolkits

Brief guide to analytical methods for measuring lead in blood (Second edition)

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World Health Organization GEF
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August 2020
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Lead is a toxic metal whose widespread use has caused extensive environmental contamination and health problems in many parts of the world. Lead is a cumulative toxicant that affects multiple body systems, including the neurological, haematological, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and renal systems. Long-term effects include increased risk of hypertension, ischaemic heart disease and renal disease. Children are particularly vulnerable to the neurotoxic effects of lead, and even low levels of exposure can impair cognitive development and cause behavioural disorders. These
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
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Event

https://saicmknowledge.org/events/global-webinar-policymakers-eliminating-lead-paint-through-regulatory-action
Global Webinar for Policymakers on Eliminating Lead in Paint through Regulatory Action
5 October 2020
15:00-17:00 (GMT +2)

Background

Lead is a cumulative toxicant that poses serious risks

https://saicmknowledge.org/articles/community-practice-discusses-adoption-limits-laws-lead-paint

Community of Practice Discusses Adoption of Limits, Laws on Lead in Paint

The Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management’s (SAICM) Lead in Paint Community of Practice (CoP) held

Community of practice summary of discussions

Steps toward adoption of national lead paint laws

July 2020
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The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) are launching a new Community of Practice (CoP) on Lead in Paint to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to the elimination of Lead Paint. This is a summary of the discussion on Steps toward adoption of national lead paint laws, which took place on 9 July 2020.Presenter: Angela Bandemehr (US EPA)The first LiP
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Knowledge Management
Community of practice summary of discussions

Setting low limits for lead in paint – legal side

August 2020
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The Secretariat of the Strategic Approach to Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) are launching a new Community of Practice (CoP) on Lead in Paint to bring representatives from different sectors together and to create a learning network around issues related to the elimination of Lead Paint. This is a summary of the discussion on Setting low limits for lead in paint – legal side, which took place on 18 August 2020.Presenters: Desiree M. Narvaez (UNEP)
Emerging Policy Issues: Lead in paint
Topics: Knowledge Management
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