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Curated list of evaluated substances to replace chemicals of concern on the SIN list.

List to identify hazardous substances restricted by the state of California. 

The list contains a wide range of naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals that are known to cause cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm. These chemicals include additives or ingredients in pesticides, common household products, food, drugs, dyes, or solvents. Listed chemicals may also be used in manufacturing and construction, or they may be byproducts of chemical processes, such as motor vehicle exhaust. Learn how chemicals are added to the list.

Resource providing information on chemical hazards of building products and supporting practitioners in the US market to identify products with minimized chemical impacts

Database containing products that have sustainability credits, variety of product certifications or a variety of building certification scheme including validation of claims by UL.

Catalog of products for which Environmental Performance Declaration or Material Ingredient information is available. Also includes products for which information related to rating systems are available.

SundaHus Environmental Data is a Swedish database of products used in construction and buildings with an environmental rating A-D.  The product assessment is based on the provider's documentation of the product together with the rules of the Swedish Chemical Inspectorate's PRIO criteria and EU REACH Directives.

Database listing products that have obtained the Declare Label by the Living Building Challenge.

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on Rights-based approach to Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) management, which took place on 30 November 2022.

Presenters: Baskut Tuncak (TURI), Peter Hurst, Laurent Gaberell (Public Eye)

The SAICM Secretariat, in partnership with the University of Cape Town, established a community of practice on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) to foster discussions, exchange of best practices, and recommendations to address HHPs amongst relevant stakeholders. This is a summary of the discussion on The importance of farmer and farmer organisations' perspectives on Highly Hazardous Pesticides, which took place on 12 December 2022.

Presenters: Prof. Hanna-Andrea Rother (UCT), Andrew Ardington (RegenAg SA)

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 compilation of summaries of the discussions, which took place in 2022.