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IPEN Plastics Treaty Platform

Tuesday, 24 May 2022 - 7:51pm

Protecting human health and the environment from toxic chemicals

Plastics are materials made of complex mixtures of chemicals, often including chemicals that are known to be hazardous to human health and to ecosystems at the global level.

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HHPs

National Report on Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) and Alternatives in Togo

Wednesday, 7 July 2021 - 11:34am

Over 27% of pesticides approved in Togo are highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs). Eight (8)  of these highly toxic pesticides were registered by the National Committee of Plant Protection Products of Togo and are commonly used in the country even though they are formally banned in Europe and other countries of the world. Find out more in this national report on HHPs and alternatives in Togo from the Organization for the Environment and Sustainable Development (OPED).

This project relates to Sustainable Development Goals 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, and 15.

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Women and Chemicals

Women, Chemicals and the SDGs

Thursday, 4 February 2021 - 4:17pm

In line with the UNEP-IPEN partnership, the aim of this report is to show the impact chemicals have on women as a vulnerable group highly exposed to hazardous chemicals and gender inequalities related to decision-making around the management of chemicals and waste. The report also means to provide concrete steps that can be taken to safeguard the health of women and empower women in decision-making and in their roles as agents of change.

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EDCs

Plastics, EDCs & Health

Monday, 14 December 2020 - 10:22am

This joint report of the Endocrine Society and IPEN provides the current best knowledge about the effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on human health. It discusses chemicals known to be hazardous to human health yet actively used in plastics, exposures, the problem of microplastics, and the issues surrounding alternative plastics.

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POPRC

U.N. Expert Committee Recommends Global Elimination of Toxic Chemical Harming Health of Firefighters

PFHXs, Used as a Substitute for Banned PFOS and PFOA, Recommended for Global Ban
Friday, 04 October 2019

Rome, Italy An U.N. expert committee decided unanimously to recommend a complete global elimination for another toxic fluorinated “forever chemical.” Fluorinated chemicals are widespread pollutants threatening drinking water sources, public health and the occupational health of firefighters. They do not break down in the environment and accumulate in the bodies of wildlife and people. They are used in a wide variety of products, including firefighting foam, waterproofing of textiles, and food packaging, as well as other industrial and consumer applications.

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PFAS

PFAS Country Situation Reports

Sunday, 28 April 2019 - 2:06pm

Read the full report PFAS Pollution across the Middle East and Asia, IPEN's and partners' work on PFAS pollution around the globe relates to Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 6.

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Plastic

Dioxin Experts Present Studies on Health Threats from Cancer-Causing Chemicals

Research on PFAS and brominated dioxins shows ongoing health threats from toxic chemicals
Tuesday, 11 October 2022

New Orleans - At the Dioxin 2022 Conference beginning here on October 9, Dr. Jindrich Petrlik will present a recent study that demonstrates the failure of using high temperature approaches to eliminate wastes that contain the “forever chemicals” PFAS, and Valeriya Grechko will present another recent paper that found high levels of brominated dioxins in recycled plastic products purchased in eleven African, Arabic, and Latin American countries.

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Stockholm Convention

IPEN and CIEL statement at OEWG1 on a Science-Policy Panel

Wednesday, 5 October 2022 - 11:59am

On Thursday the 6th of October, 2022, the first meeting of the ad-hoc open-ended working group (OEWG) on a Science-Policy panel on chemicals took place.

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Stockholm Convention

U.N. Expert Committee Recommends Global Elimination of Two Toxic Plastic Additives

Friday, 30 September 2022

(Rome, Italy) A U.N. expert scientific review committee has evaluated two toxic, chemical additives found in many common plastics and has concluded the evidence of the substances harm to health and the environment qualify them for global elimination, recommending that the chemicals be listed under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

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