Green Beagle, IPEN & Arnika Press Release: Lack of appropriate pollution standards identified as a key barrier to helping pollution victims in China

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Representatives of civil society, pollution victims, universities, journalists, and Ministry of Environmental Protection identified lack of appropriate pollution standards as a key barrier to implementing a system for helping pollution victims in China. In addition, participants agreed that the lack of information disclosure and monitoring data that tracks industrial emissions was a related obstacle. The dialogue took place at the "Workshop on chemical safety and aid to pollution victims" in Kunming, China between September 15th and 16th. The two-day workshop was hosted by Green Beagle, Nature University and REEI in collaboration with IPEN and Arnika as part of the EU-funded project "Strengthening the capacity of pollution victims and civil society organizations to increase chemical safety in China."

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