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SAICM: A Critical Tool

Fourth Meeting of the Intersessional Process for SAICM

Plastics, Plastic Waste, and Chemicals in Africa

Plastics, Plastic Waste, and Chemicals in Africa

New Video: Plastics Poisoning Our Health

Video: Plastics Poisoning Our Health

Promoting Stronger Protections on Chemicals at BRS COP

Global Talks on Harmful Chemicals Begin This Week

How the UNEA Plastics Resolutions Relates to Chemicals and Health

How the Plastic Pollution Resolution relates to chemicals and health

Plastic Poisons the Circular Economy

Plastic Poisons the Circular Economy

Plastic Waste Fuels: policy spreads toxic trade across Asia

Plastic Waste Fuels

Lead in Paint

November Lead Paint Elimination Project Partner Newsletter released

Monday, 01 December 2014

The Asian Lead Paint Elimination Project Partner Newsletter for November, 2014 is now available, and contains news about partners' work in sampling house dust for lead content (and the resulting reports), and their activities during Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.

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Regional newsletter

New Regional Newsletter Focusing on the Francophone Africa Region

Friday, 14 November 2014

The newsletter features updates from IPEN Participating Organizations on some of their work in the region, including from AVD-Kowa Murna, Carbone Guinée, Centre Optionnel pour la Promotion et la Régénération Economique et Sociale Secteur Afrique (COPRESSA), Centre de Recherche et d’Education pour le Développement (CREPD), Propreté, Environnement et Santé (PES) and Association pour la Défense de l’Environnement et des Consommateurs (ADEC).  

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Photo by Larry Price

Mercury Treaty

U.S. and EU stall progress on toxic sites at mercury treaty negotiations

Friday, 07 November 2014

For immediate release (Bangkok): The U.S. has led a push at the mercury treaty negotiations in Bangkok to further delay any global action on mercury contaminated sites. The sixth negotiating meeting of the Minamata Convention on Mercury has failed to live up to its title, which references the world’s most infamous mercury contaminated site in Minamata, Japan.

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POPs

Open Letter to the EU Opposes EC-funded Construction of Medical Waste Incinerators in the Pacific Region

Wednesday, 05 November 2014

IPEN´s Dioxin Working Group, together with the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), has sent an open letter to the European Union to oppose European Commission-funded construction of medical waste incinerators in the Pacific region. The letter is based on the analysis of the Pacific Hazardous Waste Management Project (Pac Waste) by IPENer Pawel Gluszynski in Poland. 

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Mercury Elimination

Bangkok Press Conference Focuses on Mercury Pollution Issues in Thailand

Wednesday, 05 November 2014

IPEN and Ecological Alert and Recovery Thailand (EARTH) held a press conference at the headquarters of the Thai Journalists’ Association to call attention to the mercury pollution issues in Thailand, particularly mercury emissions from coal power plants and other industrial sources such as petroleum and gas production and waste incineration.

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Mercury Treaty

Mercury Treaty INC6 Underway in Bangkok

Monday, 03 November 2014

The sixth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC6) for the Mercury Treaty is currently underway in Bangkok, Thailand. Numerous IPEN representatives are participating in the meeting, and IPEN Co-Chair Manny Calonzo delivered an opening statement on 3 November.

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POPs

UN Experts: Pentachlorophenol should be eliminated globally

Thursday, 30 October 2014
Press Releases: 

Agrees that DecaBDE flame retardant is one of the world’s worst chemicals

(Rome) Press release in English and Français: A UN expert committee recommended the global elimination of pentachlorophenol – a pesticide used for wood treatment including utility poles. In its recommendation for the Stockholm Convention, the Committee cited pentachlorophenol’s persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport, and its toxic impacts. The Committee found wide availability of non-chemical alternatives that were much safer than pentachlorophenol. Governments around the world will decide on the recommendation in May 2015, but typically accept the recommendations of its expert committees.

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