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  • CEPHED Launches Campaign to Eliminate Lead-Based Paints

    Monday, 23 July 2012

    IPEN Participating Organization CEPHED in the news:
     
    Himalayan News Service, July 23, 2012
    http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Campaign+against+...
    KATHMANDU: A campaign to eliminate lead-based paints was launched in the Capital today.

    The campaign aims at raising widespread awareness among business entrepreneurs, consumers and policy makers about the adverse impacts on human health from lead based decorative paints.

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  • Toxics Link Director Ravi Agarwal on "Satyamev Jayate" Telecast

    Sunday, 22 July 2012

    Ravi Agarwal, director of IPEN Participating Organization Toxics Link, on “Satyamev Jayate" telecast:
    Satyamev Jayate, National Channel, Star TV July 22, 2012

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  • Mercury At-a-Glance

    12 June 2012 - 2:12pm -- ipen

    Exposure to high levels of mercury can permanently damage the brain and kidneys and has been shown to affect a developing fetus, even months after the mother's exposure. In the aquatic environment, mercury can be transformed into methylmercury, a compound that is more toxic at low doses than pure mercury, absorbed by sea life, and then ingested by humans and other animals that eat seafood.

  • Mercury

    Mercury NGO Guide

    Wednesday, 09 May 2012

    IPEN has just released "An NGO Introduction to Mercury Pollution." This book provides information about mercury pollution and its harm to human health and the environment. The book also presents the major sources of mercury pollution and calls for civil society efforts at the local, national, and global level to work toward controlling human activities that release mercury into the environment.

    View the NGO Introduction to Mercury Pollution.

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  • Toxics-Free 2012

    Toxics-Free Future 2012

    IPEN Seeks Endorsers for Global Common Statement
    Wednesday, 09 May 2012

    In the run-up to the Rio + 20 global meeting, IPEN and partners have created a Global Common Statement for a Toxics-Free Future to create greater awareness about the increasing amounts of toxic chemicals in the environment, our food, communities and children. The endorsers of this statement have not forgotten the commitments made at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio.

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  • China Skin Products Study

    Wednesday, 11 April 2012
    In China, skin-lightening and freckle-removing products are popular products among women. Like the saying goes, “White skin can conceal 100 other defects in your appearance.” Unfortunately, an ingredient used to make skin white, can cause defects instead of concealing them.
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  • Mercury Treaty

    In 2009, recognizing the current impacts and continuing threats of ongoing mercury contamination, governments of the world agreed to start negotiations on a global, legally binding mercury treaty w

  • INC3 (2011)

    The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) to prepare the treaty on mercury took place 31 October- 4 November, 2011 in Kenya. Many representatives from IPEN Participating Organizations took part.

    INC3 NGO team

    INC3 NGO team

     

    IPEN’s Initial Views on the Draft Mercury Treaty Text

    IPEN prepared comments on the draft Mercury Treaty text, which was circulated to government delegates planning to attend the INC3. Read the comments here: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Russian, Spanish

    Please use the tabs at the top of the page to learn about IPEN's Actions, Documents and Interventions during the meeting.

     

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