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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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Reports for Plastics Treaty INC1

IPEN has been studying the impacts of plastics and the chemicals they contain for many years. The reports below are a sampling of that work.
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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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Document:

spp_oewg1_statement_ipen_and_ciel.pdf

spp_oewg1_statement_ipen_and_ciel.pdf
Plastics Treaty INC1
The first meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC1) of the Plastics Treaty will meet from 28 November – 2 December 2022 in Punta del Este, Uruguay. See background on IPEN's work toward a Plastics Treaty, and check back to this page for resources and information ahead of the November meeting.
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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Dioxin
Dioxin 2022 Studies
Thursday, 29 September 2022 - 1:29pm
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Document:

dioxin2022_pfas-australia_f.pdf

Australian PFAS study

dioxin2022_pbdd_fs-plastic.pdf

BFRs and Brominated Dioxins in Products from 11 Countries

dioxin2022_moldova_f.pdf

POPs in Eggs from Moldova

dioxin2022_karawang_f.pdf

POPs in Eggs from Indonesia Near RDF Sites
Plastic
Addressing plastic crisis in Africa goes beyond mere waste management
Opinion article in The Standard by IPEN Communications Consultant Patricia Kombo
Thursday, 29 September 2022
Plastic pollution is visible and well documented, but we often overlook the invisible chemicals in plastics that are hazardous to people and the environment. Studies show that chemicals from plastics are linked to serious health problems (for more on health threats to Africa from plastics see the IPEN video at http://bit.ly/AfricaPlastic)
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GARD Documents on Fulcrum Centerpoint
Thursday, 29 September 2022 - 6:28am
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Document:

why_fulrum_is_a_bad_deal_for_gary_092022.pdf

GARD Report: Why Fulcrum is a Bad Deal for Gary

gasification_track_record_092022.pdf

GARD Factsheet on Gasification

green_paper_final_press_release.pdf

GARD Press release

presentation_valeriedenney.pdf

Valerie Denney: press conference statement
Indiana Citizens’ Group Exposes False Promises of Proposed Plastic Waste to Fuel Plant
Thursday, 29 September 2022
A new report compiled by Valerie Denney, a long-time communications adviser to IPEN, warns that a plastic waste-burning “bioenergy” facility proposed for the city of Gary, Indiana (about 30 miles south of Chicago on the shore of Lake Michigan) will cause major health and environmental problems.
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Getting Rid of Toxics: The Nonpolluting Alternatives | Repairing Toxic Damages

On the sidelines of the 51st Regular Session of the Human Rights Council, this year’s Geneva Toxic Free Talks took place over two days of conferences and discussions, celebrating 25 years of the mandate and the struggle for the right to live in a toxic free environment.
In this video, Lee Bell, IPEN Policy Adviser, spoke (from 40:10 to 1:10:25) at the side event on non-combustion technologies for plastic waste disposal and the myth of chemical recycling of plastics.
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Dioxin Experts Present Studies on Health Threats from Cancer-Causing Chemicals

Reports for Plastics Treaty INC1

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

spp_oewg1_statement_ipen_and_ciel.pdf

Plastics Treaty INC1

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

Dioxin 2022 Studies

dioxin2022_pfas-australia_f.pdf

dioxin2022_pbdd_fs-plastic.pdf

dioxin2022_moldova_f.pdf

dioxin2022_karawang_f.pdf

Addressing plastic crisis in Africa goes beyond mere waste management

GARD Documents on Fulcrum Centerpoint

why_fulrum_is_a_bad_deal_for_gary_092022.pdf

gasification_track_record_092022.pdf

green_paper_final_press_release.pdf

presentation_valeriedenney.pdf

Indiana Citizens’ Group Exposes False Promises of Proposed Plastic Waste to Fuel Plant

Getting Rid of Toxics: The Nonpolluting Alternatives | Repairing Toxic Damages

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