This is an Executive Summary of the Global Study that Toxics Link and IPEN undertook to determine the total lead concentration in new decorative paints available in various developing countries around the world.
IPEN supported the nomination of pharmaceutical chemicals that represent a threat to the environment and human health, particularly in respect to the “cocktail effect” they would contribute to, their potential for endocrine disruption, and the growing evidence of water contamination. Many potentially hazardous products of nonmetabolized drugs and their metabolites are identified in surface water, ground water and even drinking water.
