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nanoparticles
All you need to know about nano particles--in a comic!
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
http://veillenanos.fr/wakka.php?wiki=EnNanoBD
IPEN and partner organizations put together a comic to tell you what you need to know about nanoparticles.

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Toxics-Free SDGs Campaign

A Global Campaign Promoting Toxics-Free Sustainable Development Goals
Our vision is a world where chemicals and wastes are no longer a source of harm and where all people live in safe and healthy environments, free from toxic threats to surrounding ecosystems and to future generations.
Sustainable Development Goals, Chemicals & Waste and the Path Ahead
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IPEN group unites in Kyrgyzstan for the EECCA Regional Meeting.

IPEN
IPEN Regional Meeting for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus & Central Asia (EECCA) in Kyrgyzstan
Thursday, 13 September 2018
IPEN Regional Hub Eco-Accord, in cooperation with the Independent Ecological Expertise, an IPEN Participating Organization in Kyrgyzstan, successfully organized and hosted the EECCA regional workshop in Kyrgyzstan from August 26-29. The meeting was held in one of the most beautiful places, Lake Issyk-Kul, located in the Tian Shan Mountains. It is the second largest saline lake in the world, warm enough to swim in.
The team of 24 NGO representatives from countries in the EECCA region worked hard to strengthen and adopt a revised Regional NGO Strategy for the current period until 2030, with its intermediate assessment in 2020.
The programme of the meeting was quite comprehensive, but the team allocated enough time for a fruitful discussion, communicating many different perspectives and expertise on a range of topics.
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POPs
Press Release: No Loopholes in Global Ban on PFOA
Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Fire Safety, Business, and Public Interest Groups Voice Opposition to Exemptions for Toxic Industry
Fluorine-free alternatives used safely by world class airports and oil and gas industry demonstrate viable alternatives to a persistent toxic pollutant
Report: Fluorine-Free Firefighting Foams
(Göteborg, Sweden): PFOA, the “Teflon chemical,” the cause of vast contamination of ground and drinking water around the world, is a persistent pollutant and suspected carcinogen. PFOA was nominated in 2015 for a global ban under the UN Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. An upcoming UN expert group meeting will make recommendations to governments about adding PFOA to the treaty, including possible loopholes that would continue production and use. Experts across diverse fields, including business, fire safety regulation, airport authorities, environmental science and medical device suppliers, strongly condemn proposed exemptions, arguing there is no justification for continued use when viable alternatives exist.
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POPs
Fluorine-Free Firefighting Foams (3F): Viable Alternatives to Fluorinated Aqueous Film-Forming Foams
Tuesday, 11 September 2018 - 7:07pm
Fluorine-free Firefighting Foams (F3) position paper produced by IPEN. Main document and appendices are in English. Executive summaries are provide in English, Frence, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Arabic.
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Document:

IPEN_F3_Position_Paper_POPRC-14_12September2018d.pdf

English with Executive Summaries translated
POPRC
Quick Guide to IPEN Views on POPRC-14
Monday, 10 September 2018
In preparation for the 14th meeting of the Stockholm Convention POPs Review Committee (POPRC), which will take place 17 - 21 September in Rome, IPEN has developed a Quick Guide to IPEN Views on POPRC-14. This document highlights IPEN's views on issues that the Committee will tackle at the meeting, including consideration of exemptions and formal recommendations for listing PFOA in the treaty. The Committee will also determine if perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) – a regrettable substitute for PFOS – warrants global action. Finally, the POPRC will make recommendations about whether loopholes that permit continued use of PFOS are still needed.
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POPRC
Quick Guide to IPEN Views on POPRC-14
Monday, 10 September 2018 - 3:24pm
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Document:

Quick IPEN Views POPRC14 10 Sept 2018.pdf

English

IPEN Views on POPRC 14_RU.pdf

Russian

Quick IPEN Views POPRC14 10 Sept 2018_FR.pdf

French
Electronic products
ASDI Press Release: Stories from the Clean Room screening
Friday, 7 September 2018 - 2:22pm
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Document:

ASDI Press Release_Clean Room.pdf

French
Plastic Pollution
CIEL Newsletter: Progress on Plastics Update
Friday, 07 September 2018
PLASTICS AT BASEL CONVENTION
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Dioxin
IPEN Participates in DIOXIN 2018: Symposium on Halogenated POPs & 10th International PCB Workshop
Thursday, 06 September 2018
The 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) & 10th International PCB Workshop, DIOXIN 2018, took place from 26-31 August 2018 in Kraków, Poland. The symposium and workshop are recognized as the leading international POPs meetings for chemical scientists and regulators.
The message of Dioxin 2018 was: “No boundaries in POPs pollution, research and control.”
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