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Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Jordan National Situation Report on HHPs

Friday, 28 August 2020 - 2:56pm

This report gives an overview of the current situation of highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) in Jordan and describes the national pesticide registration and control policy framework, the pesticides in use in Jordan and general data on volume, threats of pesticide use to public heatlh, and more. It concludes with the recommendations that Jordan needs to:

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Interventions 8 May, 2019

Friday, 10 May 2019 - 8:58am
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IPEN Views of Rotterdam Convention COP9

Thursday, 02 May 2019

In the run-up to the Rotterdam Convention's 9th Conference of the Parties (COP9), IPEN completed a "Views" document that addresses some issues that will be discussed at the COP9. These include enhancing effectiveness; compliance; amendments to Articles 16 & 22; listing HBCD, carbosulfan and chrysotile asbestos; and more.

The Views document can be read here.

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IPEN Views of Rotterdam Convention COP9

Thursday, 2 May 2019 - 7:01am
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Justice for Asbestos Victims

On the opening day of the Rotterdam Convention COP, Indonesian and other Ban Asbestos campaigners, Rotterdam Convention Alliance representatives, and supporters held a vigil and media conference at the entrance to the meeting venue in order to remind delegates about their responsibility to include chrysotile asbestos in the Convention. Subono, a victim of asbestos, later gave the following intervention in the plenary:

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Methyl-parathion had not met all the criteria for listing under the Rotterdam Convention. Are you serious?

Thursday, 20 September 2018

https://hej-support.org/methyl-parathion-had-not-met-all-the-criteria-for-listing-under-the-rotterdam-convention-are-you-serious/

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Roro Hills. Photo: Shweta Narayan.

Asbestos

Tribal Communities Score Asbestos Clean Up

Roro Hills, Jharkhand, India
Tuesday, 28 August 2018

Last week, India's National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered quick remediation of 25,000 cubic meters of asbestos waste in a towering pile in the village of Roro in the State of Jharkhand.  

The waste was left there 35 years ago by asbestos mining company Hindustan Industries Ltd. 

This big victory follows work that began in 2012, when ELAW partner Shweta Narayan traveled to the site to collect soil samples that documented dangerous levels of asbestos exposure. Even small amounts of asbestos can cause severe health problems, including lung cancer.

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