Information Materials
Advancing chemical safety is a necessary component of sustainable development
IPEN Co-Chair Dr. Olga Speranskaya and IPEN Steering Committee Member Yuyun Ismawati have contributed an article to the United Nations Environment Programme publication “Our Planet”- "Advancing chemical safety is a necessary component of sustainable development.” The publication focuses on pollution prevention and clean-up has been released as the 3rd United Nations Environment Assembly is underway in Nairobi, Kenya.
IPEN's Views of Selected Issues at UNEA3
See IPEN's Views of Selected Issues to be discussed at UNEA3 for information about IPEN's positions on specific resolutions.
Much of IPEN's work relates to issues that will be discussed at UNEA3. The UN has outlined a series of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, in order to create a plan of action to address the world's most pressing challenges. IPEN's work relates specifically to SDGs 2, 3, 5, 12, 14, and 17. Find below some helpful materials produced by IPEN for understanding issues of pollution faced around the world that will be relevant to the Assembly.
Mercury in Women of Child-Bearing Age in 25 Countries
Lead in Solvent-Based Paints for Home Use Global Report
POPs Recycling Contaminates Children's Toys with Toxic Flame Retardants
Citizen's Report
Citizen's Report on SAICM Implementation 2012-2015
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
POPs in Chicken Eggs from Hotspots in China
POPs Recycling Contaminates Children's Toys with Toxic Flame Retardants
Toxic Industrial Chemical Recommended for Global Prohibition Contaminates Children's Toys
An NGO Guide to Hazardous Pesticides and SAICM (2009) (1-page update, 2015)
Electronic and Electrical Waste Products
Stories of Women Workers in Vietnam's Electronics Industry
Guide for Conducting an E-waste Inventory in Africa
Toxic Metals
Mercury Monitoring in Women of Child-Bearing Age in the Asia and the Pacific Region
An NGO Introduction to Mercury Pollution and the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Guidance on the Identification, Management and Remediation of Mercury-Contaminated Sites
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)
Introduction to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Nanotechnology
Social and Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology Development in Africa
Social and Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology Development in Asia-Pacific
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