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New Report: The Arctic’s Plastic Crisis

Arctics Report to SPP

Plastics Treaty INC-4

Plastics Treaty INC-4 to SPP

New Report: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Threats to Human Health

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Threats to Human Health

6th United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6)

6th United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA-6)

Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception

Chemical Recycling StopPoisonPlastic.org Link

See StopPoisonPlastic.org - our website on toxic plastics

StopPoisonPlastic.org Link

Video: Plastics Poisoning Our Health

Video: Plastics Poisoning Our Health

Heavy Metals

IPEN Presents Newly Adopted Declaration on Toxic Metals to Minamata Community

Monday, 07 October 2013

At the conclusion of the International Minamata Symposium hosted by IPEN and Citizens Against Chemicals Pollution (CACP), IPEN presented its recently adopted Minamata Declaration on Toxic Metals to Minamata Disease Victims Group leader Shinobu Sakamoto and the larger Minamata community.

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Mercury

IPEN Hosts International Toxics Metal Skillshare

Thursday, 03 October 2013

IPEN is hosting an International Toxics Metal Skillshare in Minamata, Japan:

  • International Toxic Metals Skillshare: 3 & 4 October, 2013 (42 participants from 26 countries)
  • International Minamata Symposium: 5 & 6 October, 2013 (convened by IPEN and Citizens Against Chemicals Pollution)

IPEN will also attend meetings convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Kumamoto, Japan:

  • Mercury Treaty Preparatory Meeting: 7 & 8 October, 2013
  • Diplomatic Conference (Conference of Plenipotentiaries): 9 - 11 October, 2013

 

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Resolutions Adopted at the SAICM Regional Meeting in Latin America

Friday, 30 August 2013

In preparation for the 4th Latin American & Caribbean regional meeting on the SAICM, Pesticide Action Network and IPEN produced two thought starter papers: one on Endocrine Disrupting Pesticides and SAICM and one on Highly Hazardous Pesticides and SAICM.

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Lead in Paint

Dangerous amounts of lead found in paint samples in Indonesia

Study Shows Dangerous Lead Levels in Household Paints in Indonesia, Children’s Health at Risk
Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Kadar Timah Hitam Dalam Cat di Indonesia Membahayakan Kesehatan dan Tumbuh Kembang Anak

Jakarta — Most paint companies in Indonesia, including some major brands, sell paint for household use containing unsafe levels of lead, according to a study of lead in decorative paint in Indonesia released today.

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IPEN joint press release on provisional decision to ban production and use of the flame retardant HBCD

Thursday, 30 May 2013
Press Releases: 

IPEN, Pesticide Action Network and the Global Indigenous Peoples Caucus released a joint press release at the culmination of the Stockholm Convention's COP6 congratulating governments for their provisional decision to globally ban production and use of the commonly-used flame retardant, HBCD.

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UN meeting on chemicals moves forward on flame retardant ban, but stalls on asbestos and paraquat

Friday, 10 May 2013

IPEN highlights outcomes from the combined meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions and decisions on chemicals and wastes from more than 120 countries.

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