Spacer

Google Translate

IPEN

A Toxics-Free Future

Donate

Highlights Front Roll

Plastics Treaty INC-5

International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2024

New Report: Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: Threats to Human Health

Chemical Recycling: A Dangerous Deception

See StopPoisonPlastic.org - our website on toxic plastics

Video: Plastics Poisoning Our Health

New Report: The Arctic’s Plastic Crisis

Mercury

Several Adults and Children Suspected to be Suffering from Severe Mercury Intoxication in Indonesia

Thursday, 13 August 2015

Uncommon Disease: Dita's World

By Larry C. Price

RAU-RAU, Indonesia—Off the main road and down a terraced hillside, there is a small house painted a bright aqua. Behind the tidy house a much smaller bamboo hut sits on a foundation of stacked stones, like a cage on a platform.

Inside the hut it is dark, except for thin bands of light that filter through gaps in the bamboo walls.

A small girl lies on a blanket on the floor. Her mother crouches at her side.

POPs

An Arctic Thank You for UN Action against Toxins that Accumulate in Traditional Food

Wednesday, 08 July 2015

Vi Waghiyi (July 7, 2015): Sometimes when you live in a small, remote town you need support beyond your community to take care of your family and well-being. Savoonga is a traditional Yup'ik community on St. Lawrence Island in the northern Bering Sea, just 40 miles from the Chukotkan Peninsula of Russia. For much of the year we are surrounded by sea ice. Like our traditional Siberian relatives, we rely on bowhead whale, walrus, seals and other customary foods for most of our diet. But, recently, we relied on the peoples of Ghana, South Korea, El Salvador, Brazil, Switzerland, Norway, and over 80 other nations to support our health. Together, our work improved health globally, through a United Nations vote that banned the chemical pentachlorophenol.

Public Participation

Strengthening Public Participation in Decision-Making on Chemical Safety in Central Asia

Wednesday, 08 July 2015

A sub-regional skill share meeting of IPEN Participating Organizations (POs) took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan in June. The workshop was organized by Eco-Accord (IPEN Hub for the Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) region) and IPEN PO Greenwomen from Kazakhstan. The goal of the meeting was to strengthen NGO capacity in Central Asia to actively participate in decision-making processes on chemical safety.

Globally Harmonised System

Central Asian NGOs Organize Workshops Supporting GHS Implementation

Monday, 29 June 2015

Foundation in Support of Civil Initiatives (FSCI) and Independent Ecological Expertise (IEE), IPEN Participating Organizations in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, recently successfully completed Quick Start Programme-funded projects related to supporting SAICM and GHS (Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals) implementation in their respective countries.

Lead in Paint

Asian Countries Release New Lead Paint Reports

Tuesday, 09 June 2015

The seven NGOs participating in IPEN’s Asian Lead Paint Elimination Project are releasing new national reports on lead levels in paints between now and June 20. The 2015 reports follow-up on analyses conducted in 2013 and are designed to test whether or not lead levels have fallen since that earlier study, especially in paints with high lead levels in 2013.

Lead in Paint

Ethiopian Leaders Meet to Discuss Lead Paint Elimination

Friday, 05 June 2015

“Even minimal exposure to lead can impact children. We must completely eliminate it in paint. Whether large or small amount, it has a harmful effect,” Dr. Mengistu Asnake, President of the World Federation for Public Health Association, said at a workshop organized by PAN Ethiopia on June 4^th. Attending the workshop were leaders from the Ethiopian government and major media outlets.

Regional newsletter

New Regional Newsletter Focusing on the Latin America and Caribbean Region

Wednesday, 03 June 2015

The newsletter features updates from IPEN Participating Organizations on some of their work in the region, including from Latinoamericana de Nanotecnología y Sociedad (ReLANS), Red de Acción en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas para América Latina (RAPAL), Red de Acción sobre Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas en México (RAPAM), Taller Ecologista and Alianza Mundial por una Odontología Libre de Mercurio.