Health and environmental impact of toxic chemicals: chemical management policies of Russia and EU countries.
On the eve of European Parliament's decision concerning Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH), Eco-Accord held a groundbreaking workshop on "Health and environmental impacts of toxic chemicals: chemical management policies of Russia and EU countries." The workshop in Moscow opened a number of meetings where issues of REACH implementation and its compliance with EECCA national systems of standards have been addressed. The Moscow seminar was attended by NGOs from the EECCA region, representatives from governmental institutions, business and academia. Recommendations for improvement of chemical management policies of the Russian Federation were prepared. The second day of the workshop was focused on the role of NGOs in addressing problems of toxic impacts on human health and the environment from POPs and other chemicals. Outcomes of the most successful IPEP projects were presented. Workshop participants discussed perspectives of NGO involvement in activities on chemical safety and international events on chemicals management. Ways and obstacles of making local NGOs more active in addressing issues of chemical safety were discussed. It was decided to form a regional NGO network of experts working on chemical safety and related issues.
Outputs:
Two day workshop on chemical management policies and NGO experiences in IPEP
Formation of regional NGO expert team
Dissemination of draft report to 2,500 subscribers of news service for comments
Report: Health and environmental impact of toxic chemicals: chemical management policies of Russia and EU countries