The following is from a talk by Johanna Hausmann, a senior policy advisor on chemicals and waste for Women Engage for a Common Future, WECF, a member organisation of IPEN. Johanna has a Masters degree in political science and her focus is on the health impacts from harmful chemicals, especially on pregant women and children and endocrine disrupting chemicals, taking the gender aspect into account. Her goals are better protection from and phasing out of harmful chemicals. She promotes awareness programmes and is engaged in policy processes to achieve a toxic-free future.
On Tuesday 23 April, more than 20 women attended the IPEN Women’s Caucus meeting in Ottawa, Canada, during the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), in Ottawa, Canada.
CSOs urge ASEAN leaders to take a strong stance in the ongoing negotiations to develop an international legally binding instrument to address plastic pollution, including in the marine environment.
A new report from Alaska Community Action on Toxics and IPEN finds that chemicals, plastics, and climate change are interrelated and threaten Arctic Peoples and lands. These forces have combined to poison lands, waters, and traditional foods of Arctic Indigenous Peoples, with ongoing health effects that threaten their cultures and communities.
This report presents new data on the total lead content of solvent-based paints available on the market in Colombia. It also presents background information on why the use of lead paint is a source of serious concern, especially to children’s health; a review of national policy frameworks that are in place to ban or restrict the manufacture, import, eXport, sale and use of lead paint, and provides a strong justification to adopt and enforce further regulatory controls in Colombia.
The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is a landlocked sovereign state located in Asia. Nepal has a surface area of 147,181.48 km2, lies within the latitude 26º 22‵N to 30º 27‵ N and longitude 80º 04‵E to 88º 12‵E in South Asia. The Himalayan country borders China to the north and India to the south, east, and west. The average east-to-west length of the country is 885km and the north-to-south width is 193km.
Jordan is a small country in the Middle East with a population of around 10 million people. The plastic industry in Jordan is relatively small, has limited domestic production capabilities, and the majority of plastic products in Jordan are imported.
An analysis published in 2023 looked at chemicals in recycled plastic pellets collected by IPEN member groups from thirteen countries. The testing identified and quantified 491 chemicals in the recycled plastic, including pesticides, industrial chemicals, PCBs, and other toxic substances. The results add to the increasing evidence that plastic recycling spreads toxic chemicals uncontrollably and is not a solution to the plastics crisis.
In the context of an international legally binding instrument on plastic (a Plastics Treaty) being developed by the international negotiating committee (INC), following a mandate by the United Nations Environmental assembly in
