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Lead in Solvent-based Paints in Colombia
Monday, 8 April 2024 - 6:16am
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.
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Nepal Plastics and Health Report
Friday, 5 April 2024 - 7:47am
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.
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cephed_plastic_csr_reviewed-april_4.pdf

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Plastics Country Situation Report: Jordan
Friday, 5 April 2024 - 7:34am
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.
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hands_plastic_report_final_rev_cc45.pdf

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Hundreds of Toxic Chemicals Present in Recycled Plastic Pellets
Wednesday, 3 April 2024 - 8:29am
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.
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plastic-pellets_v2.pdf

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recycled_pellets_brief_es.pdf

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Plastics Treaty News - INC-4 Edition

INC-4 edition
See all of our work on toxic plastics at StopPoisonPlastic.org
In anticipation of the Plastics Treaty Fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada, 23 April to 29 April, IPEN is pleased to share this Plastics Treaty News update.
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Webinar Summary: A Human Rights Approach to a Plastics Treaty
Friday, 29 March 2024 - 7:58am
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
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Report Finds Fisheries Decline Associated with Chemical Pollution Under Inadequate Regulations
Case studies from rivers in Australia, Canada, and Vietnam highlight threats to fish populations from toxic chemicals, including from plastics and pesticides
Tuesday, 26 March 2024
A new report released today finds that global fisheries decline, often attributed to overfishing, is highly linked with pollution from toxic chemicals. The report, with three case studies of river ecosystems in Vietnam, Canada, and Australia, reviews the significant harmful effects on fisheries from toxic chemicals and demonstrates that chemicals and other pollutants harm productivity and render fisheries at greater risk of overfishing, with severe consequences for global seafood resources.
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Plastics Treaty
TEXT: IPEN Quick Views INC-4
Monday, 25 March 2024 - 6:29am
IPEN Quick Views: Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) to Develop an International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution 
Background
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Intervención reunión regional GRULAC
Friday, 22 March 2024 - 9:56am
Hablo en nombre de RAPAL Uruguay miembro de IPEN
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Herlin Hsieh Chen receives the 2024 Taiwan Environmental Protection Lifetime Achievement Award
Thursday, 21 March 2024
IPEN offers our warm congratulations to Herlin Hsieh Chen, Secretary-General of the Taiwan Watch Institute as he recently received the 2024 Taiwan Environmental Protection Lifetime Achievement Award.

Herlin Hsieh Chen shared the following award speech, which was translated into English:
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Lead in Solvent-based Paints in Colombia

colnodo_lead_paint_1informe-nacional_octubre-16_2023.pdf

Nepal Plastics and Health Report

cephed_plastic_csr_reviewed-april_4.pdf

Plastics Country Situation Report: Jordan

hands_plastic_report_final_rev_cc45.pdf

Hundreds of Toxic Chemicals Present in Recycled Plastic Pellets

plastic-pellets_v2.pdf

recycled_pellets_brief_es.pdf

recycled_pellets_brief_cn.pdf

recycled_pellets_brief_final_fr.pdf

Plastics Treaty News - INC-4 Edition

INC-4 edition

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Webinar Summary: A Human Rights Approach to a Plastics Treaty

Report Finds Fisheries Decline Associated with Chemical Pollution Under Inadequate Regulations

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