Toxic Chemicals 

Emerging Issues

• Heavy Metals
• POPs
  

Major Assessments

• MANAGEMENT OF TOXIC CHEMICALS AND HAZARDOUS AND RADIOACTIVE WASTES - Report of the Secretary-General - 2001 (PDF)
  E/CN.17/2001/PC/19. prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme as task manager for chapters 19 and 20 of Agenda 21 and the International Atomic Energy Agency as task manager for chapter 22, with contributions from other United Nations agencies and international organizations. March 2001.
  Available through the Johannesburg Summit prepcom1 webpage: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/html/documents/ prepcom1.html

• GLOBAL MERCURY ASSESSMENT REPORT
  UNEP chemicals, Geneva, Switzerland, December 2002.
  This publication is produced within the framework of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC).

• CHEMICAL POLLUTION: A Global Overview - 1992
  Earthwatch/UNEP, prepared by IRPTC and GEMS/MARC
  UNEP, Geneva, 1992 - 106 p.

• THE ROTTERDAM CONVENTION - 1998
  The Convention establishes a first line of defense by giving importing countries the tools and information they need to identify potential hazards and exclude chemicals they cannot manage safely.

• Causes for concern: Chemicals and Wildlife (PDF) - 2004
  WWF, January 2004.
  

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	Resources
	Agenda 21, Chapter 19 IFCS IOMC PIC (UNEP/FAO) UNEP-Chemicals WHO-GEENET Non-UN resources IISD/Linkages/Chemicals