International Programme on Chemical Safety
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The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) was formed in 1980 and is a collaboration between three United Nations bodies, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, to establish a scientific basis for safe use of chemicals and to strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety.[1]
A related joint project with the same aim, IPCS INCHEM, is a collaboration between IPCS and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS).[2]
The IPCS identifies the following as "chemicals of major public health concern":
- Air pollution
- Arsenic
- Asbestos
- Benzene
- Cadmium
- Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds
- Inadequate or excess fluoride
- Lead
- Mercury
- Highly hazardous pesticides[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "International Programme on Chemical Safety". World Health Organization. Accessed May 2010.
- ↑ "IPCS INCHEM". inchem.org. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ↑ "WHO | Ten chemicals of major public health concern". Archived from the original on May 7, 2011.
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