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International Programme on Chemical Safety
The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), established in 1980, is a joint programme of three Cooperating Organizations - WHO, ILO and UNEP, implementing activities related to chemical safety. WHO is the Executing Agency of the IPCS, whose main roles are to establish the scientific basis for safe use of chemicals, and to strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety.
FEATURES
Dr B. Ameneshewa
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Strengthening malaria control while reducing reliance on DDT
WHO is currently facing a double challenge - a commitment to the goal of drastically and sustainably reducing the burden of vector-borne diseases, in particular malaria, and at the same time a commitment to the goal of reducing reliance on DDT in disease vector control,......
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Three new Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) documents published
Elemental Speciation in Human Health Risk Assessment (EHC 234), Principles and Methods for Assessing Autoimmunity Associated with Exposure to Chemicals (EHC 236), and Principles for Evaluating Health Risks in Children Associated with Exposure to Chemicals (EHC 237). Click on each link for full text.
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YELLOWTOX 
World directory of poisons centres
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FAO/WHO project on active chlorine in food processing
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FAO/WHO nutrient risk assessment project
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Children & chemicals
Helping to protect children from the harmful effects of chemicals
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Implementing the Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions
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GHS
Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
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IPCS
World Health Organization (WHO)
20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
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