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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
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.


UPCOMING EVENTS

27-29 April 2009
Drafting Group meeting on Guidance for Immunotoxicity Risk Assessment for Chemicals
Bilthoven, The Netherlands

2-4 June 2009
WHO/IPCS Consultation on DDT Hazard Assessment
WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland

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CALL FOR DATA

JECFA 72 meeting
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JMPR 2009 meeting
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NEW PUBLICATIONS

WHO Food Additives Series No. 60, 2009
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WHO Technical Report Series, No. 954, 2009
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CICAD No. 76: Inorganic chromium(III) compounds
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CICAD No. 75 - Cyclic acid anhydrides: Human health aspects
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Uncertainty and Data Quality in Exposure Assessment
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CICAD No. 74: 2-Butenal
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HIGHLIGHTS

New Executive Summary on FAO/WHO project on active chlorine in food processing now available
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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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