Welcome
to the new Knowledge Platform of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
Here you can access useful resources, read articles, find out about latest events, meet people and join our communities of practice on the SAICM emerging chemical policy issues
Access resources to read, watch or browse and learn more about chemicals of concern
Our Communities of Practice are spaces of exchange on the sound management of chemicals and waste among representatives from academia, governments, industry, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, consumers, and citizens
Check our calendar of events where discussions and decisions are taken to shape the future of chemicals and their impact in our environment and health
Meet the people working for a safer and healthier future for all of us
Keep updated on news on chemicals of concern as well as challenges and achievements to progress towards the SDGs
Emerging Policy Issues
Highlights
A review of PFAS as a Chemical Class in the Textiles Sector
For over a decade, under both SAICM and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), the class of chemicals known as PFAS is gaining increasing international attention.
Global elimination of lead paint: why and how countries should take action
Lead has toxic effects on almost all body systems and is especially harmful for children and pregnant women. Lead paint is an avoidable source of exposure to lead.
Women, Chemicals and the SDGs
Gender Review Mapping with a Focus on Women and Chemicals: Impact of Emerging Policy Issues and the Relevance for the Sustainable Development Goals
People working for a healthier environment
Ran Xie
Jovita Tamosaityte
I am currently serving as the Knowledge Management Officer for the GEF-funded the Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States (ISLANDS) Programme which supports Small Islands Developing States (SIDS)
Dr.Lilian Ogechi Alum
The water quality of the major water resources in the rural areas has been assessed with a clear indication that pollution effects are mainly organic due to open defecation, improper construction of wells, non-hygienic nature of overhead tanks and
Lynn Wagner
Florisvindo Furtado
By contributing to the creation and enforcement of national and international legal framework on chemicals and hazardous wastes as well as the related guidelines for the main industry stakeholders and operators, dealing with chemicals or producing
