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
Anna Holthaus
Tim Bainbridge
Currently designing projects for UNEP to reduce POPs and HHPs used in agriculture. Reducing the access and use of the most toxic pesticides will reduce environmental damage and negative public health impacts.
Preeaduth Sookar
Mahamat Abdelkerim Abbas
