2016 Blacksmith Institute
The 2015 World’s Worst Pollution Problems report is the tenth in an annual series published by Green Cross Switzerland and Pure Earth (formerly Blacksmith Institute).
The New top Six Toxic Threads: A Priority List of Remediation:
Mai 2015
At the close of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam May 15, Russia and Kazakhstan – the world’s biggest asbestos exporters – refused to allow chrysotile asbestos to be put on the Convention’s list of hazardous substances These two asbestos exporters were joined by Zimbabwe (which wants to re-open its asbestos mines) and Russia’s ally, Kyrgyzstan. This group of four countries blocked the recommendation of the Convention’s scientific committee and the wishes of the overwhelming majority of countries attending to put chrysotile asbestos on the Convention’s list, which would have required prior informed consent to be obtained before chrysotile asbestos could be exported - See more at:
EOM supports the proactive steps of the International Joint Policy Committee of the Societies of Epidemiology (IJPC-SE) to develop a new Position Statement on Conflicting Interests through a consensus-building process.
Nature calls upon regulatory agencies to demand conflicts-of-interest statements for research used in risk assessment; preempts undue influence in rule making
http://www.foodpackagingforum.org/News/Nature-Regulatory-agencies-must-demand-disclosure