A set of 19 two-page factsheets summarizing of the information contained in the 2020 UNEP Assessment Report on Issues of Concern: Chemicals and Waste Issues Posing Risks to Human Health and the Environment and the 2019 Global Chemicals Outlook II (GCO-II).
The Assessment Report on Issues of Concern aims to inform the international community about the current situation of specific issues of concern, based on a review of published evidence, intended to support further discussion at UNEA5 and other international forums working towards sound management of chemicals and waste. The report assesses the eight emerging policy issues and other issues of concern identified under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and 11 issues with emerging evidence of risks identified by GCO-II. A two-page summary has been created for each of the 19 issues of concern and grouped into 5 thematic clusters.
GCO-II:
Arsenic, Cadmium, Glyphosate, Lead, Microplastics, Neonicotinoids, Organotins, Phthalates, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), Triclosan and Bisphenol A.
SAICM:
Chemicals in products, Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC), Environmentally persistent pharmaceutical pollutants (EPPP), Hazardous substances in the life cycle of electrical and electronic products (HSLEEP), Highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs), Lead in paint, Nanotechnology and Manufactured Nanomaterials and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and the transition to safer alternative.
