Chemicals Program
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Eliminating Threats, Spearheading Reform
CIEL’s Chemicals Program works at both the national and international level to achieve a toxics-free future. Exposed through food, water, and products–at work and at home–hazardous chemicals are taking a tremendous toll on human health and the environment. CIEL negotiates new international treaties; changes public policy and private practices; advocates for precaution and increased attention on new forms of chemicals; and, along the way, builds strong and diverse coalitions.
Learn more about CIEL’s Chemicals team’s current work
Latest Chemical Program News
- Nanomaterials "Just Out of REACH" of European Regulations (February 2012)
- Negotiations on international chemicals management inch forward, and set the stage for a key conference in 2012 (November 2011)
- CIEL welcomes new EU definition of nanomaterials as a necessary step towards assuring safety (October 2011)
- October 2011 Basel Convention COP10 makes historic progress on preventing hazardous waste from being sent to the Global South (October 2011)
- Toxic wastes mandate renewed by U.N. Human Rights Council, despite resistance (September 2011)
CIEL Worldview Blog:
Chemicals
Read what CIEL staff have to say on Chemicals at our CIEL Worldview Blog - Chemicals category.
The Parties to the Stockholm Convention are gearing up for a week of intense negotiations. Here’s a brief line-up of key issues that CIEL will be following.
Chemicals Program Featured Publication
CIEL has long led U.S. public interest groups committed to U.S. ratification of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, a treaty that aims to eliminate a set of dangerous and long-lasting global pollutants. (Ditz, Tuncak, and Wiser)(June 2011).
Learn more about how the 2011 Senate TSCA bill would enable U.S. leadership on global POPs treaty