All UNEP articles
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BusinessUN human rights experts condemn DuPont and Chemours
PFAS discharges from US plant denied community access to safe water, UN advisors assert
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NewsScientists call for global cap on plastic production
The upcoming UN treaty to end plastic pollution will require capping and then phasing out virgin plastic production by 2040, researchers argue
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NewsWorld agrees to sign up to a treaty to control plastic and chemical pollution
New advisory panel on chemicals and waste will also be set up, modelled on the IPCC
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NewsLeaded petrol is finally phased out worldwide
One-hundred years after it was first developed UN hails end of an era as heavy metal is banned in fuel in Algeria
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OpinionThe human cost of inaction on chemical waste
Chemists must press the UN to act and set up a body to deal with the world’s toxic legacy
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NewsUK open to microbead ban if EU fails to act
Government may act unilaterally amid growing evidence of environmental problems
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UN proposes Bhopal contamination probe
Offer to investigate continuing pollution from the Bhopal disaster 30 years ago awaits Indian government approval
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NewsGlobal treaty on mercury emissions signed
Ratification of the Minamata Convention may still take five years and some green groups are disappointed by its lack of ambition
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NewsEndocrine disrupting chemicals under fire
WHO and UNEP warn that common endocrine disrupters could be responsible for the rise in global health problems
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NewsUN report urges chemical industry to clean-up
The global cost of poor chemical management is high but industry argues report presents an incomplete picture