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John Shoaff (USA) cautioned against duplicating the work of other institutions. |
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Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla (Senegal) said that nanotechnology was not beyond the interests of developing countries. |
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Osvaldo Alvarez (Chile, on behalf of GRULAC) highlighted the value of IFCS for the exchange of scientific information. |
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Bjørn Erikson (ICFTU) said priority should be given to examining topics in "Table C." |
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Hans Moshammer (ISDE) supported including nanotechnology as a future topic. |
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Sarojeni V. Rengam (PAN Asia and Pacific) suggested discussing alternatives and substitute materials for hazardous materials. |
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TOYS AND CHEMICAL SAFETY |
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Katherine Shea (IFCS Advisor) highlighted major issues on toys and chemical safety. |
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Ravi Agarwal (Toxics Link) highlighted a recent study on lead and cadmium in soft plastic toys in India. |
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Julio Monreal Urrutia (IFCS Vice President Latin American and Caribbean Region) underscored the lack of specific information at the international level on the effects of toluene on children. |
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Steve Clarkson (Health Canada, Canada) elaborated on Canada’s Hazardous Products Act. |
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Mariann Lloyd-Smith (IPEN) called for a global market surveillance programme. |
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Iran said that traditional toys are better than computer games. |
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Yu Fei (China) underscored its National Safety Technical Code for Toys. |
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Per Nylykke (Denmark) stressed the need for precaution and the regulation of toys by producer countries. |
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Jean Claude Carré (Haiti) urged consideration of an international ban on exporting toys containing dangerous chemicals. |
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Mario Yarto (Mexico) called for tests to establish the chemical content of toys. |
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LUNCHTIME SIDE EVENTS |
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| UNITAR presented: GHS Implementation: Contributing to National Chemical Safety and Sustainable Development. From left to right: Jonathan Krueger (UNITAR), Bjørn Erikson (ICFTU), Roque Luis Mion Puiatti (Ministry of Labour, Brazil), Wolfgang Hehn (European Commission), Leslie Hushka (ICCA), and John Shoaff (EPA, USA). |
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| PAN presented: Ecological, Sound & Integrated Pest Management, and Integrated Pest Vector Management. From left to right: Francis Morales (Metsa Foundation, Philippines), Elsa Nivia (PAN Latin America), Virgie Dammy (Apit Tako, Philippines), Margaret Reeves (PAN North America), and Alexander von Hilderbrand (WHO). |
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AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON THE FUTURE OF IFCS |
| Participants worked on a revised draft text with a number of square bracketed sections. |
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John Roberts (UK) |
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Monika Luxem (Germany) |
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Kathleen Kunzer (ICCA) |
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Jumidu Katima (Tanzania) |
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Gonzalo Entenza (Argentina) |
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Jean-Louis Maurer (France) |
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From right to left: Zoltán Szabo and Kristof Kozak (both from Hungary) |
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From left to right: Takashi Fukushima (Japan) and David Brown (USA) |
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AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON HEAVY METALS |
| Participants met in the afternoon and evening and continued negotiation line-by-line of the draft version of the Budapest [Declaration] on mercury, lead and cadmium. |
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Mahmood A. Khwaja (SDPI) |
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Henrik H. Eriksen (Norway) |
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Barbara Perthen-Palmisano (Austria) |
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Elena Lymberidi (EEB) |
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Susan Keane (NRDC) |
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Nelson Manda (Zambia) |
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