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What is SAICM? History and Governance
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SAICM Emerging Policy Issues and Issues of Concern
SAICM identified eight Issues of Concern. Learn more about challenges in their implementation.
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Obstacles in addressing IoCs
In many countries SAICM Issues of Concern (IoCs) are not high on the political agenda. Advances are mainly limited to information collection. Learn more about problems in addressing IoCs and why it is important to resolve them.
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Triggers to elevate obligations for SAICM IoCs
To help countries better address SAICM issues of concern triggers for moving IoCs to the level with increased obligations are discussed.
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Introduction

As it was noted in the previous Section on What is SAICM? History and Governance, one of the functions of ICCM is to call for action on “emerging policy issues” (EPIs) and to forge consensus on priorities for cooperative action.

•An EPI is defined as:–an issue involving any phase in the life cycle of chemicals and that has not yet been generally recognized, is insufficiently addressed or arises from the current level of scientific information and which may have significant adverse effects on human health or the environment.

•An open and transparent procedure was created to nominate emerging policy issues for consideration by future ICCMs.

The following eight EPIs and other issues of concern (IoCs) were adopted by SAICM resolutions at ICCM2, ICCM3 and / or ICCM4:

– Lead in paint

– Chemicals in products

– Hazardous substance within the life cycle of electrical and electronic products

– Nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials

– Endocrine-disrupting chemicals

– Environmentally persistent pharmaceutical pollutants

– Perfluorinated chemicals and the transition to safer alternatives

– Highly hazardous pesticides

Introduction

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