Raise awareness of the health impacts of chemicals exposures
Tools provide guidance and supportive information for Member States to improve awareness of the health impacts of chemical exposures throughout their life cycle, and the resulting costs.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- WHO - Compendium of WHO and other UN guidance on health and environment, 2022 update [2022]
- WHO - Ten Chemicals of Major Public Health Concern [accessed 2022]
- ILO: Exposure to hazardous chemicals at work and resulting health impacts - A global review (2021)
- WHO/UNEP/World Bank - BreatheLife - A Global campaign for Clean Air [accessed 2022]
- WHO - Economic cost of the health impact of air pollution in Europe [2015]
- WHO - Air pollution [accessed 2022]
- WHO - Literature review on chemical pollutants in indoor air in public settings for children and overview of their health effects with a focus on schools, kindergartens and day-care centres [2021]
- WHO - Air pollution Infographics [accessed 2022]
- WHO - Air pollution and child health: prescribing clean air [2018]
- WHO - Chemical Safety Infographics [accessed 2022]
- WHO - Public Health impact of chemicals: knowns and unknowns [2016/2021]
- WHO - Global health risks: Mortality and burden of diseases attributable to selected major risks [2009]
- WHO - Preventing disease through healthy environments: a global assessment of the burden of disease from environmental risks [2016]
- WHO - Children's environmental health [accessed 2022]
- WHO - Don’t pollute my future! The impact of the environment on children’s health [2017]
- WHO - Assessing chemical risks in food [accessed 2022]
- WHO - International lead poisoning prevention week of action [2022]
- WHO - Water Safety Portal [accessed 2022]
- UNEP - Global Chemicals Outlook II – From Legacies to Innovative Solutions [2019]
- FAO - The potential key role of SAICM National Focal Points in Reducing Harm from Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) [2022]