Workers around the world face a global health crisis due to occupational exposure to toxic chemicals, resulting in fatal diseases, cancers, poisonings and injuries from fires or explosions, with many non-fatal injuries leading to disabilities and chronic diseases that often remain invisible.
This report provides the most recent evidence base for chemical exposures and resulting health impacts in the world of work, highlighting regional trends, gender considerations and priority action areas. It also offers critical analysis of recent trends and provides a sound evidence base to guide urgent policy actions needed to prevent harm to workers, their families and communities.
Within the framework of the “Global Development, Review and Update of NIPs under the Stockholm Convention on POPs” project assisting Parties in developing, reviewing, and updating their NIPs, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP) is executing Component 4, which focuses on the dissemination of information, management of knowledge and liaising with the Stockholm Convention Secretariat in providing information and tools to be integrated with existing materials and makes them easily accessible and understandable by all parties to the Convention.