The Chemical Safety and Health Unit works to establish the scientific basis for the sound management of chemicals, and to strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety.

The Chemical Safety and Health Unit:

  • Publishes information and establishes norms, guidelines and guidance on chemicals of concern, harmonized risk assessment methodologies and other chemical safety issues including children and chemical safety.
  • Provides support to Member States on poisons prevention, information and management as well as on chemical incidents and emergencies.
  • Promotes health in international conventions and agreements, leads implementation of the WHO Chemicals Road Map adopted in WHA70(23) and WHA67.11 on the Minamata Convention on Mercury, and provides the Secretariat for the Inter-organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals.

 

 

Contact

ipcsmail@who.int