Global Chemicals Outlook: Towards Management of Chemicals

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Publication date: September 2012

This report  highlights the major economic burden caused by chemical hazards, particularly in developing countries. The report reveals that the estimated costs of poisonings from pesticides in sub-Saharan Africa now exceeds the total annual overseas development aid given to the region for basic health services, excluding HIV/AIDS. It says that coordinated action by governments and industry is urgently needed to reduce the growing risks to human health and the environment posed by the unsustainable management of chemicals worldwide.