Toxic chemicals in our environment threaten our rivers and lakes, our air, land, and oceans, and ultimately ourselves and our future.

The production, trade, use, and release of many synthetic chemicals is now widely recognised as a global threat to human health and the environment.

Yet, the world's chemical industries continue to produce and release thousands of chemical compounds every year, in most cases with none or very little testing and understanding of their impacts on people and the environment.

Greener Electronics

The world is consuming more and more electronic products every year.This has caused a dangerous explosion in electronic scrap (e-waste) containing toxic chemicals and heavy metals that cannot be disposed ofor recycled safely. But this problem can be avoided. We are pressing leading electronic companies for change to turn back the toxic tide of e-waste. Know more

Project clean water

Water is central to our lives but it is also the world's most threatened essential resource. Some of the worst inddustrial pollution is contaminating the world's most vulnerable water resources.               Know more

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STOP TOXIC TRADE! Demand a Toxic-free Asia

Publication | July 18, 2001 at 8:00

A briefing paper on Toxic Trade and the Basel Ban

NEXT TIME TRY RECYCLING: Why dumpsites and landfills represent a grave environmental...

Publication | July 18, 2001 at 8:00

A briefing paper on landfills.

CLEAN PRODUCTION: A STRATEGY FOR A TOXICS FREE ASIA

Publication | July 18, 2001 at 8:00

A briefing paper on clean production.

US Toxic Legacies: Toxic Hotspots in Clark and Subic

Publication | July 18, 2001 at 8:00

A briefing paper on the lethal legacy of toxic wastes brought about by irresponsible use, storage and disposal of hazardous materials including persistent organic pollutants such as Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides.

Toxic Legacies; Poisoned Futures

Publication | June 19, 2001 at 8:00

This report is the result of a three-month investigation by Greenpeace of the status of POPs in seven countries in Asia. Currently, very little information exists in a compiled form regarding the most pressing POP problems in As ian countries.

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