International Programme on Chemical Safety

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The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) was formed in 1980 and is a collaboration between three United Nations bodies, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, to establish a scientific basis for safe use of chemicals and to strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety.[https://www.who.int/ipcs/en/ "International Programme on Chemical Safety"]. World Health Organization. Accessed May 2010.

A related joint project with the same aim, IPCS INCHEM, is a collaboration between IPCS and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS).{{cite web|title=IPCS INCHEM|url=http://www.inchem.org/pages/about.html|website=inchem.org|access-date=8 October 2014}}

The IPCS identifies the following as "chemicals of major public health concern":

• Air pollution
• Arsenic
• Asbestos
• Benzene
• Cadmium
• Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds
• Inadequate or excess fluoride
• Lead
• Mercury
• Highly hazardous pesticides{{Cite web | url=https://www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/public_health/chemicals_phc/en/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507034021/http://www.who.int/ipcs/assessment/public_health/chemicals_phc/en/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 7, 2011 | title=WHO | Ten chemicals of major public health concern}}