Join us tmrw at 15.30 for a webinar on #RotterdamConvention Databases and tools. The webinar aims to provide Designated National Authorities (DNAs) with a practical and interactive overview of the Rotterdam Convention databases and digital tools. Register here: tinyurl.com/53fwptdh
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The Chemical Review Committee (CRC) Orientation Workshop now at FAO in Rome until 25 March. The CRC organized by the #RotterdamConvention, focuses on strengthening team building, fostering knowledge sharing, and deepening the expertise of the CRC: tinyurl.com/553tyfva
#ChemicalsAndWaste #CRCWorkshop

The #BaselConvention COP-17 report and the #RotterdamConvention COP-12 reports are now available in the six official UN languages. Find them here:
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Collaboration for impact: The #RotterdamConvention brings Latin American nations together in Mexico to share best practices and enhance capacity for #pesticide risk assessment, driving evidence-based decisions for sustainable agriculture.
#BRSConventions #MakeVisibleTheInvisible

As her time as Chair of the Chemical Review Committee (#CRC) of the #RotterdamConvention ends, Noluzuko “Zukie” Gwayi shares her reflections on the achievements, challenges, and lessons learned over 8 years. Read her interview: tinyurl.com/589yzpta

#ChemicalsAndWaste #MakeVisibleTheInvisible

"Our goals, policies and coordination must address our shared challenges as well as our national priorities to maximize the benefits."

President Hammad Shamimi gavels the #RotterdamConvention COP12 to a close at 11:59 CEST.

Christine Fuell, ES a.i. of the #RotterdamConvention, underscores the urgency of phasing out highly hazardous pesticides to protect biodiversity, water, and human health, stressing that agroecological practices reduce risks and enhance agricultural resilience and productivity.

Participants celebrating the listing of carbosulfan in Annex III of the Rotterdam Convention

Gaël De Rotalier, EU, and Michel Tschirren, Switzerland

From L-R: David Ogden, Deputy Executive Secretary, BRS Conventions; Basel Convention COP17 President Anita Sowińska; Marylene Beau, BRS Conventions Secretariat; Rolph Payet, Executive Secretary, BRS Conventions; and Juliette Kohler, BRS Conventions Secretariat

After eight years, the #RotterdamConvention listed carbosulfan (a #pesticide) at #BRSCOPs

The fate of the other nine chemicals proposed for listing is unclear, as parties grapple with broader questions of the Rotterdam Convention's effectiveness

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#BRSCOPs2025

Highlights and images for 5 May 2025

Having reviewed proposals to list three pesticides under the #RotterdamConvention, delegates at #BRSCOPs could not agree to list any

That includes chlorpyrifos—a pesticide listed last week by Stockholm Convention as a persistent organic pollutant

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#chemicals

Consult highlights of the #BRSCOPs2025 side event "Making visible the invisible occupational victims of chemicals recommended by the CRC for listing onto Annex III of the #RotterdamConvention, yet to be listed by the COP"!

Sharing how the #RotterdamConvention has so far failed to protect and even been weaponized against people's health and environment, panelists underscored that listing of hazardous chemicals can only further reinforce human rights, including right to know & to #HealthyEnvironment.

The GEN is at the #BRSCOPs2025 side event by Solidar that will focus on making visible the invisible occupational victims of chemicals recommended by the CRC for listing onto Annex III of the #RotterdamConvention, yet to be listed by the COP.

“The harmful impacts of HHPs are increasingly impossible to ignore.”

Christine Fuell of @fao.org & #RotterdamConvention highlights the urgent need to shift to agroecological alternatives—making the invisible visible, empowering local action & clearing policy roadblocks.

Rich Countries Are Exporting Thousands of Tons of Toxic Paint Pigment to Poor Countries One in three children globally suffer from lead poisoning, which harms their health and educational development. While there’s a lot we still don’t know about where exposure comes from, most experts w...

As the #RotterdamConvention begins, new CGD research shows rich countries like the US & UK still export toxic lead chromate to poorer nations, despite safer alternatives.

More from @rorytodd98.bsky.social, @leecrawfurd.bsky.social & @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social:
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Christine Fuell of @fao.org & ES ad-interim of #RotterdamConvention underscores the importance of accelerating solutions that may not be immediately visible but have significant far reaching consequences, including in sustainable pesticide management for food security & health.

The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade is a global treaty that provides early warning to countries about...

Can the #RotterdamConvention be reformed?

As the #2025BRSCOPs approach, the years-long stalemate on listing certain #chemicals has prompted some to say “the Rotterdam Convention is broken."

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#Trade @brsconventions.bsky.social #ChemicalsAndWaste

"The chemicals sector can also be a false economy with all its health impacts. There are costs for not dealing with these chemicals appropriately."

Thank you for joining this event on the road to #BRSCOPs2025 on #RightToKnow and #RotterdamConvention.

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Phillip Hazelton of Union Aid Abroad & Leo Yoga Pranata of LION Indonesia present a case in #Indonesia, where non-listing of chrysotile asbestos led to unintended health consequences. They warn against industry's misuse of #RotterdamConvention -- part of playbook of deny, delay & block its listing.

Launching the event, moderator Bernhard Herold of Solidar Suisse stresses that the session aims to highlight not only the rights-based approach to occupational safety & health, but also the role of #RotterdamConvention & PIC procedure in enabling rights, including #RightToKnow.

#RotterdamConvention: On March 19, 2025, the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics & Human Rights will join “The Right to Know - Modernising the Rotterdam Convention” to discuss the need to list more chemicals, and rights-based approaches to chemicals management. lnkd.in/gV7mV2Ne

Court Blocks Trump-era, Toxic Citrus Pesticide, Defended by Biden EPA - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog (Beyond Pesticides, June 9, 2021) Earlier this week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from approving use of the hazardous insecticide aldicarb on citrus crops in Florida. The decision comes shortly after Nikki Fried, Florida’s Agriculture Commissioner, denied a state-level registration for aldicarb, which was cancelled in the United States over a decade ago due to risks to children and water contamination. Health, conservation, and farmworker advocates that brought the suit are praising the court’s decision. “We applaud this decision by the court whose ruling confirms what we already knew — that there is no place for a toxic pesticide like aldicarb to be used on crops in Florida where our workers and our water would be at grave risk,” said Jeannie Economos, coordinator of the Pesticide Safety and Environmental Health Project at Farmworker Association of Florida in a press release. “Farmworkers can breathe a bit easier knowing that this neurotoxin will not be used on the citrus crops they harvest. We are grateful to Florida commissioner of agriculture Nikki Fried for refusing to allow this toxin to poison our communities, our food and our environment. This decision sends […]

#Aldicarb should never have been considered for use on #citrus crops & should be completely eliminated from use in the US & the world. It's banned in 100+ countries under the international #RotterdamConvention, which the US has signed but not ratified.

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@atlas_women Promoting a young international environmental lawyer here. #FollowFriday @sophie_thirion is new to Twitter, but not to the issues! #PactEnvironnement #environment #MinamataConvention #StockholmConvention #BaselConvention #RotterdamConvention

#FollowFriday Anyone interested in international environmental law should follow @sophie_thirion. She is new to Twitter, but not to the issues! #PactEnvironnement #environment #MinamataConvention #StockholmConvention #BaselConvention #RotterdamConvention