strategy
Providing public information on chemical safety
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends increasing public awareness of problems of chemical safety by directing information campaigns such as programmes providing information about chemical stockpiles, environmentally safer alternatives and emission inventories that could also be a tool for risk reduction to the general public.
Broader:
Communicating safety informationSafeguarding employee healthImproving information systems on toxic chemicals Narrower:
Addressing year 2000 problem for chemical safetyDeveloping chemical safety performance indicatorsDeveloping public information guidelines on chemical risksSupporting regional transfer of chemical safety information Constrained by:
Concealing environmental information Facilitates:
Controlling chemicalsInvolving local communities in pollution controlProviding public access to environmental information Facilitated by:
Assessing chemical risksAdopting community right-to-know programmes on chemical risk based on international guidelines Subjects:
Fundamental Sciences → ChemicalsInformation → Information
Societal Problems → Safety
Government → Public
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
