The International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP) prepared the following two briefs regarding the prerequisites for an effective Science-Policy Panel as inputs to the second session of the Open Ended Working Group (OWEG-2) for the development of the Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution:

  1. The need for authoritative, policy-relevant assessments produced through an independent, robust scientific process
  2. The need to consider hazards, not risk or impact


CONTACT
Martin Scheringer, ETH Zürich, scheringer@chem.ethz.ch
Miriam Diamond, University of Toronto, miriam.diamond@utoronto.ca
Penny Vlahos, University of Connecticut, penny.vlahos@uconn.edu