We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste
Science
.
2021 Feb 19;371(6531):774-776.
doi: 10.1126/science.abe9090.
Authors
Zhanyun Wang
1
,
Rolf Altenburger
2
3
,
Thomas Backhaus
4
,
Adrian Covaci
5
,
Miriam L Diamond
6
7
,
Joan O Grimalt
8
,
Rainer Lohmann
9
,
Andreas Schäffer
3
,
Martin Scheringer
10
11
,
Henrik Selin
12
,
Anna Soehl
13
,
Noriyuki Suzuki
14
Affiliations
1
Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
[email protected]
.
2
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, Germany.
3
Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, Aachen, Germany.
4
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22B, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
5
Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
6
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7
School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
8
Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, 08034, Spain.
9
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA.
10
Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
11
RECETOX, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
12
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
13
International Panel on Chemical Pollution, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
14
Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
PMID:
33602839
DOI:
10.1126/science.abe9090
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Environmental Policy*
Environmental Pollution / prevention & control*
Hazardous Substances
International Cooperation*
Policy Making
Public Policy*
Waste Management*
Substances
Hazardous Substances