The term chemical security designates the national and international efforts of guaranteeing the protection of humans and environment from dangerous chemicals (dangerous materials) by regulations (laws, convention, etc.).

National regulations

Germany

In Germany chemical security is regulated legally by the law to the protection from dangerous materials (chemical law, ChemG), on whose basis the chemical prohibition regulation (ChemVerbotsV) regulates the Inverkehrbringen of and the dangerous material regulation (GefStoffV) handling dangerous materials and preparing.

International regulations

Due to the world-wide trade with dangerous materials and again and again the taking place unintentional release of these materials is a common international procedure importantly, in particular

• on an improved knowledge about the material properties
• on safe handling with transport and application
• and if necessary on application or production prohibitions

aims at. On international level there are different plans of action and agreements, which are to ensure the protection of humans and the environment.

Agenda 21

In chapter 19 of the agenda 21 the principles for an internationally effective chemical security and a concrete chemical management were fixed. In of numerous state and heads of the government of adopted scheme of the first conference for environment and development, which took place 1992 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), goals for environmentalcompatible handling chemicals including measures are fixed for the prevention of the illegal international trade with toxic and dangerous products.

Bahia declaration

On the intergovernmental forum for chemical security (IFCS) in October 2000 in Salvador (Brazil) met representative of governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations affirmed again there their commitment for the conversion of chapter 19 of the agenda 21 in the Bahia declaration to safe handling by chemicals. In addition recommendations regarding the improvement of international chemical security were decided. These recommendations cover among other things

• the promotion of global co-operation in the area of chemical security, of the

taking precautions environmental protection

• the improvement of the information flow over safe handling chemicals,
• the ratification and conversion for the range of chemical security relevant

Convention and getting.

World summit Johannesburg 2002

On the world summit for lasting development (WSSD), which 2002 in Johannisburg (South Africa) took place, a plan of action (Johannesburg plan OF implementation) one discharged, among other things in the section the III (non--lasting consumption and production samples change) were concerned with the range chemical security. In the paragraph 22 it means: "„The renewal of the obligation from the agenda 21 to treat chemicals during their entire cycle and dangerous wastes in the sense of a lasting development and for the protection of the human health and the environment properly with the goal, among other things, of reaching until 2020 which chemicals are used in such a way and produced that significant negative effects on the human health and environment are minimized. "“(quotes after (1)).

PIC convention over Vorabzustimmung after Inkenntnissetzung

The convention over the procedure of the previous agreement after Inkenntnissetzung ("“Prior Informed Consent"”, PIC) for certain dangerous chemicals as well as plant protection and pesticides in the international trade was accepted in September 1998 and drawn by Germany and the European Union. It stepped on 24 February 2004 as the first convention after the world summit of Johannesburg into force. After its signing place it is well-known also as "“Rotterdamer convention"”. The convention obligates exporting Contracting States to inform the appropriate importing country before about an intended transfer of dangerous chemicals and to only accomplish this after express agreement of the importing country. This regulation is to protect in particular the developing countries.

POP convention over long-lived organic pollutants

The convention over certain long-lived organic pollutants ("“Persistant Organic Pollutants"”, POP) is to 17. May 2004 into force stepped. The convention is well-known after their signing place also as Stockholm convention. The goal of the convention is the protection of humans and environment from first twelve dangerous chemicals (dirty dozen and/or dirty one twelve). With nine of the twelve chemicals it concerns plant protection agents, which forbade longer time of course in developed industrialized countries, in developing countries however partially still used was. All twelve chemicals spread in the atmosphere world-wide and unfold negative long-term effects on human and animal organisms.

Literature

Quoted literature

• (1) Jens Ulrich Schlottmann: International chemical security: Results of the world summit Johannesburg 2002. Reports of the specialized group environmental chemistry and 8 (4), P. 4 - 5 and P. 23 (2002), ISSN

Resuming literature

• Bernd Ulrich Hildebrandt, Ulrich Schlottmann: Chemical security - an international challenge. Applied chemistry 110 (10), P. 1383 - 1393 (1998),
• H. Hulpke, G. H. Wendt:

See also:

Informed consent; International forum for chemical security

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