Deadly gas leak in India, grim wake-up call for global chemical industry: UN rights expert

Last week’s deadly toxic gas leak at a Korean-owned polymer plant in south-eastern India, is a grim wake up call for the chemical industry to acknowledge and fulfil its responsibility to respect human rights, the UN independent expert who monitors the issue, said on Thursday.

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Environmental racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’, must end, say UN human rights experts

02 Mar 2021

The further industrialization of so-called “Cancer Alley” in the southern United States, known for its pollution-emitting chemical plants, should be halted according to a large group of independent UN human rights experts, who on Tuesday branded it a form of “environmental racism”. 

Human rights experts: Humanity facing ‘unprecedented global toxic emergency’

Human rights experts: Humanity facing ‘unprecedented global toxic emergency’

22 Sep 2023

The consequences of poor chemicals and waste management worldwide are fuelling an “unprecedented global toxic emergency”, independent UN human rights experts have warned, ahead of a major summit next week.

Human rights experts: Humanity facing ‘unprecedented global toxic emergency’

Human rights experts: Humanity facing ‘unprecedented global toxic emergency’

22 Sep 2023

The consequences of poor chemicals and waste management worldwide are fuelling an “unprecedented global toxic emergency”, independent UN human rights experts have warned, ahead of a major summit next week.