Senior Advisor | Fmr. UN Special Rapporteur on #humanrights & toxics (2014-2020) | Former Exec. Director of Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI)
Joined September 2015
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States must stop exporting unwanted toxic chemicals to poorer countries
Pleased to share a statement calling for an end to this abhorrent practice, delighted see endorsed by 35 other @UN_SPExperts of the UN Human Rights Council
ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Page… #HRC44
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Carl Sagan testified before Congress in 1985 on climate change. Can you imagine if they had listened to him?
#ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis @climatehuman @gretathunberg
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BREAKING
The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution that declares access to a clean and healthy environment a universal #HumanRight
In favour: 161
Abstentions: 8
Against: 0
The decision is expected to be a catalyst for #ClimateAction
A very much welcome (and long overdue) addition!
The right to a safe & healthy working environment is now part of the @ilo’s Declaration of Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
👏 It's adopted by the #ILC2022 Plenary!
Learn more 👉 ow.ly/tjK050Jp5kL
Wonderful! 👏
Historic #ILC2022 decision to adopt a safe & healthy work environment as a fundamental principle and right at work is critically important.
3 million people die each year due to work related accidents & illness.
We now have an extraordinary platform to address this key issue.
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We celebrate World Day for Safety and Health with a story about our work to protect the health of firefighters from #PFAS
#reducetoxics @PFASactiongroup #IWMD22 @ilo
capeandislands.org/local-new…
Great work. Pathetic this has to be analyzed in the Lancet this day and age #DoubleStandards
U.S. policies allow the export of highly toxic pesticides banned for domestic use. How does this practice impact Indigenous Peoples' health? We provide some answers & solutions in @LancetRH_Americ, focusing on the Yaqui Nation (my Tribe) in Mexico. 🌏⬇️
thelancet.com/journals/lanam…
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Important work being done by the @PFASactiongroup and @SilentSpringIns to protect firefighters from PFAS in their gear, work funded by a TURI grant.
#reducetoxics #saferchemicals
#Nantucket firefighters embark on study of #PFAS in turnout gear: ack.net/stories/firefighters…
@PFASactiongroup
The @ilo recently took a crucial step to recognizing safe and healthy work as a fundamental right in June this year. Long overdue, this will nevertheless be a major catalyst for worker protection. #SaferChemicals @ReducingToxics
ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo…
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Join us on 10 December, 14.30 CET:
Our high level panel will highlight the voices of those rarely heard but most affected by health-harming pollution.
bit.ly/3obnRzh
Beating pollution today can prevent disease tomorrow, for everyone.
#ZeroPollution #EUGreenDeal
Excited to be joining this innovative team!
TURI Names New Director / Press Releases - Toxics Use Reduction Institute turi.org/About/News/Press_Re…
👏 New & very helpful decision by @UNHumanRights Committee: the failure to prevent toxic contamination of traditional lands violates indigenous rights incl. sense of “home”
ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Page…
“Serious environmental damages have severe impacts on indigenous people’s family life, tradition, identity and even lead to the disappearance of their community. It dramatically harms the existence of the culture of the group as a whole,” said Committee member @HeleneTigroudja
The case concerned pesticides but is obviously relevant to many other toxic contaminants impacting #indigenous communities @HilalElver @danikabillie
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A little bit of joyful emotion at the very staid Human Rights Council, as the UN for the first time recognizes the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment! (Mask was only off for a moment!)
And from where did #Algeria import its lead gasoline additive until now? The #UK 🇬🇧, which banned leaded gasoline over two decades ago. The chemical company Innospec continued to export this unquestionable poison from the UK to Algeria until at least 2020 vox.com/future-perfect/22650…
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Dreadful industrial disasters have occurred where social auditing firms had yet assessed sites. Social audit companies have #HumanRights responsibilities that they must fulfill.
See the new collaborative comparative law briefing’s analysis of their legal liability. @BHRRC
So far, few legal claims have been brought against social audit firms - but innovative strategies could offer an avenue for victims to access remedy and create legal accountability for the industry.
Read the full report ⬇️ bit.ly/38Rc0xu
#BizHumanRights
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I welcome the ruling of the Swiss Press Council calling out the gender bias & sexism of Swiss newspaper Aargauer Zeitung for its headline ‘Grandmother becomes boss of WTO’ upon my appointment. It is right to call out sexism, racism or both when you see it! bit.ly/3k8Uryi
An excellent initiative - congratulations
Green America launches groundbreaking initiative with electronics leaders @Apple, @Dell, @HP to protect workers from #hazardouschemicals in the global #electronics #supplychain. #TowardZeroExposureProgram #CleanElectronicsProductionNetwork greenam.org/3jk8LDJ
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First Nations and Ottawa agree to a proposed settlement worth nearly $8 billion for long-term drinking water advisories:
-$1.5B for individual compensation
-$400M for community compensation
-$6B previously announced funding to ensure safe drinking water
cbc.ca/news/politics/drinkin…
Recommended soundtrack (and alternative title) for this inspiring article: Bill Withers, “Lovely Day”, released in 1977 — or about 10 years after #ExxonKnew
washingtonpost.com/climate-e…