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Currently international discussions are underway over chemical classification, pesticide labelling and data sheets, trading and CBI, under the auspices of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety, IFCS. These discussions are part of Agenda 21, chapter 19, on the environmentally sound management of chemicals mandated by the UNCED conference in Rio in 1992. However, any resulting international standard will not be implemented within the next five-year legislative cycle. We have to act now on the right to know.
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