Environment ministers commit to pollution prevention

China pollution factory shutdowns

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UN assembly secures declaration from the world’s environment officials that they will clamp down on hazardous chemicals and end pollution

The world’s environment ministers have promised to promote policies that address hazardous chemicals, including sustainable chemistry, during the last day of the third United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. They issued a declaration to help achieve ‘a pollution-free planet’ by working with political, industrial, scientific and civil society leaders.