Chemicals affecting health

Chemicals affecting health
Failure to monitor the use of

Type of entry: Potential Violation

Broader Terms:

Related Terms:

Environment, healthy

Other Related Terms (keywords):

Fertilisers
Pesticides

See ESC right:

Food safety

Relevant ICESCR Articles:

11(2)(a): The States Parties to the present Covenant, recognizing the fundamental right of everyone to be free from hunger, shall take, individually and through international co-operation, the measures, including specific programmes, which are needed:
(a) To improve methods of production, conservation and distribution of food by making full use of technical and scientific knowledge, by disseminating knowledge of the principles of nutrition and by developing or reforming agrarian systems in such a way as to achieve the most efficient development and utilization of natural resources;

12(2)(b): The steps to be taken by the States Parties to the present Covenant to achieve the full realization of this right shall include those necessary for:
(b) The improvement of all aspects of environmental and industrial hygiene;