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2019年3月30日

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China: UN expert calls on China to fulfil repeated pledges on chemical safety

"China must fulfil repeated pledges on chemical safety: expert", 29 Mar 2019

UN human rights expert has called on China to live up to its promises to implement effective measures to combat the hazards and risks in its fast growing chemical industry, following another deadly explosion at an industrial plant. At least 78 people were killed and hundreds injured in the blast at the Chenjiagang Industrial Park in Yancheng city, on China's east coast, on 21 March 2019.

“As home to the world’s largest chemical industry, China must have world-class measures to protect human rights from the grave threats of its chemical industry,” said the Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics, Baskut Tuncak. “It is saddening, but not surprising, that intermittent efforts since the 2015 explosions in Tianjin have not sufficed.” More than 160 people were killed and over 700 injured in the 2015 explosion at a chemical warehouse in Tianjin…

“China’s repeated promises on chemical safety must be followed by meaningful action and lasting measures if it is to meet its human rights obligations,” the Special Rapporteur said. “China’s Central Government has the ultimate duty to protect the human rights of its population, including workers and children, from the phenomenal threats created by its runaway chemical industry. China must ensure that its workers are not exploited by toxic exposures, and its children are able to realise their right to the highest attainable standard of health and maximum development.”...

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