The International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP) prepared this policy brief on the need to consider hazards, not risk or impact as a prerequisites for an Effective Science-Policy Panel (SPP) . This brief was used as an input to the second session of the Open Ended Working Group (OWEG-2) for the development of the Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution.

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Martin Scheringer, ETH Zürich, scheringer@chem.ethz.ch
Miriam Diamond, University of Toronto, miriam.diamond@utoronto.ca
Penny Vlahos, University of Connecticut, penny.vlahos@uconn.edu