Chemical industry to work for more safety

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Chemicals producers and governments agreed on Friday to step up efforts to push for greater safety in chemicals from lead in paint to microscopic substances.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Chemicals producers and governments agreed last Friday to step up efforts to push for greater safety in chemicals from lead in paint to microscopic substances.

But non-governmental organizations (NGOs) said unless the industry and governments come up with more money, agreed targets for cleaning up chemicals by 2020 were unlikely to be met.

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The week-long conference was held at the governing body of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), which is part of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

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