We need a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste

Zhanyun Wang¹, Rolf Altenburger^{2

3}, Thomas Backhaus⁴, Adrian Covaci⁵, Miriam L Diamond^{6

7}, Joan O Grimalt⁸, Rainer Lohmann⁹, Andreas Schäffer³, Martin Scheringer^{10

11}, Henrik Selin¹², Anna Soehl¹³, Noriyuki Suzuki¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. zhanyun.wang@ifu.baug.ethz.ch.
² Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, Aachen, Germany.
⁴ Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22B, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, 08034, Spain.
⁹ Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA.
¹⁰ Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
¹¹ RECETOX, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
¹² Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
¹³ International Panel on Chemical Pollution, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
¹⁴ Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Zhanyun Wang et al. Science. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 19;371(6531):774-776.

doi: 10.1126/science.abe9090.

¹ Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland. zhanyun.wang@ifu.baug.ethz.ch.
² Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Permoserstrasse 15, Leipzig, Germany.
³ Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, Aachen, Germany.
⁴ Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottsbergs Gata 22B, 40530, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Toxicological Centre, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, 08034, Spain.
⁹ Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, USA.
¹⁰ Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
¹¹ RECETOX, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
¹² Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
¹³ International Panel on Chemical Pollution, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
¹⁴ Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

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