An IPCS Health and Safety Guide is a monograph prepared by the
International Programme on Chemical Safety The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) was formed in 1980 and is a collaboration between three United Nations bodies, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, t ...
(IPCS) and published by the
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...
(WHO). They aim to provide "concise information in non-technical language, for decision-makers on risks from exposure to chemicals, with practical advice on medical and administrative issues."
Just over 100 HSGs have been published.
An HSG usually accompanies an
Environmental Health Criteria Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) is a series of monographs prepared by the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and published by the World Health Organization (WHO). They aim to give "comprehensive data from scientific sources for th ...
(EHC) monograph. The two documents cover similar material, but the HSG is much shorter and unreferenced (citations to the original sources can be found in the corresponding EHC).
References
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External links
INCHEM.org List of IPCS Health and Safety Guides
Users' manual for the IPCS Health and Safety Guides
Chemical safety