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GENDER & CHEMICAL POLLUTION

Global meet calls for gender-sensitivity when tackling CYCLOPENTYL METHYL ETHER

exposure to chemicals CAS NO: 5614-37-9
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Every year lakhs of people die equality and empower all women and 3
prematurely due to pollution. Men girls’.
and women are not affected equally Physical Properties
due to a combination of biological Amongst those present in the First • Highly Hydrophobic Ether Solvent
and social factors. To address the pol- Assembly of the G&CP were dele- • High Boiling Point - 106 °C (223 °F)
lution crisis with a gender-responsive gates of United Nations Development • Low Peroxide Formation
approach, the ‘Gender & Chemicals Program (UNDP), United Nations
Partnership’ (G&CP), a unit of Multi Institute for Training and Research • Relative Stability Under Acidic and Basic Conditions
Stakeholder Processes for Sustainable (UNITAR), the German Federal Mini- • Long Expiration Date – 54 Months
Development, Germany, convened its containers; production of electronic stry for the Environment, Govern- • High recovery rate - >90%, reduces amount of waste
fi rst assembly on November 18-19, goods and processing of wastes; lead ment of Mexico, and representatives
2024, in Berlin. in paints; and endocrine disrupting from USA, The Netherlands, Swit- IDEAL SOLVENT TO REPLACE
chemicals that affect the reproductive zerland, Jamaica, Kenya, and India, • THF
The meeting was held at the offi ce system. among others. Some of the objectives • 2-MeTHF
of the German Federal Ministry for of the G&CP are: • Dioxane
the Environment, Nature Conserva- The G&CP is a multi-stakeholder  Raising awareness on the linkages • DME/DEE

tion, Nuclear Safety and Consumer international partnership that brings of gender, chemicals and waste.
Protection. Dr. Bipul Saha, a chemical together diverse stakeholders from  Supporting gender data collection, Classified as Class 2 solvent as per ICH Q3C guideline with PDE of 15 mg/day

industry veteran from India and Exe- government, academia, civil society, and gender research.
cutive Board Member, International and industry to build a future where  Supporting governments to deve- CPME IS BEING USED IN

Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry the management of chemicals and lop gender-responsive national • Grignard Reaction (Enhanced Stability, Selectivity, Improved Yields)
(IUPAC), the largest global organisa- wastes is safe and sustainable for action plans on chemicals and • Suzuki Coupling
tion of chemistry professionals, attended all genders. It has been established waste management. • Buchwald Amination • Metal Reductions (NaBH , LiAlH , i-Bu AlH)
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the meeting. to promote gender equality and the  Contributing to develop a data- • Reactions with n-BuLi • Reactions with Lewis Acid 4 2

empowerment of women and girls in base on epidemiological health
There are many situations where chemicals and waste management, data on chemical exposures that • Friedel Crafts Reactions • Reaction Solvent
women are either exposed more or to support addressing the global pol- are gender-specifi c and facilitate • EXTRACTIONS • CRYSTALLIZATIONS
affected more to chemicals and wastes. lution crisis and to contribute to the formulation of gender-targeted • POLYMERIZATIONS • COATINGS
Some such instances are exposure implementation of the UN Sustain- policies and measures.
to highly hazardous pesticides dur- able Development Goals (SDGs), in  Supporting knowledge sharing Manufactured By ZEON CORPORATION, Japan

ing harvesting; cleaning of pesticide particular, SDG5 – ‘Achieve gender and training.
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