Read letter here 3 Sept. 2018 — An open letter addressed to Honorary Judges of the National Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico regarding Case No. 365/2018, which concerns the construction of a new tailings dam by the company Buenavista del Cobre, S.A. de C.V in Cananea, Sonora. The case raises a number of…
Letter to UN Secretary General regarding Roma in Kosovo
11 July 2018 — A letter addressed by the Special Rapporteur on Toxics to the U.N. Secretary General in connection with the situation faced by Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) families displaced during the Kosovo conflict, whom the United Nations housed in camps constructed on lead-contaminated toxic wasteland between 1999 and…
Letter to Brazil regarding proposal to weaken protections from pesticides
Joint letter by the mandates of Special Rapporteurs on Toxics, Food, Environment, Health and Water & Sanitation. Concerns raised to the Government of Brazil concerning the Project of Law (PL),6.299/2002 which amends Law No. 7.802 of 11 July 1989, which would significantly weaken the criteria for approving the experimental and…
Letter to U.S. Congress regarding Dr. Linda Birnbaum oversight hearings
Open letter to U.S. Congress 29 Jan 2018 A letter to the U.S. Congressional Committee on Sciences, Space and Technology was sent on 29 January 2018, addressed to the Hon. Representative Lamar Smith and Hon. Representative Andy Briggs, regarding their proposed oversight of Dr. Linda Birnbaum for an article published…