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Asian countries unite against hazardous chemicals

18/10/2022

A five-year initiative to the tune of $43 million will see the governments of Pakistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Vietnam join forces to fight the tide of chemical pollution within their local textile industries, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced.

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