title: International Programme on Chemical Safety
text: 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, to establish a scientific basis for safe use of chemicals and to strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety.
  
  A related joint project with the same aim, IPCS INCHEM, is a collaboration between IPCS and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS).
  
  The IPCS identifies the following as "chemicals of major public health concern":
  Air pollution
  Arsenic
  Asbestos
  Benzene
  Cadmium
  Dioxin and dioxin-like substances
  Inadequate or excess fluoride
  Lead
  Mercury
  Highly hazardous pesticides
  
  See also 
   Acceptable daily intake
  International Chemical Safety Card
  Concise International Chemical Assessment Document
   Food safety
  
  References
  
  External links
  Official WHO site
  Official site
  
  Chemical safety
  World Health Organization
  International Labour Organization
  United Nations Environment Programme