The consequences of poor chemicals and waste management worldwide are fuelling an "unprecedented global toxic emergency", independent UN human rights experts have warned, ahead of a major summit next week.

Children play in an area outside their home that has been turned into a large dumpsite of waste from leather industries in Dhaka, Bangladesh. UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani
Children play in an area outside their home that has been turned into a large dumpsite of waste from leather industries in Dhaka, Bangladesh. UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani

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