A new global framework to reduce environmental risks from chemicals and waste was adopted at a UN conference on Saturday, with countries committing to phase out the most harmful ones.

A man fishes on the banks of the Mithi River in western India that has become an open dump for sludge oil and hazardous chemicals. UNICEF/Magray
A man fishes on the banks of the Mithi River in western India that has become an open dump for sludge oil and hazardous chemicals. UNICEF/Magray

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