The International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals is published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Part of UNEP's three-pronged Earth-watch program, the register is an international inventory of chemicals that threaten the environment. Along with the Global Environment Monitoring System and INFOTERRA, the register monitors and measures environmental problems worldwide. Information from the register is routinely shared with agencies in developing countries. Third World countries have long been the toxic dumping grounds for the world, and they still use many chemicals that have been banned elsewhere. Environmental groups regularly send information from the register to toxic chemical users in developing countries as part of their effort to stop the export of toxic pollution.

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International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals, Chemin des Anémones 15, Genève, Switzerland CH-1219 +41-22-979 91 11, Fax: +41-22-979 91 70, Email: chemicals@unep.ch