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Our platform is about chemicals.
Chemicals are substances.
People use chemicals to make many things.
For example: cleaning products, clothes or building material.

Some chemicals can be dangerous.
They can make people sick.
They can also pollute the environment.
Pollute means: make something dirty, like water, air or soil.

Chemicals do not affect everyone in the same way.
Chemicals often affect people differently, depending on their gender.
Women, men and other genders can react differently to chemicals.
This is different because of:

• their body
• their job
• their daily life

One example:
Many women work in the textile industry.
Textile industry means: making clothes and fabric.
In this job, women often touch dangerous chemicals.
This can be especially dangerous for young women and pregnant women.

Another example:
Many men work in construction.
Construction means: building houses.
In this job, men also often touch dangerous chemicals.
But these are different chemicals.
And they can cause different health problems.

What does our website do?
Our website collects information about chemicals and gender.
Many people do not know this information.
Many people do not know about differences of chemcials and genders.
We want to change that.

We collect information from all over the world.
The information is for:

• researchers
• people who make laws
• people who work with chemicals
• and everybody who is interested

What can you find on our knowledge platform?
You can find:

• Research and data about gender and chemicals
• Laws and rules about chemicals
• Tools and training materials
• News and events

Do you want to know more?
Click on the topics in the menu.
Click on the types of resources in the menu.
You will find more information there.

Click on “How to search” to learn how to search for resources.
Click on “Glossary” to learn what difficult words mean.

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You can write to us.
Our email address is: info@msp-institute.org

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