April 28 is Chemical Safety Day

April 28 marks the Day of Human Right to be Safe from Chemical Danger.

Chemicals released into the environment and the human body can cause severe pathological effects, as well as changes at the genetic level.

Against the background of modern challenges, the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly notes the increased role of biological security. In this connection, the joint session of the Council of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly and the 15th plenary session of the CSTO PA on December 5 in Moscow adopted the Statement on the Inadmissibility of the Development of Biological and Toxin Weapons.

We declare our commitment to a world free of biological weapons and assume that the government agencies of the CSTO States will unite their efforts to coordinate work on the unconditional implementation of the Convention across the Organization and to strengthen the legislative framework in this area,” the statement reads.

The CSTO Collective Security Council session held on November 23, 2022 in Yerevan decided on the joint establishment of radiation, chemical and biological protection and medical support. Experts of the CSTO Parliamentary Assembly have prepared a draft law on medical and biological security.

As you may recall, this date was introduced following the 1974 accident in Novocheboksarsk (Chuvashia), when a fire broke out at the plant during the production of a new batch of weapons, which burned many aircraft bombs filled with toxic V-gas. The consequences of this accident were comparable to those of the Chernobyl disaster.