Project: Formosa Plastics Global Archive
The Formosa Plastics Global Archive supports a transnational network of people concerned about the operations of the Formosa Plastics Corporation, one of the world's largest petrochemical
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Timeline: California reacts to coronavirus
This timeline tracks how California state and local governments tackled the evolving COVID-19 crisis since the first case was detected.
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This policy applies to the U.S. healthcare system, all facilities that treat patients. It applies to the managers, staff, and patients at those locations, and those seeking treatment or evaluation, as it helps define the roles and expectations of a specific type of facility.
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It is an international program with the following member states/countries and the year that they joined:
"1957: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Socialist Federal Rep. of Yugoslavia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam
- 1958: Belgium, Ecuador, Finland, Iran, Luxembourg, Mexico, Philippines, Sudan
- 1959: Iraq
- 1960: Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Senegal
- 1961: Lebanon, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1962: Liberia, Saudi Arabia
- 1963: Algeria, Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya, Syria, Uruguay
- 1964: Cameroon, Gabon, Kuwait, Nigeria
- 1965: Costa Rica, Cyprus, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar
- 1966: Jordan, Panama
- 1967: Sierra Leone, Singapore, Uganda
- 1968: Liechtenstein
- 1969: Malaysia, Niger, Zambia
- 1970: Ireland
- 1972: Bangladesh
- 1973: Mongolia
- 1974: Mauritius
- 1976: Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania
- 1977: Nicaragua
- 1983: Namibia
- 1984: China
- 1986: Zimbabwe
- 1992: Estonia, Slovenia
- 1993: Armenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia
- 1994: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Marshall Islands, Uzbekistan, Yemen
- 1995: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1996: Georgia
- 1997: Latvia, Malta, Moldova
- 1998: Burkina Faso
- 1999: Angola, Benin
- 2000: Tajikistan
- 2001: Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Serbia
- 2002: Eritrea, Botswana
- 2003: Honduras, Seychelles, Kyrgyzstan
- 2004: Mauritania
- 2005: Chad
- 2006: Belize, Malawi, Montenegro, Mozambique
- 2007: Cabo Verde*
- 2008: Nepal, Palau
- 2009: Bahrain, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Lesotho, Oman
- 2011: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Tonga*
- 2012: Dominica, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago
- 2013: San Marino, Swaziland
- 2014: Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Comoros*
- 2015: Djibouti, Guyana, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados
- 2016: Saint Lucia*, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*, The Gambia*, Turkmenistan"
Events on the calendar are located in a number of different countries from the above list. The headquarters is in Vienna, Austria.
A report by environemntal advocate Xavier Sun that documents water pollution at outfalls around the Sixth Naphtha Cracker Complex through the collection of plastic pellets ("nurdles").