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BAN Toxics joins the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action to End Childhood Lead Poisoning in PH

“Approximately half of the Philippines’ 40 million children in 2021 have blood lead levels exceeding the 5 micrograms per deciliter (μg/dL) standard set by the World Health Organization, according to estimates by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, a…

Despite Progress Made, Study Finds Some Leaded Paints Still Sold in the Philippine Market

EcoWaste Coalition and IPEN Push for Improved Compliance Monitoring and Other Measures to Advance Lead Paint Ban 21 October 2023. Despite the notable progress in banning lead in paint manufacturing, a new study found lead in some solvent-based decorative and…

Do No Harm: GAIA Asia Pacific Pushes for Robust Environmental and Social Safeguards in Philippine Sustainable Finance Guidelines

19 October 2023 – The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific formally submitted its position on the proposed Philippine Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Guidelines (SFTG) to prevent the financing of industries that are harmful to the objectives of circular…

EcoWaste Coalition Campaigns for Clean and Eco-Friendly Elections

17 October 2023, Manila City/Quezon City.  The EcoWaste Coalition, an advocacy group for a zero waste and toxics-free society, made a last-ditch appeal to candidates running for elective Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan posts to think of Mother Earth as they…

Gaza, MSF: “Hospitals overloaded, medical supplies almost exhausted and limited access to drinking water”

15 October 2023 – In the north of the Gaza Strip the situation is dramatic, hospitals are overloaded and drugs and painkillers are running out. The wounded scream in pain, while those who need treatment are unable to reach hospitals…

Bishops from Mindanao File Petition to President Marcos to Stop Tampakan Mining

Bishops from Mindanao, led by Bishop Cerilo Alan Uy Casicas from the Diocese of Marbel and Reverend Father Jerome M. Millan, Director of the Social Action Center in the Diocese of Marbel, submitted petitions to President Marcos last October 11,…

Mental health and happiness

What do we mean when we discuss mental health? The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines it as: “A state of wellbeing in which each individual fulfils his or her potential, can cope with the stresses of life, can work productively…

Afghanistan: after the earthquake, children and families at risk

On September 7, 2023 in the morning, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake and several strong aftershocks hit western Afghanistan in the provinces of Herat, Badghis and Farah. Some of the most affected areas are located just 40 kilometers from the city…

Health workers, yesterday applauded, today dismissed!

Mass dismissals, Chile’s payment to the health workers who saved their lives. It goes without saying that the last few years have been very difficult for the public health system in our country. In addition to the overload experienced during…

BAN Toxics Celebrates 17 Years of Advocacy and Campaign for Environmental Justice and Human rights in PH and Beyond

Independent, non-profit, non-governmental environmental organization BAN Toxics celebrates its 17th founding anniversary on October 11, taking stock of past milestones and acknowledging the pivotal role of relevant research and science-based policy recommendations on environmentally sound management of chemicals and waste.…

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