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Imagination Peoples the Air: Philippines Brings Unique Narratives to the Biggest Global Book Fair
Manila, September 4, 2025 – Over 400 Philippine delegates—official and independent authors, illustrators, artists, creatives, and publishers—will travel to Frankfurt, filling the halls of the world’s most important book fair with a Philippine perspective rich in unique stories and imagination.…
EcoWaste Coalition Urges Local Authorities to Protect their Constituents and the Ecosystems from Toxic Mercury in Skin Lightening Products
4 September 2025, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition appealed to city and municipal authorities to actively cooperate with the national government and other sectors in eliminating the unlawful trade of contraband mercury-added cosmetics for whitening the skin tone. Over two…
CONSUMER SAFETY ALERT: Food-Like Plastic Toys May Pose Serious Health Risks to Children
Chemicals and waste watchdog BAN Toxics has raised concerns over the sale of food-like plastic toys suspected to contain health-damaging substances. As part of its safe toys for kids advocacy, the group purchased the said toys for testing at P50…
EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Stronger Measures to Stop Lead Paint Imports
Laboratory Tests Confirm Lead Content in 27 Imported Paints Sold Locally 31 August 2025, Quezon City. Confirmatory analyses contracted by the EcoWaste Coalition and undertaken by SGS, a global testing company, verified the presence of toxic lead in 27 paint samples…
Boxing Icon and former Senator Manny Pacquiao Dissociates from China-Made Lead-Containing Paints
EcoWaste Coalition lauds Pacquiao for supporting the group’s advocacy to uphold the lead paint ban to protect public health 25 August 2025, Quezon City. Boxing icon and former Senator Manny Pacquiao has distanced himself from imported lead-containing paints bearing his…
The United Nations Recognizes Surrogacy as Violence and Calls for its Universal Abolition
(Français ci-dessous) Paris The Casablanca Declaration welcomes the report presented on 14 July 2025 by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Ms. Reem Alsalem, which marks a historic breakthrough in the fight against surrogacy (see the…
Historic Golden Rule Sailboat to Lead Peace Flotilla Around Alcatraz
The historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat will lead a flotilla of Bay Area boats around Alcatraz on Wednesday afternoon. The boats will be decorated with banners calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, for an end to the U.S.-backed genocide…
In the West Bank, water is weaponized
Israelis settlers in the West Bank, consume up to 10 times more water than Palestinians. This isn’t simply about scarcity, it’s about control. And for Palestinian farming families, it means every day is a struggle to hold onto their land, their crops, and their…
EcoWaste Coalition Welcomes Progress in Crafting a CCO on Cancer-Causing Benzene
19 August 2025, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition welcomed the progress in the ongoing efforts to develop a Chemical Control Order (CCO) regulating benzene, a known carcinogen, by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental…
Israeli conscientious objector Yona Rosemann sentenced to 30 days in military prison
Yesterday, August 17, Yona Rosemann (19 years old, Haifa) was sentenced to 30 days in military prison for her refusal to join the Israeli army, which is committing a genocide in Gaza. The Israeli police brutally dispersed the demonstration of…
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