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EcoWaste Coalition Welcomes Full Enforcement of the Internet Transactions Law

Advocates Look Forward to the Removal of Dangerous Goods with Banned Substances Being Sold Online 26 June 2025, Quezon City.  The environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition welcomed the implementation of Republic Act No. 11967, or the Internet Transactions…

Communities in Pakil opposed the Ahunan Pumped Storage Project Amid Environmental Concerns

Laguna, Philippines — Conversations continue to grow around the proposed 1,400 MW Ahunan Pumped Storage Hydropower Project, as concerned residents, farmers, and civil society organizations in Pakil, Laguna, highlight the possible devastating impacts it poses on the Sierra Madre mountain…

GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa Convene Global South Leaders Ahead of INC-5.2

GAIA Asia Pacific and GAIA Africa hosted Global South member state delegates in an online panel discussion titled “Advancing a Robust Financial Mechanism for the Prospective Plastics Instrument” on 24 June 2025. The event comes at a critical juncture in…

People’s Arms Embargo to Return to Travis Air Force Base to Demand Travis: Stop Sending Weapons to Israel, Stop Aiding Unlawful Mass Deportations AND Disobey All Orders Enabling the Illegal War with Iran

What:  Nonviolent Human Blockade and Vigil During morning commute into Travis Air Force Base. When: 6:30am, Tuesday, June 24;   Where:  Meet at Main Gate (Air Base Parkway and Parker Rd. in parking lot next to Chevron station)    Activists from across Northern…

Warning Out on Kiddie Flip-Flops Containing Toxic Lead 

21 June 2025, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has detected lead, a hazardous chemical of major public health concern, in imported plastic flip-flops for kids that are sold for only P20 per pair. As part of the…

Shocking Mercury Levels Found in Popular Skin Creams Sold in Bangladesh: New Study Reveals

Dhaka, Bangladesh – A recent groundbreaking study by the Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO), in partnership with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and testing support from BAN Toxics, has uncovered a public health crisis hiding in plain sight. Alarming…

Indigenous Leaders Convene in Bontoc to Champion the Rights of Nature and Protect their Ancestral Lands

Bontoc, Mountain Province – A Bontoc Declaration was released titled “A Declaration of Stewardship and Sacred Responsibility”, affirming the collective commitment of over 60 indigenous community leaders and advocates from across Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao to defend the Rights of…

Three Countries Nominate Lead Chromates for Listing in the Rotterdam Convention

19 June 2025, Manila, Philippines/Gothenburg, Sweden.  The International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) lauded the Governments of Switzerland, Morocco and Cameroon for nominating lead chromate pigments for Rotterdam Convention listing, while urging other countries to follow suit in order to control…

EcoWaste Coalition to Parents: Beware of Unsafe Toys Sold Outside Your  Children’s Schools

Adults and Kids Urged to Heed Safety Tips when Buying Toys 16 June 2025, Quezon City.  With the start of the academic year 2025-2026, the EcoWaste Coalition again raised the persistent problem of unauthorized and unlabeled toys sold near school…

Attention All Fathers: Beware of Potential Dangers in Sexual Enhancement and Energy Products

15 June 2025, Quezon City.  As the nation celebrates Father’s Day, the environmental and health advocacy group EcoWaste Coalition drew attention to sexual enhancement and energy products sold by sidewalk vendors, Chinese drug stores and online sellers that can pose…

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