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EcoWaste Coalition: Remove from the Shelves Hair Dyes with Banned Sodium Perborate
21 February 2025, Quezon City. Despite the ban, some hair dye products with sodium perborate, a compound that is classified as a “carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) chemical,” can still be found on store shelves. As reported by the EcoWaste…
Pressenza Thanks the Ecowaste Coalition, for Honoring the Partnership with a Plaque of Appreciation
The EcoWaste Coalition recently celebrated its 25th year of service to the Filipino people and Mother Earth by recognizing its indispensable partners from various sectors and affirming its commitment to keep on working with greater fervor and action towards the…
Prominent Schools Celebrate the Philippines’ Peaceful Revolution, Despite Marcos’ Presidency
A group of the most prominent schools in the Philippines recently reaffirmed February 25, the date of the nonviolent EDSA People Power Revolution anniversary, as a non-working holiday – despite its exclusion from the Philippine government’s official list of holidays.…
Facing Challenges Ahead: The Indo-Myanmar Kaladan Project
The ambitious Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Corridor project, which is designed to connect the Sittwe port of the Rakhine (Arakan) State in western Myanmar with the land-locked north-eastern States of India for regular trading, may be commissioned by this year.…
EcoWaste Coalition: Reusable Water Tumblers Coated with Leaded Paints Pose Health Risks
17 February 2025, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has again put the spotlight on some stainless steel tumblers decorated with lead-containing paints as these reusable water containers may pose health risks, especially to children. Through a press…
“Celebrate Love, Not Toxicity This Valentine’s Day!” says BAN Toxics
Giving gifts on Valentine’s Day is a heartfelt way to show affection, but be mindful—some gift items may contain toxic chemicals, turning romance into a health risk. A recent market monitoring by the toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics found various…
Warning Out on Love-Themed Ceramic Mugs with Toxic Cadmium and Lead
14 February 2025, Quezon City. Following its exposé on perfumes containing a banned “reprotoxic” synthetic scent ingredient, the EcoWaste Coalition today alerted consumers about heavy metals lurking in some Valentine- and love-themed ceramic mugs that are sold in the marketplace.…
Green Groups to Philippine Poll Bets: Spare the Trees from Campaign Materials
12 February 2025, Quezon City/Davao City. As the official campaign for the midterm Philippine elections gained steam, environmental health and justice organizations wasted no time reminding all candidates for national and local posts to respect the trees and spare them…
Manipuri Scribe Abducted, Released after Voices Raised by Many including PEC
Geneva: Expressing serious concern over the abduction of a senior journalist in Manipur of northeast India by some militants early morning of 11 February 2025, Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) demanded his unconditional release. The global media safety and rights body…
Bangladesh- India: Diplomatic Turmoil Turns into Chronic Upheaval on Bilateral Relations
Ironically, the so-called Honeymoon period of Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi hegemony collapsed by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement in July 2024 which drastically affected two trusted neighbors unprecedentedly that had never been seen before in the history of Bangladesh and…
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