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Writers and artists from community-based arts and culture groups to hold an online fundraiser for affected communities of Mt. Bulusan eruption
Writers from Rhymes of PEG and new members of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines, Bicol Chapter, will be conducting an online fundraising event for the affected barangays of Sorsogon caused by the eruption of the Bulusan Volcano. The said…
Youth group takes their part to protect the environment
As part of Environment Month celebration, the Environment Stewards Organization (ESO), a youth organization from T’boli National High School South Cotabato City spearheaded an environmental awareness-raising campaign, tree planting activities, and leadership development training that aims to advocate for environmental…
Polar Scientist Explains Peril of Thwaites
Ted Scambos, a polar scientist with 20 trips to Antarctica under his belt, makes a living trekking across glaciers, measuring the speed, thickness, and structure of ice. Dr. Scambos (University of Colorado/Boulder) recently penned an article: Ice World: Antarctica’s Riskiest…
EcoWaste Coalition Bares Continued Sale in Manila of Kidney-Damaging Cosmetics with Mercury
As National Kidney Month is observed this June in line with Presidential Proclamation No. 184, a toxics watchdog group has revealed the continued sale in the City of Manila of skin whitening cosmetics contaminated with mercury that is known to…
Environmental group lauds DOH-FDA for banning mercury use in medical devices and dental procedures
Environmental watchdog group BAN Toxics lauds the Department of Health (DOH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Philippines for issuing the FDA Circular which totally bans mercury-added thermometers, sphygmomanometers, dental amalgam capsules, and liquid mercury use in dental restorative…
China rejects competition with U.S. in bilateral talks
China firmly opposes using competition to define its ties with the U.S., senior Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi told U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in a nearly five-hour meeting in Luxembourg on Monday. The meeting – which both sides called…
Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning defamation – but often ignore rights violations against Muslim minorities
by Ahmet T. Kuru The Indian government finds itself in a diplomatic crisis following offensive remarks by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, Nupur Sharma, on national television about the Prophet Muhammad and his wife, Aisha. The BJP…
Protect PH from becoming the world’s toxic waste dump site
With the commencement of the second segment of the BRS Conventions’ Triple Conference of Parties, BAN Toxics urges the Philippine government to fast-track the ratification of the Basel Ban Amendment or risk becoming the world’s dumping ground. The Basel, Rotterdam,…
EcoWaste Coalition Hails Global Ban on Highly Toxic Chemical PFHxS
11 June 2022, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition lauded the decision by the world’s governments to add PFHxS to the Stockholm Convention’s list of banned persistent organic pollutants (POPs) with no exemptions. PFHxS, or perfluorohexane sulfonic acid,…
Social Democratic victory in Australia: Absolute majority for climate protection and social state
In Australia, the social democratic Labor Party won in a landslide. The people voted out conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison after an election campaign dominated by climate change. The new prime minister is leftist Anthony Albanese. His climate protection policy…
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