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EcoWaste Coalition Warns against Leaded Paints with “No Pb” Symbol
21 November 2023, Quezon City. Paints containing lead, a chemical element with the symbol Pb, must not carry the “No Pb” symbol as this will constitute a violation of the right of consumers to be given accurate and truthful product…
Warning Out on Newly-Discovered Aerosol Paints with Extremely High Lead Content
Two more aerosol paints sold online were found to contain extremely high concentrations of lead, a cumulative toxicant that is forbidden in the production of paints. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition revealed that the lead content of the two…
Advocate Mothers Urge Government to Prohibit Banned Toxic Chemicals used in Plastic Toys, Amid New Evidence
“We unknowingly expose our children to plastic toys contaminated with toxic chemicals, which have been prohibited worldwide since 2017. Soft plastic toys like inflatable hopping horses, squeaky toy animals, shrilling chickens, rubber duckies, and dolls containing harmful chemicals called short-chain…
Philippine Island Tackles the Plastic Crisis Head-On, Sets Example for the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations
The Island Province of Siquijor Serves as a Success Story in the Global Fight against Plastic Pollution 14 November 2023 – Nairobi, Kenya – As the third intergovernmental negotiations (INC-3) on plastic pollution go underway in Nairobi, Kenya, delegates and…
EcoWaste Coalition Exposes Trade of Mercury-Laden Cosmetics in QC in Violation of City Ordinance No. 2767-2018
12 November 2023, Quezon City. The sale of skin-lightening cosmetics contaminated with mercury in Quezon City has not stopped despite the promulgation five years ago of a historic ordinance banning such poisonous cosmetics. Based on the market monitoring conducted by…
EcoWaste Coalition Deplores Online Sale of Banned Paints with Toxic Lead Content
Watchdog Group Discovers Three More Aerosol Paints Sold Online with Lead up to 94,900 ppm 10 November 2023, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has deplored the continuing use of online shopping platforms as a channel to…
WARNING: Expandable Water Toys Pose Health Risks to Children
Safe Toys for Kids advocate BAN Toxics is issuing a warning to the public regarding the sale of expandable water toys that pose a risk to children. These colorful expandable water toys are made from superabsorbent polymer (SAPs) plastic chemicals,…
BAN Toxics Joins Minamata COP-5 in Geneva, Presents Proposals to End Mercury Pollution
The Minamata Convention on Mercury’s Fifth Conference of the Parties takes place in Geneva, Switzerland from October 30 to November 3, 2023. COP-5 is primed to be a landmark event, with proposed amendments to be negotiated by Parties covering mercury-added…
EcoWaste Coalition Drums Up Support for Urgent and Decisive Action to Ban Mercury-Added Cosmetics — Forever
29 October 2023, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition appealed to all parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury to come up with united decisions that will lead to the elimination of all mercury-added cosmetics from the face…
Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s draft Safeguards Policy Falls Short on Ambition
GAIA Asia Pacific Calls for Stronger Safeguards 27 October 2023 – The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Asia Pacific, a network of 120 grassroots alliances in the region, said that the recently released Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) draft Environmental…
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