Health
Despite Methane Pledges, Governments Submit Weak Plans For Waste Sector Emissions
23 October 2025 – Governments are overlooking simple, effective tools to curb methane emissions from waste, analysis of the latest round of national climate plans (NDCs) shows. GAIA examined 14 NDCs submitted to the UN climate body from countries chosen…
EcoWaste Coalition to Consumers: Be Cautious when Buying Halloween Stuff
Some Costumes, Decorations and Toys can be Hazardous to Health and the Environment As kids and the not-so-young ready themselves for Halloween fun, the EcoWaste Coalition, an advocate for a zero-waste and toxics-free society, advised consumers to be wary of…
BAN Toxics’ Community Parade Amplifies Global Call to End #LeadPoisoning
In observance of International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week 2025 (#ILPPW2025), marked globally from October 19–25, environmental justice organization BAN Toxics, in partnership with Barangay Officials and residents of Barangay Tatalon in Quezon City, organized a colorful community parade and awareness…
Filipinos Take Stock of Progress towards Eliminating Lead Paint, Support Call to End Lead Exposure
22 October 2025, Quezon City. Representatives from the government, industry, civil society, academe, and the youth gathered at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on October 21 for a lively forum held in conjunction with the International Lead…
Civil Society and Industry Groups Put Consumers On Guard against 228 Imported Paints with High Lead Content
18 October 2025, Quezon City. In an exceptional display of unity to uphold the lead paint ban and protect public health against lead exposure, civil society and industry groups of the Philippines released in time for the 13th International Lead Poisoning…
Spain: Lethal delays in breast cancer screenings and a creeping privatization of the Public Healthcare System
This is not a polite debate nor an exact translation of a previous article. It is, rather, a warning from the European continent, reminding you of where the path you champion leads in Anglo/American-style, economics-driven countries. We have heard their…
Marco Cavallo’s Final Ride for All Freedoms
The final stages of Marco Cavallo’s journey have brought the blue horse to Brindisi and Bari, two strategic ports in southern Italy facing the Adriatic and looking towards Albania. From these shores, Italy is experimenting with the externalisation of borders…
EcoWaste Coalition Raises the Alarm on 20 Imported Paints with Lead Content
12 October 2025, Quezon City. In its latest effort to promote strict adherence to the national lead paint ban, the EcoWaste Coalition disclosed that the 20 spray paint samples it submitted to a private laboratory for confirmatory tests were verified…
Groups Deplore Sale of Banned Medicinal Patch Containing High Levels of Lead and Mercury
7 October 2025, Quezon City, Philippines/Penang, Malaysia. Malaysian and Filipino civil society groups advocating for consumer and environmental health deplored the online sale of a traditional Chinese skin patch to relieve swelling and pain that has been analyzed to contain…
Toxics Watchdog Exposes Hidden Chemicals Lurking in Kids’ Toys, Warns of Serious Health Risks
In commemoration of Consumer Welfare Month, Chemicals and Waste Watchdog BAN Toxics has released its findings on the presence of health-damaging chemicals in toys, reminding the public to keep their eyes out for children’s products laden with toxic substances. In…
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