Health

Participants affirm ‘prevention is better than cure’ as the National Poison Prevention Week gets underway 23 June 2026, Manila City/Quezon City.  “Prevention is better than cure.”  At the “Usapang Lason” organized by the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition, community participants…

People are rushing from coasts to cities, but security and a dignified life remain elusive By Zahida Parvez Chhanda (Dhaka Bureau) Cyclones, river erosion, rising salinity, and tidal surges are destroying homesteads across the coastal delta of Bangladesh, one of the…

(Moscow Bureau) – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have bitterly complained over their inability to track down new cases of Ebola, which has spread into…

20 June 2026, Quezon City.  As Father’s Day is celebrated, the EcoWaste Coalition urged caring wives, daughters, and sons to refrain from giving their beloved husbands, fathers, and father figures perfumes containing a synthetic chemical that has been banned in…

Pasig City, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) recently held a hybrid orientation and consultation with representatives from various Central Office bureaus and all 18 regional offices, including the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education of the Bangsamoro…

14 June 2026, Quezon City.  To protect children from being exposed to lead, a potent neurotoxin, in products marketed for their use, the EcoWaste Coalition urged the health authorities to regulate lead in accessible components of children’s products. The non-profit…

EcoWaste Coalition reminds parents to be cautious of cute squishy toys lacking authorization and labeling information 13 June 2026, Quezon City. Following UK warnings and product seizures, EcoWaste Coalition cautioned parents and kids against buying unapproved squishy toys, as such…

Watchdog group discovers three more spray paint brands with lead content 11 June 2026, Quezon City.  Despite the national ban on lead in paint production, the EcoWaste Coalition uncovered additional spray paint brands that contain one or more colors with…

Manila, Philippines – Civil society organizations led by NGO Forum on ADB staged a creative protest at the 21st Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF 2026), unveiling a giant ‘Kraken of Destruction’ to denounce the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) role in…

MANILA, Philippines — At the opening of the Asian Development Bank’s Asia Clean Energy Forum 2026, civil society groups and environmental justice advocates called on the Bank to stop financing waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration, refuse-derived fuel, co-processing, chemical recycling, and other false solutions that…