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Toxics Watchdog Exposes Banned Mercury-Added Skin Lightening Products Sold in Cagayan de Oro City, Urges FDA to Take Action

Toxics watchdog BAN Toxics has issued a public health warning over the widespread sale of prohibited skin-lightening products containing toxic mercury in beauty shops in Cagayan de Oro City, urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take enforcement action.…

Warning Out on Father’s Day Gifts Containing Health-Damaging Synthetic Fragrance

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…

FDA Flags Unauthorized Cosmetics Reported by the EcoWaste Coalition as Containing Mercury

FDA issues 8 public health warnings in response to the group’s market monitoring reports 20 May 2026, Quezon City.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has flagged multiple imported skin-lightening products, cautioning the public not to buy or use them.…