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Children’s Health and Safety

EcoWaste Coalition Backs Recall of Mini Toy Sets with Toxic Resins

FDA Announces Recall of Specific Miniverse Toys Due to Health-damaging Acrylates 30 November 2024, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition gave the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a thumbs up for issuing a toy safety advisory that will…

EcoWaste Coalition Finds Toxic E-Waste Chemicals in Recycled Black Plastics

Group Backs Plastics Treaty that will Protect Children’s Health and the Planet from Toxic Plastic Substances 19 November 2024, Quezon City . As countries gather in Busan, Korea from November 25 to December 1 for the final negotiations towards a…

Toxic Watchdog Raises Alarm Over Early Sale of Prohibited Firecrackers

Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics has raised concern over the early sale of firecrackers in the market. Five Star and Piccolo have been marked as two of the prohibited firecrackers under Republic Act 7183 and a major cause of firecracker-related…

Ph and Bangladesh Envi NGOs Forge Cooperation to Tackle Toxic Chemicals in Toys and Kids’ Products in the Region Asian children are increasingly at risk from unsafe toys, including those made from recycled plastics that contain hazardous chemicals and legacy compounds…

EcoWaste Coalition to the Authorities: Enforce Lead Paint Standard in Reusable Water Bottles and Tumblers

8 October 2024, Quezon City. In observance of the Consumer Welfare Month this October and in anticipation of the upcoming International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week on October 20-26, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition called on the authorities to enforce…

Global Health Organization Lauds Philippine School-based Immunization Campaign

Manila, Philippines – The Philippine government officially kicked off this year’s school-based immunization campaign titled, “Bakuna Eskuwela” on October 7, 2024 at the Dr. Alejandro Albert Elementary School in Sampaloc, Manila. This is a joint undertaking of the Department of…

EcoWaste Coalition Asks: Why are toys still poorly labeled? 

Group Demands Better Enforcement of the 11-year old Toy and Game Safety Labeling Act 1 September 2024, Quezon City.  Eleven years since it was enacted on September 3, 2013, and five years after its implementing rules and regulations (IRR) were…

EcoWaste Coalition Uncovers Rampant Sale of Leaded Paint Products Banned by the Government since 2020 

Health Advocates Seek Vigilant Monitoring and Enforcement of the Lead Paint Ban to Protect the Health of Vulnerable People  25 August 2024, Quezon City.  Some paint products banned by the government four years ago for containing violative levels of lead,…

Manila Toy Wholesalers Sell Plastic Nails with Toxic Glue

12 August 2024, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste criticized the unchecked sale of unauthorized plastic nail sets marketed for children’s use that are sold with a glue containing a hazardous substance restricted in cosmetics and toys. Based on…

EcoWaste Coalition Marks 5th Year of BPA Ban in Baby Feeding Bottles

Pushes for a Wider Ban on BPA in Food Contact Materials 10 August 2024, Quezon City.  To mark the fifth anniversary of a progressive policy banning bisphenol A (BPA), a known endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC), in baby feeding bottles and sippy…

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