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EcoWaste Coalition Deplores Unabated Sale of Mercury-Added Cosmetics despite the Global Ban
(Watchdog group pushes for further actions to enforce the ban and protect human health and the environment) 27 October 2025, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition expressed utmost dismay over the brazen violation of the global ban on…
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…
EcoWaste Coalition Urges Local Authorities to Protect their Constituents and the Ecosystems from Toxic Mercury in Skin Lightening Products
4 September 2025, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition appealed to city and municipal authorities to actively cooperate with the national government and other sectors in eliminating the unlawful trade of contraband mercury-added cosmetics for whitening the skin tone. Over two…
Free Cervical Cancer Screening Now Available for Women in Metro Manila
by Geri Matthew Carretero Metro Manila, Philippines — Women can now access free cervical cancer screening through selected Southstar Drug branches and scheduled community screenings in Parañaque, Navotas, Manila, and Quezon City, as part of an expanding public health initiative…
Sale of Toxic Mercury-Added Skin Lightening Products Persist in QC Despite Existing Regulations
Toxics and pollution watchdog BAN Toxics has warned the public about the continued sale of banned skin whitening products in some beauty shops in Quezon City. These products, prohibited by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to their harmful…
EcoWaste Coalition: Remove from the Shelves Hair Dyes with Banned Sodium Perborate
21 February 2025, Quezon City. Despite the ban, some hair dye products with sodium perborate, a compound that is classified as a “carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) chemical,” can still be found on store shelves. As reported by the EcoWaste…
EcoWaste Coalition Warns vs. Tiny Facial Cream with 41,030 ppm of Toxic Mercury!
4 February 2025, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged consumers not to patronize a skin-lightening product being sold online after finding it contaminated with over 41,030 parts per million (ppm) of mercury, way above the trace amount…
EcoWaste Coalition Slams Mercury Cosmetics as Toxic Menace to Health and Environment
23 January 2025, Quezon City. Despite the global ban, the EcoWaste Coalition continues to uncover the illegal use of mercury in unauthorized imported products for lightening skin tone and for removing age spots, dark marks, freckles, wrinkles, and other dermal…
Warning Out on Seaweed-Containing “Extra Whitening” Cream from Thailand with High Mercury Content
19 January 2025, Quezon City. As the Zero Waste Month gets underway, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition continues to find dangerous levels of mercury in unauthorized skin-lightening products from abroad that are being offered for sale to Filipino consumers…
Quezon City Leads Fight against Cervical Cancer with Landmark Community-Based Screening Program
Quezon City, Philippines – Cervical cancer, a disease affecting the cervix, is both preventable and curable when detected early. Despite this, cervical cancer remains the second most common cancer among Filipino women, claiming the lives of more than half of…
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