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Experts Highlight Impacts of Microplastics to Environment, Human Health
April 18, 2024, Quezon City— Days before the celebration of Earth Day, environmental and planetary health experts sounded the alarm about the prevalence of microplastics in the ecosystems and their insidious effects on our health. During the seminar organized by…
Reflections on Euthanasia: Opening the conversation towards a humanizing perspective
In a social context where conversations about choices and assistance at the end of life are becoming more frequent, we meet at REHUNO Health to explore a delicate and deeply human issue: euthanasia. In this space for reflection and dialogue,…
Health Day and Victims Day
9 April 2024, El Espectador On 7 April 1948, the World Health Organisation was founded, and on 9 April Jorge Eliécer Gaitán was assassinated. The 7th was established as World Health Day and the 9th was the Day of Remembrance…
Promoting mental health and child development through baseball
When mothers and fathers enroll their children in a sport like baseball, most of them do so out of family tradition, because one of their ancestors played this sport. Therefore, the desire of the family to reproduce this moment with…
The world wastes more than a billion meals a day
By IPS correspondent Households on every continent will waste more than a billion meals a day in 2022, while 783 million people will go hungry, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) says in a new report. “Food waste is a…
Call for Definitive E-waste Regulation and Enforcement as E-waste Crisis Looms
“E-waste is a rapidly growing waste stream in the country. From 3.9 kilos per capita in 2019, 537 million kilograms of e-waste were produced in the Philippines, translating to 4.7 kilograms of e-waste per capita in 2022,” said Jam Lorenzo,…
EcoWaste Coalition: True Radiance Comes from Within, Not from Skin Lightening Products with Mercury
Watchdog Group Backs UN Campaign to End Mercury Use in Cosmetics 23 March 2024, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition, which has been tracking mercury in skin-lightening cosmetics in the Philippines since 2011, reiterated its support for…
Newly Certified Lead Safe Paints Launched at Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition
14 March 2024, Pasay City/Quezon City. The thriving paint industry in the Philippines marked another milestone with the launch today of duly certified Lead Safe Paint® (LSP®) products at the Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition, or the WORLDBEX 2024.…
EcoWaste Coalition Pushes for Chemical Ingredients and Hazards Disclosure to Uphold Consumer Rights to Information and Safety
12 March 2024, Quezon City. Ahead of the World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) on March 15, the zero waste and toxics-free advocacy group EcoWaste Coalition urged manufacturers to ensure consumer access to chemicals in product information, and for the authorities…
Uphold the Ban on the Sale and Use of Mercury Dental Amalgam, says Toxic Watchdog Group
Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics raises the alarm over the continuous selling of mercury dental amalgam (in capsules) in the market and online despite the prohibition in the country. In the recent market surveillance conducted, the group has purchased and…
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