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Bone Glue Bone-02: The Chinese Medical Revolution that Repairs Fractures in Three Minutes
In an unprecedented scientific advance in orthopedics, a team of Chinese researchers led by Dr. Lin Xianfeng in Zhejiang Province has developed an innovative bone glue called Bone-02, capable of joining broken bone fragments in just three minutes without the…
I am BRAVE! Youth in Ozamiz Lead New Project Backed by Olivia Rodrigo’s Fund 4 Good
By Geri Matthew Carretero Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental – The BRAVE Project (Building Resilient and Aware Voices for Empowerment) was officially launched today at Ozamiz City National High School, marking the start of a year-long initiative that puts young people at…
EcoWaste Coalition Slams Dumping of Lead-Containing Paints in the Market
(Another mislabeled “no Pb” paint brand found contaminated with toxic lead) 10 September 2025, Quezon City. Imported paints containing high concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin and endocrine-disrupting chemical, continue to enter the country’s ports, prompting an environmental health and justice…
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…
CONSUMER SAFETY ALERT: Food-Like Plastic Toys May Pose Serious Health Risks to Children
Chemicals and waste watchdog BAN Toxics has raised concerns over the sale of food-like plastic toys suspected to contain health-damaging substances. As part of its safe toys for kids advocacy, the group purchased the said toys for testing at P50…
EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Stronger Measures to Stop Lead Paint Imports
Laboratory Tests Confirm Lead Content in 27 Imported Paints Sold Locally 31 August 2025, Quezon City. Confirmatory analyses contracted by the EcoWaste Coalition and undertaken by SGS, a global testing company, verified the presence of toxic lead in 27 paint samples…
The Second Flood: Water, Disease, and a Deluge of Fear
The recent floods in Punjab, Pakistan, present a formidable force of nature. The water, flowing from the northern highlands down to the southern plains, moves with an inexorable gravity. Its immense volume, destructive force, and dense, debris-filled current possess the…
The United Nations Recognizes Surrogacy as Violence and Calls for its Universal Abolition
(Français ci-dessous) Paris The Casablanca Declaration welcomes the report presented on 14 July 2025 by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, Ms. Reem Alsalem, which marks a historic breakthrough in the fight against surrogacy (see the…
Ambitious Countries Stand Strong, Refuse Weak Plastics Treaty
Way Forward for Treaty Negotiations Left Unclear, Civil Society Stands with Countries Choosing People Over Politics Geneva, Switzerland– At the close of the plastics treaty negotiations (INC-5.2), ambitious Member States held strong under immense pressure and a broken process, and…
EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Strengthened Action to Stop Production and Trade of Mercury Cosmetics
Watchdog Group Lists 48 Skin Lightening Products Adulterated With Mercury 15 August 2025, Quezon City. As the eighth anniversary of the global entry into force of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is observed on August 16, the toxics watchdog group…
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