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Mercury Treaty Fails to Address the Gold Mining Crisis

Ban on mercury in dental fillings is a positive step. But small-scale gold mining will remain the largest global contributor to mercury pollution without urgent action. 07 November 2025. Geneva. Despite the growing crisis of mercury contamination in the Amazon,…

Seven More ‘Made in the Philippines’ Paints Pass Third-Party Lead Safe Paint® Certification

10 July 2025, Quezon City.  Seven more brands of paints and coatings mostly used for automotive and industrial applications manufactured in the Philippines have successfully passed the third-party Lead Safe Paint® Certification, confirming compliance with the strictest regulatory limit for…

EcoWaste Coalition Backs Listing of Additional Chemicals in Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions

24 March 2025, Quezon City.  To protect human and environmental health, the EcoWaste Coalition, a participating organization of the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), expressed its support for the addition of several industrial chemicals and pesticides in two global treaties…

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…