mercury toxicity

Toxic watchdog BAN Toxics is urging social media and online shopping platforms to take down content, advertisements, and listings promoting skin-lightening products (SLPs) banned by the Food and Drug Administration due to toxic mercury. A recent social media monitoring effort…

The QC Local Government Unit earns “ganda” (beauty) points for creating a task force to enforce the ban on mercury cosmetics. 24 February 2025, Quezon City.  The Quezon City Government got a well-deserved pat on the back for its latest…

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…

Group Stresses Urgency to Enforce the Ban to Protect Human Health and the Environment 10 November 2024, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition pressed duty-bearers, government regulatory agencies in particular, to enforce the oft-violated ban on mercury use in cosmetics such…

18 September 2024, Quezon City, Philippines/ Bangkok, Thailand.  Environmental health organizations Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines (EcoWaste Coalition) and Ecological Alert and Recovery – Thailand (EARTH) commended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Thailand for its action to…

Prohibited underarm whitening product also sold with impunity in the Philippines – EcoWaste Coalition 12 September 2024, Quezon City. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore has issued an Alert against a topical whitening product containing banned or potent ingredients,…

Following the recent announcement by Southern Dental Industries Limited (SDI) that it will cease production of dental amalgam by 2028 or earlier, environmental NGO BAN Toxics raised concerns that the timeline set by the world’s leading manufacturer of dental amalgam…

5 June 2024, Quezon City.  On World Environment Day, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition lauded the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union (EU) for taking further action to address the largest remaining intentional use of mercury…

Dangerous Cosmetics with Mercury Touted as “Key to Perfect Skin” 3 May 2024, Quezon City.  Following its recent exposé on five Pakistan-made mercury-containing skin- lightening products sold locally, the EcoWaste Coalition today announced it also detected mercury in five China-made…

“Kaya po ako gumamit ng skin-lightening products, unang una naman po talaga, para maging maganda.” (I tried using skin-lightening products, primarily to look beautiful),” a woman narrates, as she is seen facing a bathroom mirror applying a skin-care product to…