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As Lead Paint Continues to Threaten Children’s Health, Groups Globally Call for Controls on Lead Chromates, Pigments Used in Lead Paint

EcoWaste Coalition backs  Rotterdam Convention action to control trade of lead-based pigments and paints containing them   5 June 2026.  On World Environment Day, IPEN and its over 730 member groups from around the world are highlighting the ongoing risks to…

Health Advocates Call for Stricter and Expanded Regulation of Endocrine-Disrupting Phthalates and Bisphenols

2 June 2026, Davao City/Quezon City.  Before World Environment Day on June 5, health and environmental groups in the Philippines released a report exposing the dangers of phthalates and bisphenols, stressing “the science is sufficient, the obligation to act is…

Stop Environmental Plunder, Start Ecosystem Restoration: Lingap-Canada Celebrates 2021 World Environment Day

SPECIAL FEATURE         By Genevieve Balance Kupang    Dagami Daytoy exposed the problems experienced by the locals due to the impact of the Didipio Mine in Nueva Viscaya, Philippines. Documentary Film Credit:  Noni Abao  “Ecosystem Restoration” is this…

Commemorating World Environment Day: In Support of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

ACRYLIC PAINTINGS/POEM         By Lily Ramos Burrows and Genevieve Balance Kupang This commemoration of World Environment Day extends beyond June 5. The care for our common home is a daily commitment we ought to uphold. All global…