Health

8 April 2024, Quezon City.  The environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition and its member groups from the informal waste sector (IWS) are advising waste workers across the country to take all protective measures against heat stress amid the smoldering summer…

5 April 2024, Quezon City.  Ahead of World Health Day on April 7, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition today provided the City Government of Manila with a map of wholesale and retail stores selling skin-lightening products laced with mercury…

Ozamiz City, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) Ozamiz City Division recently spearheaded the unified launching of school-based teen centers, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing the holistic needs of adolescents in the region. The event, hosted at the…

Watchdog Group Campaigns for a Mercury-free Online Marketplace 3 April 2024, Quezon City.  On the eve of the 4.4 online shopping sales, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition assailed the unbridled use of e-commerce sites to sell mercury and mercury-added…

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…

Let’s talk about our biographies. Everything is memory or rather memories. The biography is not only the images that I remember, but also what is engraved in my body, in my emotions, the intangibles, the values of the time, the…

Interview with Fernando Flores, editor of the report by the Citizens’ Commission for the Truth in Madrid’s Residences. By Gorka Castillo/ctxt Fernando Flores (Valencia, 1968) holds a diploma in Advanced Defense Studies from the Centro Superior de Estudios de la…

“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,…

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…

Adult centrism refers to the existence of behaviors, beliefs, and an asymmetrical way of relating between adults and other age groups: children, adolescents, and older people. By Lic. Vilma Perren From this point of view, adults are installed as a…