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EcoWaste Coalition Alarmed by Unauthorized Thai Cosmetics Flooding the Market
19 May 2023, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition, an advocate for a zero waste and toxics-free society, has cautioned Filipino consumers against the purchase and use of unauthorized skin-whitening cosmetics from Thailand that are sold with impunity, particularly in online…
“Protected areas without salmon farms”: Joint Parliamentary Committee and critical points of the draft law for nature (SBAP)
Commission to resolve a critical point of the SBAP bill related to industrial concessions in protected areas Bill creating the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Service (SBAP) in Joint Parliamentary Committee The Joint Commission is to resolve disputes between the two…
Street food owners: “Don’t use paint brushes in food preparation”
Barbecue is a popular grilled street food that many people buy as a quick snack or take-home meal. Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics raised concern over the continued use of paint brushes for basting barbecue sauce despite health and safety…
Warning Out on Fish-Shaped Electronic Toys for Pets
17 May 2023, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition is warning consumers against a China-made fish-shaped toy intended for pet cats and dogs that contains a persistent organic pollutant (POP) and other chemicals of concern. The group issued…
A Call to Stop Plastic Chemicals and Waste Pollution
UN Plastic Report Calls for the Protection of Human Health and the Environment from Toxic Chemical Exposures throughout the Plastic Life Cycle 12 May 2023, Quezon City. A report released this week from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and…
Is nursing a noble profession?
The 12th of May is internationally commemorated as Nursing Day, due to the birth of the so-called mother of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale. It is worth mentioning that many of these professionals do not always coincide with the date and…
The brain develops in social interaction
For now, and surely for a long time to come, social interaction will be irreplaceable. If robotics and artificial intelligence make us think it might be possible, the human brain is so complex that we are still far from it.…
Groups Laud Countries for Banning Two Toxic Plastic Chemicals and One Hazardous Pesticide
7 May 2023, Quezon City/Davao City. The EcoWaste Coalition and the Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) lauded the decision last Friday by over 120 countries to add UV-328, Dechlorane Plus (DP) and methoxychlor among the highly toxic chemicals targeted…
Group warns parents against harmful slime toys, calls for transparency standards for hazardous chemicals in PH
Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics warns the public against the proliferation of unlabeled slime toys among children, which may contain harmful chemicals that could be toxic. “High levels of borax, a crystalline substance commonly found in cosmetics, detergent, and…
Labor and Environmental Groups Demand Listing of Chrysotile Asbestos in Rotterdam Convention
TUCP-EcoWaste Coalition Joint Press Release 4 May 2023, Quezon City. As the 2023 meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions get underway in Geneva, Switzerland, Filipino groups championing labor and chemical…
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