EcoWaste Coalition
EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Market Withdrawal of Lead-Containing Lipsticks following FDA’s Public Health Warnings
1 October 2025, Quezon City. As the Consumer Welfare Month is observed this October and ahead of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week on October 19-25, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition pushed for the removal from the market of…
EcoWaste Coalition Joins People’s Clamor to End Systemic Corruption, Urges Government to Protect Climate and Environmental Funds
Public Money Must Serve People and the Planet, not the Greedy and Corrupt 21 September 2025, Quezon City – The environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition joined the non-violent protest assemblies in Rizal Park and People Power Monument against despicable corruption, stressing…
EcoWaste Coalition Slams Dumping of Lead-Containing Paints in the Market
(Another mislabeled “no Pb” paint brand found contaminated with toxic lead) 10 September 2025, Quezon City. Imported paints containing high concentrations of lead, a neurotoxin and endocrine-disrupting chemical, continue to enter the country’s ports, prompting an environmental health and justice…
EcoWaste Coalition Urges Local Authorities to Protect their Constituents and the Ecosystems from Toxic Mercury in Skin Lightening Products
4 September 2025, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition appealed to city and municipal authorities to actively cooperate with the national government and other sectors in eliminating the unlawful trade of contraband mercury-added cosmetics for whitening the skin tone. Over two…
EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Stronger Measures to Stop Lead Paint Imports
Laboratory Tests Confirm Lead Content in 27 Imported Paints Sold Locally 31 August 2025, Quezon City. Confirmatory analyses contracted by the EcoWaste Coalition and undertaken by SGS, a global testing company, verified the presence of toxic lead in 27 paint samples…
Boxing Icon and former Senator Manny Pacquiao Dissociates from China-Made Lead-Containing Paints
EcoWaste Coalition lauds Pacquiao for supporting the group’s advocacy to uphold the lead paint ban to protect public health 25 August 2025, Quezon City. Boxing icon and former Senator Manny Pacquiao has distanced himself from imported lead-containing paints bearing his…
EcoWaste Coalition Welcomes Progress in Crafting a CCO on Cancer-Causing Benzene
19 August 2025, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition welcomed the progress in the ongoing efforts to develop a Chemical Control Order (CCO) regulating benzene, a known carcinogen, by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Environmental…
Despite Wide Agreement on the Need to Address the Plastics Crisis, Oil States Derail Efforts for a Global Plastics Treaty
Geneva – The Plastics Treaty INC-5.2 negotiations closed today without an agreement, despite the majority of nations calling for meaningful, global solutions to protect health and the environment. While the INC has called for negotiations to continue at a date…
EcoWaste Coalition Calls for Strengthened Action to Stop Production and Trade of Mercury Cosmetics
Watchdog Group Lists 48 Skin Lightening Products Adulterated With Mercury 15 August 2025, Quezon City. As the eighth anniversary of the global entry into force of the Minamata Convention on Mercury is observed on August 16, the toxics watchdog group…
Plastics Treaty Negotiations: Protecting Health Must Take Center Stage
Geneva, Switzerland – Midway through the Plastics Treaty negotiations scheduled to end this Thursday August 14, IPEN notes that concerns for the threats to human health from toxic plastic chemicals are widely shared by delegates as momentum grows for a…
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