Health
New Coalition Formed Against P26 Billion Solution to Flooding in Manila
The proposal to burn Manila’s waste that is clogging the city’s drainage and create “renewable energy” to solve the dual problem of waste and flooding seems to be a nice idea. But this marketing gimmick has failed to get the…
The Curse of The Blob
It’s back; it’s bigger; it’s hotter. The Blob has returned to the Pacific Ocean in style, extending all the way from Japan to the US West Coast, haunting the very essence of marine life and igniting additional global warming on…
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…
PMPI Statement on the Dismissal of the TRO Filed against Environmental Leaders of Homonhon
The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) welcomes the decision of the Regional Trial Court Branch 3, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, to deny the application filed by EMIR Mineral Resources Corporation (EMRC) for a Writ of Preliminary Injunction and/or Temporary Restraining Order…
Casablanca’s Involvement in Protecting Women and Children in Ecuador
A bill proposed in Ecuador by the Ombudsman provides for the regulation of medically assisted reproduction, in which surrogacy is permitted. Bernard Garcia, a Franco-Chilean doctor of law and executive director of the Casablanca Declaration, was invited by the NGO…
Bone Glue Bone-02: The Chinese Medical Revolution that Repairs Fractures in Three Minutes
In an unprecedented scientific advance in orthopedics, a team of Chinese researchers led by Dr. Lin Xianfeng in Zhejiang Province has developed an innovative bone glue called Bone-02, capable of joining broken bone fragments in just three minutes without the…
I am BRAVE! Youth in Ozamiz Lead New Project Backed by Olivia Rodrigo’s Fund 4 Good
By Geri Matthew Carretero Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental – The BRAVE Project (Building Resilient and Aware Voices for Empowerment) was officially launched today at Ozamiz City National High School, marking the start of a year-long initiative that puts young people at…
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…
CONSUMER SAFETY ALERT: Food-Like Plastic Toys May Pose Serious Health Risks to Children
Chemicals and waste watchdog BAN Toxics has raised concerns over the sale of food-like plastic toys suspected to contain health-damaging substances. As part of its safe toys for kids advocacy, the group purchased the said toys for testing at P50…
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