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Toxic watchdog urges end to online misinformation on mercury-containing skin lightening products

Toxic watchdog BAN Toxics urges content creators and online sellers to remove social media content, advertisements, and listings promoting prohibited and banned skin-lightening beauty...

The Philippines: Group seeks review of Solid Waste Management Act implementation

On the 24th anniversary of Republic Act (RA) 9003, also known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, Filipino environmental justice group,...

BAN Toxics joins call for SDI to immediately stop production of mercury-added dental amalgam

Following the recent announcement by Southern Dental Industries Limited (SDI) that it will cease production of dental amalgam by 2028 or earlier, environmental NGO,...

Group lauds new EU Mercury Regulation, calls for stronger cooperation

“The new regulation for mercury by the European Union (EU) is a significant development in the global effort to reduce and eliminate mercury pollution....

Philippines: Four years after ratifying Minamata Convention, mercury use in ASGM persists

About 340 kilometres south of Manila, Jun (not his real name) took the time to entertain visitors at his small-scale gold mining facility. It...

2024WED: A long road ahead towards a mercury-free environment

As the Philippines celebrates World Environment Day, environmental watchdog group, BAN Toxics, draws attention to hard-hitting truths on the continued exposure of the Filipino...

World Health Day: Group urges protection of public health from climate change, plastic pollution

In the spirit of the commemoration of the World Health Day on Sunday, April 7, 2024, environmental NGO, BAN Toxics, has highlighted the urgent...

Uphold ban on sale, use of mercury dental amalgam – Group

Toxic watchdog group, BAN Toxics, has raised the alarm over the continuous selling of mercury dental amalgam (in capsule) in the market and online...

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Delta partners Xenergi on eco-industrial park development

The government of Delta State has struck a collaboration with petroleum industry solutions provider, Xenergi Limited, to establish a...
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100,000 Istanbul residents spend night outside after 6.2-magnitude earthquake

More than 100,000 Istanbul residents spent the night outside their homes for fear of aftershocks following a 6.2-magnitude earthquake...

UNIDO tasks manufacturers on sustainability practices to minimise ecological footprints

The National Programme Officer, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Dr Reuben Bamidele, has charged manufacturers to embrace sustainable...

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Delta partners Xenergi on eco-industrial park development

The government of Delta State has struck a collaboration...

100,000 Istanbul residents spend night outside after 6.2-magnitude earthquake

More than 100,000 Istanbul residents spent the night outside...