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Group pushes for action against highly toxic PCBs

An environmental health and justice organisation based in the Philippines has called for people's support to the government-led efforts to eliminate a highly toxic class...

Toxics watchdog finds cancer-causing cadmium in Chinese New Year lucky charms

A Philippines-based non-profit organisation tracking harmful chemicals in products and wastes has cautioned consumers against buying lucky bracelets that are believed to attract good...

Philippine group finds excessive lead levels in 37 imported spray paints

Paint products in aerosol cans containing high levels of lead are still offered for sale by offline and online retailers despite the ban on...

Philippine groups push for stronger anti-asbestos policy to protect human health

There is an urgent need to modify and improve the Philippines' 21-year-old asbestos policy regulation on the manufacture and use of asbestos and asbestos containing...

Filipino environmentalists welcome speedy Supreme Court resolution on plastic pollution lawsuit

Environmental health and justice advocates in the Philippines welcomed the Supreme Court’s issuance of the Writ of Kalikasan and Writ of Continuing Mandamus for the...

Philippine NGO asserts enforcement of ASEAN ban on mercury in cosmetics

Mercury in cosmetics remains a serious threat to human health and the environment 14 years after the ASEAN regional bloc decided to ban it...

Philippines tightens regulations on highly toxic cadmium, hexavalent chromium

The Government of the Philippines has imposed new policies tightening regulations on the industrial uses of cancer-causing cadmium and hexavalent chromium to protect human...

Philippine study finds lead in industrial paints sold locally

The report “Lead in Solvent-Based Industrial Paints Sold in the Philippines” released on Sunday, October 24, 2021, in time for the UN-backed International Lead...

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WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour, celebrating two decades of global and African-led action to protect...
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10 key takeaways that explain the global waste crisis

Solid waste is one of the most visible by-products of human prosperity - and one of the most underestimated...

‘Reducing demand’ identified a complementary strategy to combat illegal wildlife trade 

Demand for wildlife products supplied through illegal trade supply chains continues to place significant pressure on many wild species....

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WWF Africa marks 20 years of Earth Hour with call for renewed environmental action

WWF Africa has commemorated 20 years of Earth Hour,...

10 key takeaways that explain the global waste crisis

Solid waste is one of the most visible by-products...