Toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has warned the public against buying and using skin whitening products currently sold on the market that use false, misleading or deceptive claims regarding their benefits as they may actually pose health risk to their users. The group made the call Thursday...
A pro-environment group has warned the public against buying magnets for children that may be coated with dangerous lead paint. Lead painted toy magnet (Photo: EcoWaste Coalition) In a statement Tuesday, Sept. 21, the EcoWaste Coalition said it found out that six of the eight small magnets bought...
At least nine skin whitening products containing mercury are still being sold on various e-commerce sites despite being hazardous to people, a pro-health and environment group has reported. Toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition called on various online shopping sites "to remove product listings...
Pro-health and environment group EcoWaste Coalition has warned the public against spray paints containing excessive and dangerous amounts of lead that continue to be sold in the market despite an advisory from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The group made the call on Saturday after...
Environmental group EcoWaste Coalition on Saturday, Aug. 28, welcomed the move made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to warn the public against the purchase of children bicycle brands Good Boy and FANHX. Thony Dizon, chemical safety campaigner for the group, lauded FDA's action "to protect...
• Plastic management is the main problem for single-use plastics because it does not decompose, causing havoc in other ecosystems • The Philippines produces 1.01 million metric tons of mismanaged plastics annually • Plastic, made of fossil fuels, emits a significant amount of greenhouse gases...
The Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Ban Bill that was recently passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives favors plastic producers more than anything else. Greenpeace Philippines campaigner Marian Ledesma (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) Thus, said Greenpeace Philippines campaigner...
Informal waste sector (IWS) workers from Metro Manila are pleading for cash aid or "ayuda" from the national government during the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from Aug. 6 to 20. E-waste dismantlers in Camarin, Caloocan City (Photo from EcoWaste Coalition) “Ang hiling...
Environment and toxics watchdog EcoWaste Coalition said that the issuance of the list of non-environmentally acceptable products and packaging or the NEAPP list should be among the most pressing concerns of the Duterte administration in its final year. (Photo from the EcoWaste Coalition) In a...
Limiting the production of plastic and not mechanical or chemical recycling is the true solution to the swelling problem of plastic waste pollution in the environment, including the world’s oceans. (Photo from EcoWaste Coalition) This could be gleaned as the main takeaway from the new report...
Reusable tin water tumblers or bottles have been helping minimize plastic pollution, but some of them could be slowly poisoning you. HARMLESS-LOOKING--The EcoWaste Coalition detected high levels of lead content in the surface coating of these refillable water tumblers. (Photo from the EcoWaste...
Environmental groups are set to challenge before the Supreme Court (SC) a 2019 order from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that sets the rules on the establishment and operation of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities for the treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the...
