Topic: EcoWaste Coalition
EcoWaste Coalition Applauds Imus City Government for Taking Action vs. Dangerous Cosmetics with Mercury
November 23, 2023 · By EcoWaste Coalition for journal.com.ph
EcoWaste Coalition Applauds Imus City Government for Taking Action vs. Dangerous Cosmetics with Mercury Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition commended the Imus City Government for acting on the complaint filed by the toxics watchdog group documenting the illegal trade in the historic city of contraband cosmetics contaminated with mercury, a health-damaging and environment-polluting chemical. Based […]
Read More...TUCP, EcoWaste Coalition Demand Listing of Chrysotile Asbestos in Rotterdam Convention
May 8, 2023 · By Journal Online for journal.com.ph
TUCP, EcoWaste Coalition Demand Listing of Chrysotile Asbestos in Rotterdam Convention 4 May 2023, Quezon City. As the 2023 meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions get underway in Geneva, Switzerland, groups championing labor and chemical safety rights appealed to governments to include chrysotile asbestos among the hazardous chemicals that […]
Read More...EcoWaste Coalition Finds Another Brand of Thai Skin Cosmetics Laden with Toxic Mercury
January 18, 2023 ·
EcoWaste Coalition Finds Another Brand of Thai Skin Cosmetics Laden with Toxic Mercury 14 January 2023, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition continues to uncover dangerous mercury-added cosmetics imported from Thailand, which are sold locally online. Following its discovery last year of nine Thai skin whitening cosmetics containing mercury, including eight facial […]
Read More...UN Expert Committee Backed for Proposing Global Elimination of Two Highly Toxic Plastic Additives
October 3, 2022 · By EcoWaste Coalition for journal.com.ph
UN Expert Committee Backed for Proposing Global Elimination of Two Highly Toxic Plastic Additives 1 October 2022, Quezon City. A UN expert scientific review committee has evaluated two toxic chemical additives found in many common plastics and has concluded the evidence of the substances harm to health and the environment qualify them for global elimination, recommending […]
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