For a safer celebration of the festive season, the EcoWaste Coalition reminded the public not to buy and use uncertified Christmas lights, which may pose electric shock and fire hazard.
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Consumers urged to avoid Labubu-inspired PVC plastic toys
The EcoWaste Coalition has called attention to the unauthorized and unlabeled Labubu-inspired articles proliferating in the marketplace as some of them may contain lead, a toxic chemical.
EcoWaste Coalition informs the public of untold hazards in some Christmas ornaments
As spooky Halloween decorations are quickly taken down and replaced with jolly Christmas ornaments, a toxics watchdog group has alerted consumers on which items to avoid to safeguard human health and the environment, too.
EcoWaste Coalition proposes info drive ahead of the impending ban on fragrance ingredient known to cause reproductive harm
Ahead of the impending ban on a synthetic fragrance ingredient that is known to cause reproductive harm, the toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct an information campaign to promote public awareness and business compliance.
Environmental activists & beauty queens campaign for a zero waste observance of Undas 2024
Filipino pro-environment activists and beauty title holders from 10 countries have joined hands to encourage the people to prevent and reduce the generation of garbage in public and private cemeteries.
Offline and online retailers urged to voluntarily stop selling lead-containing paints
The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition wrapped up its participation in this year’s International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) with an urgent plea to retailers, offline and online, to stop the unethical and unlawful distribution and sale of paints with violative levels of lead, a potent brain and reproductive toxicant and an endocrine disrupting chemical.
EcoWaste Coalition: Cut Halloween expenses, help Typhoon Kristine survivors
The environmental health organization EcoWaste Coalition appealed to organizers of Halloween events to plan for a simple celebration as powerful typhoon Kristine lashed the Philippines leaving a trail of death, destruction and misery.
EcoWaste Coalition identifies more paints with high lead content, presses action to uphold lead paint ban
As the International Lead Poisoning Prevention (ILPPW) is observed, the EcoWaste Coalition announced its discovery of more paints with violative levels of lead, a potent poison that impacts children’s development, damaging the developing brain, the nervous, blood circulatory, immune, and reproductive systems, with an array of adverse effects.
Philippines: Lead Safe Paint Advocates Ramp Up Collaboration vs. Lead-Containing Paints
Coinciding with the 12th International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (ILPPW) on October 20 to 26, the EcoWaste Coalition, the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and the Philippine Paint and Coatings Association, Inc. (PPCAI) have come out with a timely public notice to inform and alert paint retailers and consumers against foreign-sourced paints being sold in the market, including in online shopping platforms, that contain lead in brazen violation of the national lead paint ban.
EcoWaste Coalition to BOC: Please stop the dumping of banned Mercury cosmetics
Dismayed by the alarming influx of contraband cosmetics laden with highly toxic mercury, the EcoWaste Coalition urged the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to step in and stop the dumping of dangerous cosmetics, particularly from Thailand, Pakistan and China, into the domestic market.
EcoWaste Coalition to 2025 Election candidates: Green your campaign
The waste and pollution watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition appealed to all aspiring individuals and party-list groups for the 2025 national and local elections to keep public health and the environment at the center of their campaign to win, and to serve.
FDA-banned underarm whitening cream may contain a controlled ingredient with serious side effects
Aside from highly toxic mercury, an imported cosmetic for whitening the underarm contains a controlled ingredient for pharmaceutical products that can result in a host of serious side effects if inappropriately used, warned the watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition