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Philippine and Thai NGOs Laud FDA Thailand for Banning 12 Mercury Cosmetics Being Sold to Filipino Consumers

Wednesday, 18 September 2024

Quezon City, Philippines/ Bangkok, Thailand. Environmental health organizations Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines (EcoWaste Coalition) and Ecological Alert and Recovery – Thailand (EARTH) commended the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Thailand for its action to stop the production and trade of 12 skincare cosmetics contaminated with mercury.

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Toxics Watchdog Group Pushes for FDA-Led Summit to Tackle Mercury Cosmetics

Thursday, 15 August 2024

Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has requested the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to convene a multi-stakeholder summit to tackle the persistent trade of mercury cosmetics across the country.

The group put forward the proposal through a letter submitted today to FDA Director General Dr. Samuel Zacate and FDA CCHUHSRR Director Engr. Ana Rivera by Aileen Lucero, National Coordinator of the EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental health group that has been tracking mercury cosmetics since 2011.

Groups Seek Joint Action by Indonesian and Philippine Governments to Stop the Flow of Mercury Cosmetics in the Region

EcoWaste, Nexus3 and IPEN push for coordinated action to shut down the illegal trade

Thursday, 11 July 2024

Quezon City-Jakarta. In a bid to stop the flow of mercury-containing cosmetics from Indonesia to the Philippines, environmental health groups asked the governments of both countries to coordinate and enforce measures that will halt such illegal trade.

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Mercury Treaty Falls Short on Ending Threats from Toxic Waste and Mercury-Containing Cosmetics, Makes Progress on Dental Mercury and Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples

Friday, 03 November 2023

Geneva, Switzerland – IPEN advocates from around the world at the Fifth Conference of the Parties (COP5) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury note that the outcomes this week have been a mix of disappointing decisions with positive progress on some issues. Among the items where the COP5 fell short was in adopting a weak standard for mercury in waste and allowing blanket exemptions even for this weak standard that could result in undeclared shipments of toxic mercury-tainted waste being exported from wealthy regions to low- and middle-income countries.

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Minamata Convention Calls for Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the Fight to End Mercury Pollution

Groups Say: To Protect Indigenous Rights, End the Mercury Trade, Ban Mercury in Mining

Thursday, 02 November 2023

Geneva, Switzerland-At the Minamata Convention negotiations Tuesday delegates approved a resolution calling for support to the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the fight to end mercury pollution.

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Intervention on the trade in mercury
Presented by Yuyun Ismawati, Nexus3 Indonesia

Thank you, Madame President.

IPEN welcomes the analysis of national reports prepared by the Secretariat for this meeting.

EcoWaste Coalition Drums Up Support for Urgent and Decisive Action to Ban Mercury-Added Cosmetics --- Forever

Saturday, 28 October 2023

29 October 2023, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition appealed to all parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury to come up with united decisions that will lead to the elimination of all mercury-added cosmetics from the face of the earth, including e-commerce.

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Global mercury pollution has been recognised as a major problem that can only be tackled effectively by international regulation and government cooperation. Mercury is a hazardous neurotoxin that can cause many health problems in humans, and most exposure is caused by dietary impacts such as eating contaminated fish where mercury bioaccumulates.

The Minamata Convention on Mercury has been developed as the main international legal instrument to protect human health and the environment from mercury pollution with range of controls on trade, emissions, and use of mercury. The fifth Conference of the Parties (COP-5) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Mercury Treaty) will take place in Geneva from 30 October to 3 November 2023, and several important decisions will be discussed.

Find IPEN's Quick Views for COP-5 here.

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Mercury COP-5 Quick Views (text)

Tuesday, 17 October 2023 - 2:39pm

The fifth Conference of the Parties (COP-5) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury (Mercury Treaty) will take place in Geneva from 30 October to 3 November 2023, and several important decisions will be discussed. These decisions may include:

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Quick Views - Mercury Treaty COP5

Monday, 16 October 2023 - 12:33pm

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Philippine and Thai NGOs Laud FDA Thailand for Banning 12 Mercury Cosmetics Being Sold to Filipino Consumers

Toxics Watchdog Group Pushes for FDA-Led Summit to Tackle Mercury Cosmetics

Groups Seek Joint Action by Indonesian and Philippine Governments to Stop the Flow of Mercury Cosmetics in the Region

Mercury Treaty Falls Short on Ending Threats from Toxic Waste and Mercury-Containing Cosmetics, Makes Progress on Dental Mercury and Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples

Minamata Convention Calls for Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the Fight to End Mercury Pollution

Mercury COP5 Interventions

EcoWaste Coalition Drums Up Support for Urgent and Decisive Action to Ban Mercury-Added Cosmetics --- Forever

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Mercury COP-5 Quick Views (text)

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