Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition has detected hazardous chemicals in plastic balls used to decorate Christmas trees. Often sold without any labeling information and warning, these pretty ornaments from recycled plastic could be packed with some of the most harmful substances found in electronic waste or e-waste.
By Tripti Arora, Coordinator, IPEN South Asia Hub, IPEN Gender Coordinator
As plastic pollution spirals into a full-scale environmental and health crisis, the world is witnessing mounting calls for urgent, comprehensive action. A Global Plastics Treaty is now on the agenda, aiming to curb the toxic toll of plastics across ecosystems and communities. Yet, to be truly effective, this treaty needs to acknowledge a crucial but often overlooked dimension: gender.
IPEN work was broadly presented at 44th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants – shortly Dioxin 2024, held in Singapore from September 29 till October 3.
There were 5 IPEN POs representatives, two from Arnika and 3 from Nexus3 Foundation presenting following abstracts/topics available also on Researchgate:
Quezon City. To mark the first anniversary of the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste, or GFC, environmental health groups called on duty-bearers, governments and intergovernmental organizations in particular, to hasten the development of GFC’s implementation guidelines and plans, and to ensure adequate funding to get the policy framework rolling at all levels.
ECOTON Urges Establishment of Standards to Protect Gen Z and Gen Alpha
Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Indonesia is currently facing a microplastic crisis, with plastic pollution reaching national levels and posing serious threats to human health and the environment. Based on various recent data, microplastics have spread widely into the air, water, food, and even the human body. Microplastics are categorized into two types: primary and secondary microplastics, originating from plastic waste, industrial wastewater (from paper and plastic recycling industries), and microbeads found in personal care products.
In today's world, our homes are increasingly filled with a myriad of chemicals and toxins that can have profound impacts on the health and development of our little ones. It is up to women to take the lead in identifying and eliminating these hidden dangers to create a true haven for our children.
A comprehensive new report “Waste incineration and the Environment” released today by Arnika, the Centre for Environment Justice and Development (CEJAD) in Kenya, Centre de Recherche et d‘Education pour le Développement (CREPD) in Cameroon, Toxics Free Australia (TFA), and IPEN finds that burning waste, especially plastics, produces unsustainable and unmanageable hazardous air emissions and large amounts of highly toxic solid residues (ash), concluding that alternatives to incineration should
Yuyun will join Co-Chair Pamela Miller as Tadesse Amera Steps Down
Wednesday, 14 August 2024
See Pamela Miller's tribute to Tadesse and welcome to Yuyun here.
Yuyun Ismawati, a dedicated Indonesian national with over thirty years of work in advocacy for environmental health and for strong policies on chemicals and waste, has been elected as IPEN Co-Chair, the key leadership position in the global network. Yuyun, who received the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2009 for her groundbreaking work on reducing pollution and waste, will share chairing responsibilities with Co-Chair Pamela Miller of Alaska Community Action on Toxics. IPEN, a network of over 600 public interest environmental health groups in more than 125 countries, works to eliminate threats to health and the environment from the world’s most harmful chemicals, with the goal of a toxics-free future for all.