Words cannot adequately express the significance of Tadesse’s past six years as Co-Chair of IPEN. He is a shining star and global leader who is selflessly and earnestly dedicated to protecting our beautiful, fragile world. Tadesse is wise, compassionate, and a consummate diplomat.
The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution (the Plastics Treaty INC-4) established two
Experts Convene to Address Lead Poisoning Crisis in South Asia
Thursday, 18 July 2024
New Delhi, June 25, 2024 - The Advanced Study Institute of Asia (ASIA) at SGT University, in collaboration with the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) of the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET), hosted a two-part colloquia on June 25, 2024 to tackle the pressing issue of lead poisoning in South Asia.
Department of Education requires use of lead safe paints in schools
Monday, 15 July 2024
Quezon City. To inform and guide Filipino consumers in picking paints that will not cause lead exposure, especially among children, the EcoWaste Coalition today released a list of independently certified Lead Safe® paints that are available in the local market.
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.
