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.
María Isabel Cárcamo, coordinadora de la Red de Acción en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas para América Latina (Rapal) en Uruguay, tuvo una reunión con Leonardo Olivera, director general de Servicios Agrícolas (DGSA), y Fernanda Maldonado, directora general de Secretaría del Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca (MGAP) la semana pasada. La referente en el activismo contra sustancias tóxicas dijo a la diaria que habló con las autoridades sobre diferentes temas durante más de una hora.
