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.
28 June 2024, Quezon City, Philippines. As the effects of the triple planetary crisis of climate emergency, collapse of biodiversity and pervasive pollution are brought to light, civil society groups called on duty-bearers, governments and industries in particular, to take decisive measures that will protect and advance children’s environmental rights with the meaningful participation of children and their supporters.
The fourteenth meeting of the Basel Convention Open-ended Working Group takes place from Tuesday, 25 June to Friday, 28 June 2024. See information on the meeting from UNEP here.
IPEN's Opening Intervention
Presented by Lee Bell, IPEN Technical and Policy Advisor, June 26, 2024
The following is from a talk by Johanna Hausmann, a senior policy advisor on chemicals and waste for Women Engage for a Common Future, WECF, a member organisation of IPEN. Johanna has a Masters degree in political science and her focus is on the health impacts from harmful chemicals, especially on pregant women and children and endocrine disrupting chemicals, taking the gender aspect into account. Her goals are better protection from and phasing out of harmful chemicals. She promotes awareness programmes and is engaged in policy processes to achieve a toxic-free future.
A-Plus Paints pass independent Lead Safe Paint® verification
Monday, 24 June 2024
21 June 2024, Talisay City/Quezon City. A-Plus and three other paint products of FH Colors & Coatings Corp. have been certified “lead safe” following a meticulous third-party verification confirming compliance with the strictest regulatory standard for lead content in paints.
