Mercury Poisoning Victim Files Case Against School 15 February 2010; Quezon City -- Four years ago, John Seth Cerillo was a 14 year-old high school freshman at St. Andrew’s School in Parañaque, when he was exposed to elemental mercury in a Science class after his teacher allowed her students to handle mercury.

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I.M.O. Convention: “LEGAL SHIPWRECK" Hong Kong, China. May 11, 2009. Human rights, labour and environmental organisations warned today that the United Nations International Maritime Organisation (IMO), meeting this week to adopt a new convention on ship recycling, is poised to take a major step backwards from existing international environmental law.

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Public Warned Against Dumping or Burning Mercury Wastes April 23, 2009; Quezon City, Philippines.
Ban Toxics! today released a study entitled “Terminal Storage Options for Mercury Wastes in the Philippines.” The study looked into long-term storage techniques to manage mercury and mercury containing wastes in an environmentally sound manner in light of the Philippine situation.

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Teachers Learn Impact of Mercury 29 Apr 09 - Mercury is toxic and children are the most sensitive to this poison. This is the core lesson that teachers from several Davao learning institutions understood during the two-day conference entitled “Enhancing Knowledge and Action Against Mercury”.

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BAN Toxics! is an independent non-profit, environmental organization that is devoted to preventing toxic trade - wastes, goods, and technology, and upholding the rights of developing countries to environmental justice, with particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region. We achieve our goals through organization, education and advocacy.

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