BAN Toxics will be holding a webinar on “Dangerous Mercury-Laden Skin-Lightening Products Readily Available for Online Purchase” on November 9, 2021. The webinar…
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In 2019, Zero Mercury Working Group tested 158 beauty creams from 12 sampling countries. Ninety-five of which exceeded the 1 ppm (parts per…
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Today is the International Day of Rural Women. BAN Toxics acknowledges the importance of women in rural development. The women in…
Read moreBanning Mercury is a short documentary on the mercury flows in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities in the Philippines,…
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PRESS RELEASESeptember 15, 2021 BAN Toxics holds online premiere for documentary film ‘Banning Mercury’ By Jhian Christian Aranas September 15, 2021—Environmental watchdog BAN…
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BAN Toxics, in partnership with the IUCN NL – International Union for Conservation of Nature, is holding a free online premiere screening…
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PRESS RELEASEJuly 29, 2021 For immediate release: Philippine small-scale mining groups convene for their 2nd national assembly By Jhian Christian Aranas QUEZON CITY,…
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PRESS RELEASEJune 11, 2021 BAN Toxics partners up with Caraga State University for research and promotion of sound chemicals and wastes management June…
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Today marks the celebration of World Environment Day. The theme of this year’s celebration according to the UNEP is “Recreate, Reimagine, Restore” which…
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PRESS RELEASEMay 24, 2021 BAN Toxics’ founder joins Minamata Convention Secretariat Team BAN Toxics’ founder Richard Gutierrez presenting Compassionate Gold, an offshoot project…
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