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BAN Toxics

BAN Toxics

We are an independent non-government environmental organization that works for the advancement of environmental justice, health, and sustainable development in the area of chemicals and wastes, with a special focus on women, children, and other marginalized sectors.
  • Who we are
    • History and mandate
    • Partners and donors
    • Our Team
  • What we do
    • Environmental Justice
      • Chemicals and policy work
      • Chemicals and human rights
    • Community Development
      • Artisanal and small-scale mining
      • BAN Toxics’ interventions
      • CARING Gold: Eliminating child labor in ASGM
    • Education and Training
      • Toxics-Free Schools Program
    • Campaigns
    • Flagship Projects
      • The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project
  • News and Updates
  • Features
  • Resources
  • Get Involved
    • Hiring | Program on ASGM
    • Hiring for the HCWM Project
    • Sign a petition
    • Join us in social media
    • Volunteer or work with us
    • Become a partner or donor
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News and Updates

BAN Toxics participates in the 18th Meeting of the Asian Regional Partners Forum on Combating Environmental Crime (ARPEC)

On February 15, 2017, BAN Toxics was in Bangkok, Thailand to join different organizations and entities for the 18th Meeting of ARPEC themed…

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News and Updates ARPEC

BAN Toxics calls for better chemical policies after Puerto Princesa mercury poisoning

20 June 2017, Quezon City—A study by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has reported…

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News and Updates mercury, Palawan, press statement

Minamata Convention on Mercury enters into force before PH is able to ratify

30 May 2017, Quezon City Philippines—The European Union and its member states Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania and Sweden ratified the…

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News and Updates mercury, Minamata Convention, ratification

Camarines Norte, BAN Toxics and ILO vow to end child labor in mining

26 April 2017, Daet, Camarines Norte—Camarines Norte Province, together with environment group BAN Toxics and the International Labor Organization (ILO), today vowed to…

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News and Updates

Duterte urged to take on Eco-Challenge ‘Hexathlon’ on six priority actions

Days before the world celebrates the 2017 commemoration of Earth Day, the Ecological Challenge for Change coalition, an alliance composed of 40 different…

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News and Updates Canada waste; press conference; campaign

CARING-Gold project aims to end child labor and improve working conditions in small-scale mining

BAN Toxics, together with the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Labor (DOLE),…

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News and Updates Caring Gold, Child Labor, ILO

BAN Toxics and ILO to launch project to stop child labor in mining

6 January 2017, Quezon City, Philippines—BAN Toxics joins different government agencies and civil society organizations in launching programs to combat child labor in…

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News and Updates Child Labor, ILO

Green groups ask new administration for action on waste management issues

Representatives of different NGOs imitate President Rodrigo Duterte’s hand gesture during the Wage War on Waste Press Conference on September 27, 2016 in…

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News and Updates War on Waste

BAN Toxics to hold regional meeting on human rights and chemicals

3 December 2016, Quezon City, Philippines—BAN Toxics, with support from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), is organizing a workshop entitled Mainstreaming…

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News and Updates

Nationwide coalition for artisanal and small-scale mining call on Pres Duterte for support

The Coalition formally represents the ASM sector and has appealed to the new administration to respond to the sector’s most pressing issues such…

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News and Updates
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WHO WE ARE

  • History and mandate
  • Partners and donors
  • Our Team

WHAT WE DO

  • Environmental Justice
  • Community Development
  • Campaigns
  • Flagship Projects
    • The Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project

Get Involved

  • Join us in social media
  • Sign a petition
  • Volunteer or work with us
  • Become a partner or donor
  • Job Opportunities

Contact Us

  • Suite 306 PM Apartments #24 Matalino Street, Brgy. Central, Quezon City
  • (02) 791 8691
  • info@bantoxics.org

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