30 May 2017, Quezon City Philippines—The European Union and its member states Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Romania and Sweden ratified the…
Read moreMinamata Convention on Mercury enters into force before PH is able to ratify
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…
Read moreDuterte 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…
Read moreCARING-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),…
Read moreBAN 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…
Read moreGreen 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…
Read moreBAN 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…
Read moreNationwide 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…
Read moreCoalition formed to campaign for urgent phase-out of dental amalgam
Quezon City, 05 July 2016—The campaign for mercury-free dentistry in the Philippines gained ground today as a broad coalition of dental and health…
Read moreResponsible, mercury-free gold from the Philippines may soon be in the international market—BAN Toxics
Davao City, 25 April 2016—Responsible, mercury-free gold from the Philippines may soon be available in the international market—potentially changing the lives of around…
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