BALITANG TOKSIK! | 31 July 2025 Toxics Watchdog BAN Toxics has issued a public health warning over the continued sale of banned skin-lightening…
Read moreBanned Mercury-Laden Skin Whitening Creams Still Sold in Pasay City
Hiring | Program on ASGM
BAN Toxics is currently hiring staff for its program focused on the formalization of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector, with…
Read moreBAN Toxics to PBBM: Change The System, Not Just The Way We Think
“Halfway through his term, we have yet to see the Marcos Jr. administration make significant efforts in addressing the impacts of the…
Read moreHidden Dangers: Toxic Chemicals Found in Children’s Hair Clips
BALITANG TOKSIK! | 18 July 2025 Toxics Watchdog BAN Toxics has raised concerns over the presence of brain damaging chemicals in children’s hair…
Read moreTraining Gaps and Mismanaged Medical Waste: A Closer Look at Barangay Healthcare Waste Management Systems in Project 4, Quezon City Metro Manila
by: Wisdom Abella, Mary Armenion, and Julz Bardaje Editor’s note: This article is written by undergraduate students from Ateneo de Manila University, taking…
Read moreProject Snapshots: Healthcare Waste Project Lays Foundation for Planned Interventions
The DENR-Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) and BAN Toxics, through the Philippine Healthcare and Mercury Wastes Management Project (HCWM Project), recently carried out three…
Read moreEnvi Group Flags Illegal Sale of Toxic Mercury on Facebook Marketplace
PRESS RELEASE | 08 July 2025 On the 5th anniversary of the ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury by the Philippine government,…
Read moreBAN Toxics, Community Groups Mark International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025 with Call to End Plastic Pollution
PRESS RELEASE | 03 July 2025 Calumpit, Bulacan – In observance of International Plastic Bag Free Day 2025, environmental justice group BAN Toxics…
Read moreCommunity Action Against Toxic Exposures on National Poison Prevention Week 2025
PRESS RELEASE | 26 June 2025 San Jose Del Monte Bulacan – In observance of National Poison Prevention Week 2025, environmental justice organization…
Read moreShocking Mercury Levels Found in Popular Skin Creams Sold in Bangladesh: New Study Reveals
19 June 2025, Dhaka – A recent groundbreaking study by the Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO), in partnership with the European Environmental…
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