PRESS RELEASE | December 20, 2023 Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics supports the call to ban the sale and use of firecrackers nationwide.…
Read moreBAN Toxics back the DILG’s call for an outright Ban on Firecrackers
“Iwas Paputok” Campaign: BAN Toxics Collaborates with Schools to Prevent and Reduce Firecracker-Related Injuries
PRESS RELEASE | December 12, 2023 Toxics watchdog group, BAN Toxics, and Toro Hills Elementary School in Quezon City launched a joint “Iwas…
Read moreGEF-UNIDO Healthcare Wastes Project Launches to Pioneer Sustainable Solutions in Philippine Healthcare Waste Management
PRESS RELEASE | December 6, 2023 The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB), Department…
Read moreSHOPPING ALERT: Refrain from buying and gifting hazardous Skin Lightening Products to Pregnant Women
PRESS RELEASE | December 4, 2023 Amidst the bustling holiday shopping season, BAN Toxics issues a cautionary advisory against the purchase and usage…
Read moreEnvi groups dismayed over hijack of plastics treaty negotiations by petrochem and plastics interests
PRESS RELEASE | November 22. 2023 As the third negotiations (INC3) for a global plastics treaty closed earlier this week, civil society organizations…
Read moreAdvocate mothers urge government to prohibit banned toxic chemicals used in plastic toys, amid new evidence
PRESS RELEASE | November 16, 2023 “We unknowingly expose our children to plastic toys contaminated with toxic chemicals, which have been prohibited worldwide…
Read moreEnvironmental Group Calls on Governments to Take a Stand Against Global Plastic Pollution
PRESS RELEASE | November 13, 2023 BAN Toxics, along with other green groups and civil society organizations, is actively addressing the urgent need…
Read moreBAN Toxics joins Minamata COP-5 in Geneva, presents proposals to end Mercury Pollution
PRESS RELEASE | October 31, 2023 The Minamata Convention on Mercury’s Fifth Conference of the Parties takes place in Geneva, Switzerland from October…
Read moreBAN Toxics joins the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action to End Childhood Lead Poisoning in PH
PRESS RELEASE | October 23, 2023 “Approximately half of the Philippines’ 40 million children in 2021 have blood lead levels exceeding the 5…
Read moreBAN Toxics Says: NO to EPAL, YES to “ENVI PAL” – Kaibigan ng Kalikasan for BSKE 2023
PRESS RELEASE | October 19, 2023 As the campaign period for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections commences, environmental group BAN Toxics urged…
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