A pro-environment group has warned the public against buying magnets for children that may be coated with dangerous lead paint.
Lead painted toy magnet (Photo: EcoWaste Coalition) In a statement Tuesday, Sept. 21, the EcoWaste Coalition said it found out that six of the eight small magnets bough
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DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu (Screengrab from pre-recorded speech)
The victory is in connection with a groundbreaking Chemical Control Order (CCO) promulgated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) banning lead in the manufacture of all paints to prevent children’s and workers’ exposure to the toxic chemical.
It was late last month when the World Future Council (WFC) shortlisted the DENR policy from a total of 55 nominated policies from 36 countries.
This move was likened to an “Oscar nomination” in the realm of environmental sustainability policies. And now, the Philippines has won, along with Colombia, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka and Sweden.
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Environmental group EcoWaste Coaltion gave tribute to the late former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III by recalling the numerous gains that the country made on chemical and waste issues during his administration.
(Photo from EcoWaste Coalition) “To celebrate his life, we find it fitt