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Toxics watchdog finds cancer-causing cadmium in Chinese New Year lucky charms

A Philippines-based non-profit organisation tracking harmful chemicals in products and wastes has cautioned consumers against buying lucky bracelets that are believed to attract good...

Philippine group finds excessive lead levels in 37 imported spray paints

Paint products in aerosol cans containing high levels of lead are still offered for sale by offline and online retailers despite the ban on...

Philippine groups push for stronger anti-asbestos policy to protect human health

There is an urgent need to modify and improve the Philippines' 21-year-old asbestos policy regulation on the manufacture and use of asbestos and asbestos containing...

Filipino environmentalists welcome speedy Supreme Court resolution on plastic pollution lawsuit

Environmental health and justice advocates in the Philippines welcomed the Supreme Court’s issuance of the Writ of Kalikasan and Writ of Continuing Mandamus for the...

Philippine NGO asserts enforcement of ASEAN ban on mercury in cosmetics

Mercury in cosmetics remains a serious threat to human health and the environment 14 years after the ASEAN regional bloc decided to ban it...

Philippines tightens regulations on highly toxic cadmium, hexavalent chromium

The Government of the Philippines has imposed new policies tightening regulations on the industrial uses of cancer-causing cadmium and hexavalent chromium to protect human...

Philippine study finds lead in industrial paints sold locally

The report “Lead in Solvent-Based Industrial Paints Sold in the Philippines” released on Sunday, October 24, 2021, in time for the UN-backed International Lead...

Philippine environmental groups push for green electoral reforms ahead of 2022 polls

As the election fever heats up across the Philippines, environmental groups are urging the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to initiate much-needed reforms toward an...

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South Africa: Groups question viability of Mossel Bay oil and gas plans

As Earth Month unfolds, The Green Connection and Natural Justice are speaking out against yet another push to expand...
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Nigeria, Chinese firm sign $328.8m deal to improve power supply

The Federal Government and China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, signed a contract agreement worth...

Minister inaugurates service charter to deliver quality, affordable housing

The Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has inaugurated a Service Charter in its commitment to deliver quality and...

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South Africa: Groups question viability of Mossel Bay oil and gas plans

As Earth Month unfolds, The Green Connection and Natural...

Nigeria, Chinese firm sign $328.8m deal to improve power supply

The Federal Government and China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC)...