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Phthalates
One year later, the yellow rubber ducky still contains excessive phthalates despite some encouraging improvements
Results of a second investigation on the contents of phthalic plasticizers in the yellow rubber ducky
Wednesday, 02 September 2020
Report by Toxics Free Corps, China, in Chinese: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VU1uMImC6ABmZ8wr3szlKA
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Interventions for Basel OEWG12

IPEN Interventions 1 September, 2020
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Basel Convention
Lutte pour la ratification de l‘Amendement de Bâle : PAN Sénégal, IPEN et BAN unissent leurs efforts
Wednesday, 15 January 2020
L’article complet http://www.velsinfo.com/2020/02/26/lutte-pour-la-ratification-de-l-amend...
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E-Waste
ASEAN leaders welcomed by "mountain of trash" and calls to ban plastic and e-waste imports
Thursday, 20 June 2019
https://www.facebook.com/EarthEcoAlertEn/photos/a.535525156632036/111498...

Bangkok - A mountain of plastic and electronic waste appeared on the streets of central Bangkok today as delegates from the 10 member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) arrived in the Thai capital for the start of the 34th ASEAN summit.
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Your ‘recycled’ laptop may be incinerated in an illegal Asian scrapyard
Thursday, 23 May 2019
https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-05-21/your-recycled-laptop-may-be-incinerated-illegal-asian-scrapyard
They call it “e-waste recycling.” But what happens inside Asia’s underground scrapyards looks more like crude alchemy.
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E-Waste
Rotten eggs: e-waste from Europe poisons Ghana's food chain
The Guardian
Thursday, 02 May 2019
Toxins from old computers, fridges and other electronic goods are polluting chicken eggs in an area where 80,000 people live.
Some of the most hazardous chemicals on Earth are entering the food chain in Ghana from illegally disposed electronic waste coming from Europe.
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Lead
Toxics Link Report: Lead in Paints in India 2018
Friday, 4 January 2019 - 10:41am
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Document:

Lead in Paints_2018.pdf

Lead in Paints in India: Concerns and Challenges 2018
Toxic Dumping
Closed, yet still menacing – is the former medical waste incinerator toxic today?
Wednesday, 05 December 2018
https://english.arnika.org/news/toxic-korle-bu-incinerator
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Toxic Dumping
Toxic life of scrappers – burning e-waste and bashing car parts at Agbogbloshie
Monday, 03 December 2018
https://english.arnika.org/news/sampling-the-agbogbloshie-scrapyard
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Occupational Health
Samsung apologizes over sicknesses, deaths of some workers
Friday, 23 November 2018
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201811230021.html
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