Companies and trade organisations frequently tell politicians that stricter environmental legislation would harm the economy significantly – but such claims have repeatedly been proven wrong. This is shown in the report Cry wolf, presented today by ChemSec.
IPEN leader Fernando Bejarano Gonzáles has contributed an article about global chemical pollution to the 83rd issue of the magazine Ecologista (December 2014) published by Ecologistas en Acción.
Read the entire article here or see a summary online.
In the Philippines, January 2015 has been declared a Zero Waste Month for the entire country! In celebration, and to continue moving the fight forward, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), EcoWaste Coalition, Mother Earth Foundation, and Health Care Without Harm are helping to organize the first ever Philippines Zero Waste fair.
The new publication is in Russian and provides practical information to help consumers make informed decisions that are friendly to health, environment and society. It has over 100 pages and contains chapters on issues such as food, cosmetics, toys, school products, household chemicals and waste.
Guest Article #9 for the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 23 December 2014
by: Olga Speranskaya, IPEN Co-Chair, and Mariann Lloyd-Smith, IPEN Senior Policy Advisor
The global toxic threat is largely underestimated by many politicians and governments, despite it being a unique issue in that often one can point directly to those responsible for the pollution, degradation of the environment and the declining of human health. In 2001, Klaus Toepfer, then the Executive Director of UNEP, warned that basic human rights to life and health are ‘threatened by exposures to toxic chemicals, hazardous wastes, and contaminated drinking water and food.'
