The Arnika Association examined hundreds of pieces of printed china dishes, within the framework of its campaign Let's Eat Toxics Free. A vast majority of them, including goods for children, contained high lead concentration in the colour printing. A very alarming fact is that concentrations were often found in the order of tens of thousands ppm (parts per million) of lead.
30 May 2016, Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition, an advocate for a lead-safe school environment, exhorted the principals, teachers and parents to be vigilant to ensure lead-free school makeovers during the week-long Brigada Eskwela (school repair and maintenance) starting today.
The chemical and waste watch group has partnered with the Sto.Cristo Elementary School in Bago Bantay, Quezon City to drum up awareness and compliance to government directives on lead paint.
IPEN representatives are currently attending the 10th Basel Convention Open-Ended Working Group meeting (OEWG-10) in Nairobi, Kenya. A range of issues are being discussed, including Low POPs Content Values for POPs waste, which is a critical issue for preventing the spread of POPs into consumer products and the environment.
Some IPEN Participating Organizations have joined others in sending a letter to the Executive Secretary of the EconomicCommission for Latin America to request that they correct thecourse they are on in the field ofnanobiotechnology andsynthetic biology:
HEAVY METAL:Studies have linked attention deficit disorder and lower intelligence to exposure to heavy metals, such as lead, environmental campaigners said
