IPEN Participating Organization EcoWaste Coalition lauded the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) for promulgating a Chemical Control Order (CCO) prohibiting lead in decorative paint above 90 parts per million (ppm), the protective goal for lead in paint recommended worldwide by IPEN.
IPEN Participating Organization Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) were featured in a release from the official news Agency of Bangladesh (BSS):
Dental experts demand banning metal amalgam
2014-01-27
Dental experts today demanded phasing out dental amalgam and urged the government to ratify the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
Brussels, 22 January 2013 – From 4 to 11 February 2014, HEAL is co-hosting a programme of Health and Environment documentaries and debates as part of the 31st International Environmental Film Festival (FIFE) in Paris. The aim is to promote recognition of the links between health and our environment and greater understanding of environmental prevention of chronic disease.
Dr Meriel Watts, Coordinator of PAN Aotearoa New Zealand, was recently awarded $2,000 by the Orangi Kaupapa Trust.
This charitable trust in New Zealand was established with the purpose of recognising and rewarding people whose work promotes positive social change and benefits the quality of life in New Zealand, to say thank you to those high achieving people who receive little or no financial recognition for the work they do, yet without whom our society would be poorer.
