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Month: October 2024

Month: October 2024

The Environmental Benefits of Buying Used Jeans

Lai Cheng October 21, 2024 0 Comments
Blue jeans are among the most-worn articles of clothing on Earth. Unfortunately for the planet, the production of this garment takes a huge environmental toll – diminishing Earth’s water and energy resources, causing pollution, and contributing to climate change. A single pair of cotton jeans consumes between 10,000 and 20,000 litres (2,600-5,300 gallons) of water along its supply chain. Add...
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BE LIKE WATER

Lai Cheng October 21, 2024 0 Comments
“Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way around or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot,...
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CHILDREN’S TOYS FOUND TO CONTAIN TOXIC LEAD

Lai Cheng October 18, 2024 0 Comments
Buying toy gifts for your children this holiday season? Beware, there could be toxic lead in those toys.  BAN Toxics, an advocacy group promoting sound chemicals and waste management in the Philippines, has revealed that over 40 toy samples in its recent tests were found to contain this neurotoxin. Below is its recent press release with details on the matter.   PRESS RELEASE 17 October...
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AVOID NCDs, LIVE HEALTHY

Lai Cheng October 18, 2024 0 Comments
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 74% of all deaths globally. Each year, 17 million people die from a NCD before age 70; 86% of these premature deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Here are major risk factors that lead to NCDs, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and respiratory disease: > tobacco > unhealthy diet > harmful...
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SPEED UP LEAD PAINT PHASE-OUT

Lai Cheng October 17, 2024 0 Comments
In 2021, the global use of lead in petrol officially came to an end. The phasing out of lead from fuel saves an estimated 1.2 million lives a year. (UNEP) Unfortunately, the phase-out of lead-containing paints lags behind. Just like leaded fuel bans have prevented millions of deaths, phasing out lead-containing paints can help save millions more lives. Speed up lead paint phase-out....
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Public Notice Issued in the Philippines on 150 Lead Spray Paints

Lai Cheng October 17, 2024 0 Comments
Toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition in the Philippines, together with the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and the paint industry association in the Philippines, have issued a joint press release to inform and warn paint retailers and consumers about 150 spray paints found to contain excessive lead. Find out the details in the press release below.   Press release...
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NATURE’S ENDURANCE: The Thinking Tree of Italy

Lai Cheng October 17, 2024 0 Comments
This ancient olive tree in Puglia, Italy – known as the "Thinking Tree" – is over 1,500 years old, some suggest it could be as old as 4,000 years. This ancient tree continues to produce olives! Its longevity and resilience make it a remarkable symbol of nature's endurance. But this tree is just one piece of a much larger story. Puglia, a land blanketed with millions of olive trees, has been...
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