Category: Health EN

Greenpeace & Public Eye’s new investigation, “Paraquat Papers”, reveals how Syngenta (and its predecessor companies) manipulated scientific data to circumvent a ban and keep the deadly weedkiller paraquat on the market for 40 years. The investigation, based on internal documents and testimony from a former Syngenta scientist, further reveals that the company could have actually made...

This year’s World Health Day theme is about eliminating health inequities. Tons of Highly Hazardous Pesticides banned in their countries of origin continue to be exported to the Global South, harming human & ecological health in poorer nations. Find out more about the double standards in pesticides trade here: #ToxicAlliance #WorldHealthDay

7 April 2021, Quezon City. An online gathering of over 100 people held in observance of the World Health Day today highlighted the dangers posed by a family of highly persistent chemicals dubbed as “forever chemicals” and the urgent need to protect the people and the environment from these synthetic substances. Organized by the EcoWaste Coalition and the International Pollutants Elimination...

In conjunction with World Salt Awareness Week (8 - 14 March), the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) calls on consumers to be cautious of their daily salt consumption. A recent study found that Malaysians consume 8.7 grams of salt daily which is 1.7 times higher than the World Health Organisation’s recommendation of 5 grams of salt (or 2,000mg of sodium) a day. One teaspoon or 5grams of...

KEEP MERCURY OUT of your children’s mouths and out of our environment! Demand mercury-free fillings. #mercuryfree #OralHealthDisparities #NCDHM No More Toxic Teeth (Consumers for Dental Choice) Read more here:  

Did you know? DENTAL AMALGAM pollutes the water, air, & soil through dental mercury released from cremation, sewage treatment, & other pathways. Ask your dentist for mercury-free fillings. #mercuryfree #OralHealthDisparities #NCDHM No More Toxic Teeth (Consumers for Dental Choice) Read more here:

Civil Society Groups (CAP included) Oppose Interference in Implementing Decision MC-3/2 (Dental Amalgam) 78 Civil Society Groups protested in letter to: Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary Minamata Convention on Mercury Geneva Dear Executive Secretary Stankiewicz: On behalf of 78 CSOs from 44 countries, thank you for your leadership to keep the Minamata Convention moving forward during this...

No one is safe unless everyone is safe! by Third World Network We urge AUSTRALIA not to block the temporary #TRIPSwaiver proposal @wto to ensure greater access to #COVID19 meds and diagnostics. Read the letter here: https://twn.my/.../CSO.../SouthCSOLetterrev_Australia.pdf #NoCovidMonopolies @ScottMorrisonMP @AustraliaUN_GVA @dfat

  If you’re looking for safe and effective alternatives to caffeine, forget so-called herbal energisers like guarana, kola nut, yerba mate and ma huang (ephedra). They are nothing more than plant sources of caffeine and other stimulant drugs. They stimulate your central nervous system, resulting in adrenal stress — which in the end, harms you. Avoid energy drinks too as most have...

INSTEAD of real fruit, nuts and herbs, the processed food you buy could have the following chemicals as flavourings: > Vanilla — Piperohal (a strong smelling benzene derivative used to kill lice) > Strawberry — Benzyl acetate ( a nitrate-solvent used in making film-splicing cement) > Pineapple — Ethyl acetate (used to clean leather and textiles) > Banana — Amyl acetate (also...