PNoy admin's environmental achievements recalled as group tips hat to late leader

” This led to the annual conduct of activities celebrating the benefits of the zero waste approach over polluting and unsustainable “burn or bury” disposal methods.: In 2014, the Commission on Human Rights adopted “The People’s Right to Chemical Safety: A Fifteen-Point Human Rights Agenda” espousing “health-based and human rights-based policies on chemicals” to safeguard the right of every Filipino, including those yet to be born, to be protected against hazardous substances.

While it fell short in addressing much-needed reforms in the mining industry ardently sought by environmental and human rights advocates and affected communities, Executive Order 79 issued by Aquino in 2012 prohibited the use of mercury in small-scale mining. During Aquino’s term, the Food and Drug Administration tested and subsequently banned over 100 brands of skin bleaching, lightening, or whitening cosmetics contaminated with mercury.

Bills were filed at both houses of the 15th Congress, which were consolidated into Republic Act No.10620, or the Toy and Game Safety Labeling Act, which PNoy signed in 2013 to protect children from unsafe toys through mandatory product safety labeling requirements.

“The EcoWaste Coalition [thanks] PNoy for his service to the Filipino people, especially for helping advance the unfinished cause of zero waste and chemical safety during his administration,” the group said.

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