CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — With the help of environmental advocates who have been campaigning against the danger of deadly chemicals found in ordinary and industrial materials, the country was chosen as one of five recipients of this year’s Future Policy Award, the EcoWaste Coalition said in a statement.
The award, handed out by the World Future Council (WFC) since 2010 to celebrate “impactful policies,” is considered the “Oscars on best policies.”
The award honored the country’s ban of the use of lead in the manufacture of paints to prevent children and workers’ exposure to this toxic chemical, said EcoWaste Coalition.
“For the sake of current and future generations, it is abs…
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