International Plastic Bag Free Day is dedicated to heightening awareness and pressing issues brought about by this most popular of disposable carrying devices. We are reminded that those bags we pick up from the retailers are used for an incredibly short time, usually under 25 minutes, and are then disposed of. They may pass out of our thinking then, but they do not pass out of our world. Plastic bags remain in the world for anywhere from 100-500 years before finally decaying completely, and have a profound impact upon our environment as a result.
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ESDO team along with a dentist conducted a mobile awareness campaign on ‘Mercury free dentistry’ on March 30, 2016. The team covered different areas of Dhaka city including Uttara, Mohakhali, Shahbagh. We tried to disseminate the information about harmful impacts of mercury amalgam use in dentistry sector by oral description, distributing leaflets, stickers, showing posters, playing radio jingle on the issue. We tried to reach the passer by, the students of local school, college and university, guardians of the students, teachers and described them what harms to human health and environment are caused by mercury amalgam. (more…)

There are so many toxic chemicals in both imported and exported beauty products of Bangladesh which is so alarming for human health and environment. (more…)