{"id":210,"date":"2015-11-05T19:15:36","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T13:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esdo.org\/esdo\/?page_id=210"},"modified":"2018-11-08T12:29:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T06:29:43","slug":"media-advisory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/news-room\/media-advisory\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory"},"content":{"rendered":"

Press Briefing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Launching A Study report on<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cToxic Chemicals in Beauty Products: A Potential Threat to Human Health and Environment\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Dhaka, 01 March, 2016:<\/strong> Environment and Social Development Organization- ESDO is going to organize a Press Briefing to disclose study findings of a Study report on \u201cToxic Chemicals in Beauty Products: A Potential Threat to Human Health and Environment\u201d. The event will be held atESDO\u2019s head office, House# 8\/1,Block -C, level 5, Lalmatia, Dhaka 1207 on 5th<\/sup> March, 2016, Saturday at 12:00 PM.<\/p>\n

Syed Marghub Murshed,<\/strong><\/span> Former Secretary, People’s Republic of Bangladesh and Chairperson of ESDO will chair the Session. Dr. Abu Jafor Mahmood,<\/strong> Professor (Retired), Department of\u00a0 Chemistry, University of Dhaka and Dr. Abul Hasem,<\/strong> Professor of Jahangirnagar University and Chairman of Chemical Department of \u00a0BSTI, Dr. Shahriar Hossain,<\/strong> Co-chair of Asian Center and Secretary General of ESDO and Study Team Leader Siddika Sultana,<\/strong> Executive Director of ESDO and Asian Centre for Environmental Health will be present on the press briefing.<\/p>\n

Media Attention<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cReduction of Demand of Mercury, in\u00a0Mercury Containing Products in Bangladesh\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dhaka, 15 December, 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0To focus on the baseline study findings and project completion details on \u201cMercury added products: country situation analysis in Bangladesh<\/em>.\u201d Environment and Social Development Organization- ESDO and United Nations for Environment Program (UNEP) are going to organize a workshop on \u2018\u2018Reduction of Demand of Mercury, in Mercury containing products in Bangladesh\u201d. The workshop will be held at \u201cThe Daily Star, Azimur Rahman Conference Hall,\u201d<\/em> 64-65, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka on 17th December, 2015, Thursday from 10:30 am to 4.30 pm.<\/p>\n

On Thursday the workshop will be conducted in two sessions. The first session of the workshop will focus on the baseline study findings and project completion details on \u201cMercury added products: country situation analysis in Bangladesh<\/em>.\u201d The Second session will be on \u201cPractical Sourcebook on Mercury Storage and Disposal\u201d developed by UNEP.<\/p>\n

Dr. Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Government of the People\u2019s Republic of Bangladesh, will be the Chief Guest in the workshop.\u00a0 Dr. Desiree Montecillo Narvaez, Programme Officer,\u00a0UNEP Chemical and Waste Branch Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, Geneva, Switzerland will be the Special Guest of the program. Dr. Ainun Nishat, Professor Emeritus, BRAC University will be the Guest of Honor in the program and Syed Marghub Murshed, Former Secretary, People’s Republic of Bangladesh and Chairperson of ESDO will chair the Session.<\/p>\n

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Media Attention<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

ESDO is going to organize a\u00a0Youth\u2019s Human Chain \u00a0for Eliminating Lead in Paint<\/span><\/h4>\n

Dhaka, 29 October, 2015: \u00a0<\/strong>While observing the International Lead Poisoning \u00a0\u00a0Prevention \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Week- 2015 in Bangladesh, Environment and Social Development Organization- ESDO will organize a youth human chain and rally with a theme, \u201cEliminate Lead Paint\u201d on 30th<\/sup> October, 2015 in front of the National Press Club at 10 am. The youth forming the human chain will further rally towards the Shishu Academy.<\/p>\n

To eliminate lead in paint \u2018International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week\u2019 is globally observed every year. Each year ESDO observes this week in Bangladesh. And this year ESDO is observing this week from 25th<\/sup> to 30th<\/sup> October, 2015. ESDO mainly aims at setting 50 parts per million (ppm) as the lead limiting standard in paint by 2015, hence, eliminate lead in paint in Bangladesh by 2017.\u00a0Education materials such as factsheets, leaflet and sticker containing information regarding lead poisoning will be provided during at human chain.<\/p>\n

ESDO is organizing this human chain in association with IPEN, Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (GAELP) and WHO.<\/p>\n

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Media Attention<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

ESDO is going to Organize a\u00a0High Level Policy Dialogue\u00a0on \u00a0Eliminate Lead in Paint<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

Dhaka, 26 October, 2016:<\/strong> \u00a0As a part of observing \u201cInternational Lead Poisoning Prevention Week-2015\u201d, Environment and Social Development Organization- ESDO is going to conduct a High Level Policy Dialogue at 11:30 am on 27th October, 2015. This dialogue will take place at ESDO\u2019s Head Office in Lalmatia. Bangla version of the National Lead Report- 2015 will be launched at this meeting as well.<\/p>\n

To eliminate lead in paint, \u201cInternational Lead Poisoning Prevention Week\u201d is observed every year. With the theme, \u201cEliminate Lead paint\u201d, ESDO is observing \u201cInternational Lead Poisoning Prevention Week\u201d – 2015 from 25th to 30 October this year. ESDO aims to eliminate the use of lead in paints by 2017 and set up the immediate standard of 50 ppm by 2015.<\/p>\n

The policy dialogue will be constituted with high officials from Berger Paints, Moon Star Paints, Roxy Paint, RAK Paint, Anchor Paint, and Elite Paints, government officials from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Department of Environment (DoE) and Bangladesh Standard Testing Institute (BSTI) and ESDO officials.\u00a0 \u00a0Since 2009, ESDO has been working on eliminating lead in paints through creating awareness and policy advocacy. ESDO has been working on implementing \u2018Lead Paint Elimination\u2019 project in Bangladesh in association with European Union (EU) and International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) since 2012. BPMA joined this venture with ESDO in 2013. Some large and medium paint manufacturers have already started selling lead free paints. BPMA and ESDO asked for government\u2019s intervention in manufacturing leaded paints and create regulations specific to leaded poisons.<\/p>\n

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