Manny Calonzo is an environmental advocate. Aided by the Ecological Waste Coalition of the Philippines (EcoWaste) – in which he served as their former president and advisor – he was responsible for the

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’s law to nationally ban

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(culminating in 85% lead-certified paint there since 2017) and the creation of a third-party certification program for paint manufacturers. His anti-toxic campaign extended to other substances in

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items which potentially decreased

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in men and harmed

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es. In 2018 he was one of seven international

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winners – a decade after he began his national campaign – which resulted in the protection of millions of Filipino children. Calonzo is a

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on the Global Lead Paint Elimination Campaign at the International Persistent Organic Pollutants Elimination Network.

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