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                    [ArticleID] => 1962380
                    [Title] => US baby powder recall not related to products in Philippines — Johnson & Johnson
                    [Summary] => "The lot affected was produced in the United States and is not at all supplied or sold to other markets outside of it — including the Philippines."
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-22 15:29:00
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                    [SectionUrl] => health-and-family
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                    [ArticleID] => 1547363
                    [Title] => Chinatown residents warned vs asbestos
                    [Summary] => 

Workers and residents in Manila’s Chinatown district should take precautions against inhaling asbestos, which may be released into the air by the demolition of the old Philippine National Bank building in Escolta, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-28 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1408013 [Title] => Iwas cancer ipinanukala ni Miriam [Summary] =>

Isang panukalang batas ang isinusulong ni Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago na naglalayong tuluyang i-ban ang mga produktong nagtataglay ng asbestos sa bansa na ayon sa mga scientists ay isang “category A carginogen”.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097275 [AuthorName] => Malou Escudero [SectionName] => Police Metro [SectionUrl] => police-metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1171841 [Title] => Labor group bats for asbestos ban [Summary] =>

The country’s largest labor group is proposing a ban on the importation and use of asbestos to protect construction workers from cancer and other health hazards.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 960376 [Title] => Group to bishop: Remove asbestos in your church [Summary] =>
A group advocating the banning of asbestos on Monday advised Angeles City bishop to remove the asbestos in his church to prevent parishioners from being exposed to the cancerous substance.
 
[DatePublished] => 2013-07-01 11:54:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 955657 [Title] => Group says students exposed to cancer-causing asbestos [Summary] =>

Students are at risk of developing cancer due to exposure to asbestos-laden materials used for science experiments, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) reported yesterday.

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Most public and private schools  still use  asbestos, a toxic substance, in their laboratories despite the pledge of  the Department of Education in November 2011 that asbestos would be removed from campuses, a labor group said on Tuesday.

 
[DatePublished] => 2013-06-18 12:56:46 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => Campus [SectionUrl] => campus [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 832987 [Title] => ALU-TUCP reiterates call for total ban of asbestos [Summary] =>

Officials of the country’s biggest labor federation reiterated its call to totally ban the use of asbestos to eliminate asbestos-related diseases among Filipino workers who are exposed to such element.

[DatePublished] => 2012-07-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1526426 [AuthorName] => Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 758394 [Title] => Removal of asbestos in BSP building sought [Summary] =>

A labor group today called on the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to order the immediate removal and disposal of cancerous asbestos and asbestos-containing materials at the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) building in Manila.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-15 10:08:09 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1262583 [AuthorName] => Dennis Carcamo [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 741399 [Title] => Asbestos ban in schools pushed [Summary] =>

Saying teachers and students are prone to cancer and other diseases due to exposure to asbestos in classrooms and laboratories, the Associated Labor Union (ALU) yesterday called on the Department of Education and Commission on Higher Education yesterday to ban the use of asbestos in colleges and universities nationwide.

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