Non-profit environmental group BAN toxic holds a press briefing in Quezon City on Tuesday (Nov. 26, 2024) to inform about harmful chemicals in plastic toys that will flood the market this Christmas season. The group’s study finds that children in the Philippines are highly exposed to toxic health hazards due to chemicals in widely available and affordable toys, including heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and traces of bromine and chlorine. (PNA photo by Joan Bondoc)