IPEN Toxics Free Future
Ram Charitra Sah is Executive Director and Environment
Scientist
with the Center for Public Health and Environmental
Development ( CEPHED)
in Nepal. He speaks about ending mercury in dentistry i...
Edith-Cécile Kameni works with CREPD in Cameroon and is IPEN Francophone Africa Regional Coordinator. She speaks about ending the use of mercury in dentistry in Cameroon.
Rap Villavicencio of Mother Earth Foundation in the Philippines describes their work to promote zero-waste communities, offering an alternative to dirty plastic waste-to-fuel projects and promoting...
Mahesh Pandya is Director of Paryavaran Mitra in India where he works to ensure citizen participation in environmental decision-making, engaging residents to stop projects that pose health and envi...
Anuradha Gupta is founder and Director of India’s Prithvi Innovations, where she works on a wide range of projects to end toxic health threats. Hear about her story and her work with IPEN.
In Indonesia, after her husband suffered from mercury contamination from dental amalgam, Dyah Paramita began her work in taking on mercury and other toxic threats. Hear about her work at Center for...
Alexei Poltavets of Peshsaf in Tajikistan works to end toxic threats from discarded pesticides, protecting communities from the toxic health hazards from pesticide stockpiles.
Mark Peñalver is the Executive Director of IPEN member Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) in the Philippines. IDIS is working in Davos City to stop a proposed waste-to-...
Marí is an IPEN Steering Committee member from RAPAL Uruguay and an avid distance runner. Hear about her work to end plastic waste from large running events.
Leslie Adogame from SRADev Nigeria talks about the lead paint testing his organization conducted that created the momentum for the country’s ban on lead paint.
IPEN members meeting in the Philippines, April 21, 2026.
IPEN member Arnika from Czechia has conducted global testing of eggs and environmental samples from toxic hotspots for more than 20 years. See their recent sampling trip working with IPEN members S...
IPEN members meeting in the Philippines, April 20, 2026.
For International Women's Day, IPEN spoke to Ana Paula Souza, Human Rights Officer at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, about the intersections between human righ...
