Toxic chemical and waste watch group EcoWaste Coalition has urged retailers in Manila’s Chinatown to halt the sale of candles with lead-cored wicks.

On Monday, the group conducted an awareness campaign at 11 stores in Chinatown to ask the retailers to stop the importation and sale of candles with leaded wicks.

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