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Street food owners: “Don’t use paint brushes in food preparation”

Barbecue is a popular grilled street food that many people buy as a quick snack or take-home meal. Toxic watchdog group BAN Toxics raised concern over the continued use of paint brushes for basting barbecue sauce despite health and safety…

Warning Out on Fish-Shaped Electronic Toys for Pets

17 May 2023, Quezon City.  The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition is warning consumers against a China-made fish-shaped toy intended for pet cats and dogs that contains a persistent organic pollutant (POP) and other chemicals of concern. The group issued…

The latent outburst and constitutional impertinence

A burst or explosion occurs when a mixture of chemical compounds reacts and the resulting compounds occupy a significantly larger volume than the first. A violent expansion then occurs in order to rearrange the elements and give the necessary space…

Organisations send Letter for Peace and Against Military Spending

Presidents of Latin America, the Caribbean and North America Dear Presidents of Latin America, the Caribbean and North America We, the undersigned organisations and individuals, support the International Campaign Against Military Spending. Therefore, we would like to point out the…

Researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona expelled from Western Sahara

The researcher of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Roberto Cantoni, was expelled from Western Sahara yesterday afternoon by the Moroccan authorities. Two agents presented themselves as authorities and notified Cantoni of his immediate expulsion, preventing him from contacting his embassy.…

80% Plastic Pollution Reduction Could be Achieved by 2040: UNEP Report

By: Paige Bennett While the amount of global plastic pollution is staggering, the United Nations Environment Programme has found that it is still possible to reduce plastic pollution as much as 80% by 2040. It would require major changes, but…

Put yourself in my shoes

Today, talking to two firemen while I was filling up my car with petrol, I brought up the subject of migrants and they both said that they were the country’s biggest problem, and one of them referred to migrants with…

Current family model in crisis

Today, 15 May, World Day of the Family, we would like to invite you to reflect on a more humane, broad and convergent proposal. The family, historically, has been part of a “social fabric” of support and containment. Community networks:…

Chile is between what is still dying and what is struggling to be born

After a few days, we have heard different interpretations of what happened with the election of constitutional councilors, where perspectives are polarised between those who proclaim their elitism, degrading the direct participation of ordinary people and those of us who…

“Letters to my friends”: A book that is still relevant and worth studying

In the framework of the First Meeting of Humanist Culture, on 14 May 1994, Silo, founder, and promoter of the New Humanism movement, presented his book “Letters to my Friends on the social and personal crisis at the present time”…

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