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Day: June 8, 2023

Day: June 8, 2023

Ireland becomes first nation to require cancer warning labels on alcohol

Lai Cheng June 8, 2023 0 Comments
May 22 (UPI) -- Ireland has approved a new law making the country first in the world to require cancer warning labels on alcoholic beverages. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly signed the Public Health Alcohol Labeling Regulations on Monday, which will require labels that show calorie content, grams of alcohol, risks of cancer and liver disease and the dangers of drinking while pregnant. The...
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GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY (INC-2) (29 May to 2 June 2023)

Lai Cheng June 8, 2023 0 Comments
Ban Toxic Chemicals in Plastics – IPEN As the Plastics Treaty INC-2 negotiations come to a close, IPEN observes that many delegates’ views are evolving, as the talks have advanced from a focus on plastic as a waste and pollution problem, to the current movement toward a Treaty that addresses the threats to health and biodiversity from chemicals throughout the plastics life cycle. Despite...
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GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY (INC-2) (29 May to 2 June 2023)

Lai Cheng June 8, 2023 0 Comments
Meeting Ends: A Quick Summary The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (#INC2) for a global agreement to end plastic pollution concluded at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris with civil society organizations appealing to governments not to allow the use of dilatory tactics and procedural questions to set back progress and lower the ambition of the potential treaty....
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