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FOODS THAT NOURISH YOUR BODY

Lai Cheng June 9, 2023 0 Comments
Fruits and vegetables are a true nutritional powerhouse, offering a range of vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients that support our well-being. These nutrients keep us healthy and boost our immune system. They also supply fibre, antioxidants, and phytochemicals that help protect against chronic diseases and improve our overall health. Getting these vitamins, minerals and nutrients...
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‘Waste colonialism’: Govt admits it has no idea what happens to plastic shipped overseas

Lai Cheng June 9, 2023 0 Comments
Lydia Chai today presented a petition to Parliament’s Environment Committee calling on the Government to ban plastic waste exports to developing countries. It has the signatures of more than 11,500 people, she said. Customs data released to the Herald shows Malaysia is the top recipient of New Zealand’s plastic waste, just ahead of Indonesia, receiving tens of thousands of tonnes in the past...
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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2023: GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO BEAT PLASTIC POLLUTION

Lai Cheng June 9, 2023 0 Comments
Humanity is facing a plastic pollution crisis. It's said that plastic production has risen exponentially in the last decades, and now amounts to some 400 million tons per year – a figure set to double by 2040. In 2022, UN Member States agreed to start negotiating a historic new global treaty to end #plasticpollution. The framework is now being negotiated throughout a series of meetings across...
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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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GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY (INC-2) (29 May to 2 June 2023)

Lai Cheng June 7, 2023 0 Comments
A Recap of Day 3 Talks On the 3rd day of the INC2 #PlasticsTreaty, negotiations finally moved to Contact Groups – after 2 days of delay focused solely on the draft Rules of Procedure. The INC heard calls from NGOs, Indigenous Peoples, Women, impacted communities, trade unions, workers, scientists, and other rights-holders and civil society members for: dramatic reductions of plastics...
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