Campaign kicks off in US to blacklist cancer-causing Red Dye No3 food additive used to give popular candies, foods and drinks their cherry-red colours
While the petition currently sits with the White House Office of Management and Budget, the FDA can grant the petition on its own, without the office’s approval, said Melanie Benesh, vice president of Government Affairs for the Environmental Working Group (EWG), one of the groups backing the 2022 petition.
Nile perch: How world’s ‘smallest war’ is fought in Kenya on world’s most densely populated island in Lake Victoria
Since 1926 official maps have shown that the island is 510 metres east of the border, putting it firmly in Kenyan waters. But Lake Victoria is, of course, the colonial era monicker for the inland sea, which has many other names in local languages and dialects. And it may be that poor or thoughtless map drawing by the colonial powers in Africa has contributed to the dispute.
Study links high women death rate to eating ultraprocessed foods in ‘attractive’ packaging and ‘enjoyable’ flavours
Over the past few years, there’s been a growing number of studies about ultraprocessed foods and how they are responsible for the increase in chronic health concerns today. A recent Swedish study joins this list, providing compelling evidence that ultraprocessed foods increase all-cause mortality, especially among women.
UN: Violence against women is a global crisis with Africa topping world with over 21,700 murders in 2023
In recent years, the crimes have sparked several waves of protests and put gender violence at the top of Mexico’s political agenda. Keeping the issue of femicide in the spotlight and making information available and accessible for women, is key for holding the authorities accountable and preventing violence against women and girls.
‘While donor countries often respond sluggishly to warnings of food crisis, combatants close borders and make it difficult to deliver aid’
The first famine the IPC identified – in 2011 in Somalia – illustrates the devastating toll when aid arrives too late. Drought and armed conflict among militant groups fighting for control of the country’s south led to mass displacement and dire food shortages from 2010 through 2012. IPC analyses repeatedly warned of an imminent risk of famine.
Report: Governments or ruling factions manipulate data to exclude evidence of famine, delay famine warning
In Gaza, the conflict has imperilled the data collectors themselves, who often are aid workers. At least 337 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli operation began, the most ever in a single crisis, according to the UN.
Report: Famine catastrophes result from governments fear of international stigma and political blowback at home for failing to feed own people
Martin Griffiths, who stepped down as UN humanitarian relief chief in June, said shortages of data, money and access to areas where people are starving has created a situation in which “your hands are tied behind your back from the beginning.”
New findings reveal DNA contamination in Pfizer Covid vaccines up to four times legal limits
The new study follows the recent publication of a peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, identifying serious safety concerns in the mRNA Covid-19 shots. The authors of that study called “at minimum” a moratorium on the shots.
Kenyan youth take up kung-fu as buffer against high redundancy, drug peddling and lifestyle diseases
Coach Kennedy Murimi trains dozens of children and youth in Nairobi’s Kawangware neighbourhood and has noticed a significant increase in learners. He said the number of people attending his trainings has tripled in recent months to about 60.
Militarisation of Chinese foreign policy is expressed in establishment of bases in Africa
China benefits from the low priority accorded Africa by the global media and major powers. This has made it easier for the PLA to build up its military footprint in Africa without attracting attention.
