UK starts ban on junk food ads on daytime TV and online
London (AFP) - New regulations come into force Monday in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for so-called junk ...
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San Francisco sues producers over ultra-processed food
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - San Francisco is suing makers of the ultra-processed food that health experts say has ...
Climate change ‘increasingly threatens’ dynamic Spanish economy: OECD
Madrid (AFP) - The consequences of climate change such as last year's deadly floods "increasingly threaten" the growth of Spain's ...
Ultra-processed foods a rising threat to health: researchers
Paris (AFP) - Researchers warned Wednesday that rising global consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) poses a major threat to health, ...
England moves to ban sale of energy drinks to children
London (AFP) - High-caffeine energy drinks such as Red Bull will be banned for sale to youths under 16 in ...
French petition against return of bee-killing pesticide passes 1mn
Paris (AFP) - More than a million people Sunday had signed a petition urging the French government to ditch a ...
French petition against return of bee-killing pesticide passes 1mn
Paris (AFP) - More than a million people Sunday had signed a petition urging the French government to ditch a ...
US authorizes Juul to market vaping products
New York (AFP) - Juul Labs said Thursday that the US Food and Drug Administration had officially authorized the e-cigarette ...
Toxic threat from ‘forever chemicals’ sparks resistance in Georgia towns
Dalton (United States) (AFP) - Sasha and Jamie Cordle thought their small farm in rural Georgia would be a ladder ...
US approves Gilead’s twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV
Washington (AFP) - The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Gilead Sciences' twice-yearly injection to prevent HIV -- ...
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