More than 650 companies are breaking European chemical safety laws, according to an investigation from German environmental group BUND. As a result, potentially harmful chemicals can be found in food, cosmetics, and toys.
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Finance
Trades Union Congress (TUC): Boom in gig economy workers shows struggle to make ends meet
Growing numbers of workers are turning to often insecure and badly paid platform work, such as food delivery and cleaning, to top-up lacklustre wages. A report by the University of Hertfordshire and Ipsos MORI has […]
Economics
J. W. Mason: A High-Pressure Economy Could Reshape Work. If the Fed Lets It.
The labor market is exceptionally tight, at least by the standards of recent history. That matters for monetary policy, but its importance goes beyond inflation, or even material living standards. We are used to a […]
Corruption
Branko Marcetic: A Missile Strike in Poland Shows Why Government Agencies Can’t Be the Sole Arbiters of Truth
After a Ukrainian missile mishap in Poland, misinformation blaming Russia quickly spread. The lie came from precisely the “authoritative sources” now being treated as the arbiters of truth by social media platforms. Read the article […]
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