Environment

Action on sugar and feedback Global call for food policy leadership to curb ‘sugar pollution’ in the UK

31 October 2023 — Public health and the environment are being ‘polluted’ by sugar, claims a new report by British charity Action on Sugar and environmental organization Feedback. Experts say the UK’s current demand-side policies to curb sugar consumption do not go far enough. “The UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition recommends that free sugars …

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100 dead or missing in Mexico from hurricane, food and water worries continue

People bathe and clean their belongings in the El Camaron River, after Hurricane Otis, in the Progreso neighborhood of Acapulco, Mexico, on October 30, 2023. Quetzali Nicte-ha | Reuters The death toll from Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm that battered the Mexican Pacific resort town of Acapulco last week, has risen to 100, the …

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100 dead or missing in Mexico from hurricane, food and water worries continue

People bathe and clean their belongings in the El Camaron River, after Hurricane Otis, in the Progreso neighborhood of Acapulco, Mexico, on October 30, 2023. Quetzali Nicte-ha | Reuters The death toll from Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 storm that battered the Mexican Pacific resort town of Acapulco last week, has risen to 100, the …

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