Migrant labourers in Malaysia take out huge loans to cover exploitative recruitment fees.
… firm, a major supplier of medical and rubber gloves to 195 countries including Britain and … Top Glove, which produces 60.5 billion gloves each year, is the world’s leading glove …
NHS is 'turning a blind eye' to labour rights violations in the trade of masks and gloves.
… Trade NHS PPE Covid-19 Coronavirus BMJ gloves-5083789_1280.jpg NHS is 'turning a … rights violations in the trade of masks and gloves. The failure of the NHS to provide … its employees — including basic items such as gloves and masks — has been among the many …
Like it or not, washing up has to be done daily so give it a green-over with Green Tips eco-friendly cleaning gloves
… Living Washing Green Tips Marigolds Home Gloves Natural World Green Living … with Green Tips eco-friendly cleaning gloves Washing up isn’t much fun at the best … cotton. Available in bright grass green, the gloves are biodegradable and produced to meet …
From scratch-proof gloves to soothing organic balms, Anjuli Koshal rounds up five green gardening essentials that the eco-conscious shouldn’t be without
… Green Living holding.jpg From scratch-proof gloves to soothing organic balms, Anjuli … Traidcraft natural gardening gloves, £3.99 Why we love them: Thorns and … essential. Traidcraft’s natural latex gloves are made from Fairtrade rubber and have …
Tired of the treadmill? Bored of the exercise bike? Nicolette Loizou discovers a greener way to get fit
… She points to a box of thick yellow gloves that look a bit like baseball mitts. I … which are wrapped in woolly black knitted gloves and the group try not to laugh. ‘You’re … I quickly take his advice and pull on the gloves as we make our way over to a patch …
India’s tanning industry has started tackling environmental issues but its progress on worker safety is woeful. As Peter Bengtsen found out, illness and deaths linked to toxic tanning chemicals appear worryingly common
… tannery shows that most workers wear plastic gloves and boots but not all. Some workers … says Shakeel. ‘All workers should wear gloves and boots if they work in lime pits do … Here, workers in the Abdul Hai tannery uses gloves, boots and aprons in the lime pits but …
Armed with a spade, work gloves, wellies and waterproofs you can help the Trees for Life project to restore an old growth forest to its ancient glory
… trees-for-life3.jpg Armed with a spade, work gloves, wellies and waterproofs you can help … Armed with a narrow spade, a pair of work gloves, wellington boots and waterproofs, this …
Laura Laker discovers the joys of farmers' markets, the convenience of vegboxes, and the horror of plans for a nearby Tesco Metro that will threaten her local corner shop
… started thinking things like: 'Rubber gloves! Where on Earth will I find rubber gloves?' I had no idea whether such things …
This month shops in the UK will begin to phase out traditional tungsten bulbs as part of a government plan to replace them completely by 2011 and save 5m tonnes of carbon emissions a year. However the current crop of low energy light bulbs are coming under criticism for causing skin complaints and migraines, releasing Mercury into the environment on disposal and not being as energy efficient as new LED equivalents.
… 15 minutes, the bulb cleared wearing rubber gloves, put in a sealed plastic bag and taken …
Africa's car battery recycling industry is anything but green, write Desirée García & Javier Marín on African Environment Day. Toxic emissions from the re-smelting of lead from old batteries is poisoning workers and nearby communities. And among the buyers of the lead are EU car companies, apparently indifferent to the death, disease and contamination they are financing.
… financing. Hamisi Njiru used to wear rubber gloves while smelting lead at a car battery …
To understand how technology is used in the real world we must appreciate who owns and controls it, writes Colin Todhunter: whose interests it serves, and how it works in an economic system driven by profit, geopolitics and the compulsion to capture and control markets - while the monopolists proclaim a noble ideology of 'free choice' and 'democracy'.
Feeding the bank balance: GMOs, development and the politics of happiness Colin Todhunter | 14th March 2016 Comment Food Farming Politics Corporations USA kalimantan-cut.jpg To understand how …
Corporate lobbyists and their tame politicians love to present GMOs as being humanitarian in purpose, writes Colin Todhunter - as if they exist only to feed the starving millions. But if that's the case, why are they silent on genocidal land grabs, agrochemical poisonings and the destruction of efficient, productive smallholder farming?
The devil in disguise: unmasking the 'humanitarian' GMO narrative Colin Todhunter | 18th May 2015 Comment GMOs Farming Corporations Politics India Mexico Argentina Trade oromo-protest-cut.jpg Where …
Undercover footage of Portuguese rabbit farms shows the grim reality of intensive factory-style rabbit farming, which may now make a comeback in the UK
… on fashion accessories such as handbags or gloves. Portuguese rabbit farms not involved …
'Clean eating' may be one of the latest dietary trends - but researchers in the US have discovered that for people who eat out regularly, their food may not only be less than healthy, but could also contain harmful chemicals. CATHERINE HARTE reports
… phthalates - including takeaway boxes, gloves used in handling food, food processing …