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Hiding profits in Canada

vendredi 16 février 2018 à 01:00

Canada's easy attitude towards companies whose owners are secret makes it a prime transit site for hiding profits.

Exporting meat

vendredi 16 février 2018 à 01:00

One additional reason the UK to beware a new business-supremacy treaty with the US: the US will insist on exporting meat that brings antibiotic resistance.

The US may demand the usual ISDS (I Sue Democratic States) provision too.

Endocrine disrupting chemicals

vendredi 16 février 2018 à 01:00

An estimate suggests that endocrine disrupting chemicals cause $170 billion damage per year in Europe, considering just the effect on human beings.

These chemicals harm wildlife, too.

Preventable deaths

vendredi 16 février 2018 à 01:00

The saboteur's budget could cause millions of preventable deaths over the next decade.

That's not counting the hundreds of millions of deaths that would be likely later in the century.

Puerto Rico suicides

vendredi 16 février 2018 à 01:00

The suicide rate in Puerto Rico increased 50% after last year's hurricane.

It would be interesting to study precisely what motivates these people to commit suicide. It could be the difficulty of coping with life with many systems not functioning, penury due to the lack of income, death of friends and relatives, the dread of losing your land and house to banks, or maybe something else I have not thought of.