Tag: labelling

Sustainability Scale Needed for Plastic Products

Labelling of plastic products should include a “sustainability scale” to help consumers navigate the confusing world of plastics and plastic recycling, according to research from the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia and University of Exeter, England, With plastic pollution a growing global problem, Professor Kevin Thomas, Director of UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences…


From ‘Conspiracy’ to ‘Racism’ Attacks: Sifting Through Disinformation and Labelling in Virus Origin Discussions

News Analysis Until very recently, any suggestion of the possibility that a lab leak led to the COVID-19 pandemic would be overwhelmingly struck down by many media outlets as a “conspiracy theory.” This alternative to the natural origin hypothesis received more mainstream recognition after 18 prominent scientists, among them a member of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science…


From ‘Conspiracy’ to ‘Racism’: Sifting Through Disinformation and Labelling in Virus Origin Discussions

News Analysis Until very recently, any suggestion of the possibility that a lab leak led to the COVID-19 pandemic would be overwhelmingly struck down by many media outlets as a “conspiracy theory.” This alternative to the natural origin hypothesis received more mainstream recognition after 18 prominent scientists, among them a member of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science…