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MEXICO: Soft drinks lobby faces down obesity campaigners - report
2013-08-08 16:04:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Mexico's soft drinks producers have disputed that the country's high obesity rate is due to soda consumption, and branded a campaign against the category as "misinformation", according to reports.
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Anti-fracking campaigners protest against Cuadrillas shale gas drilling
2013-07-29 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Anti-fracking campaigners staged a protest in the UK last week, successfully blockading a Cuadrilla Resources drill site near the village of Balcombe in Sussex.
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How Australian campaigners target fossil fuel companies and their backers
2013-07-03 18:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A hoax media release, announcing a big Australian coal mine had lost critical funding, kicked off a busy year for anti-fossil fuel campaigners and a challenging one for the companies that extract energy and their financial backers. Shares in Whitehaven Coal, developer of the controversial Maules Creek mine in New South Wales, plunged 9% in just two minutes after the spoof circulated the market slicing A$314m from its market capitalisation and A$67m from the stake of its biggest shareholder,...
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Campaigners Petition President over Antibiotic Misuse
2013-06-10 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Campaign groups in the US have sent a petition signed by 795 health professionals to President Barack Obama, urging him to pressure the Food and Drug Administration to act to reduce the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in food animal production.
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Size zero campaigners take body image debate to the heart of fashion
2013-06-01 22:51:34| Apparel - Topix.net
As a new wave of unsettling stories about ultra-thin models come to light, a women's group is to stage a provocative debate on the beauty industry at the London College of Fashion The size zero debate has raged for years, drawing in models , fashion designers and magazine editors, politicians and doctors - and it shows no sign of abating.
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