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Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possible
AFP, Published on 22/01/2026
» WASHINGTON - If there’s one material that defines modern life more than any other, it’s plastic: present from the moment we’re born in newborn stool, in product packaging, in the soil beneath our feet and the air we breathe.
New York startup aims to leave a mark with ephemeral tattoos
AFP, Published on 27/04/2021
» NEW YORK - Neither a permanent mark nor a paper transfer: a New York start-up has created the first tattoos that fully disappear after a while, aiming to open the body inking market to new clientele.
Battle to prevent fresh gas leak at Indian plant
AFP, Published on 08/05/2020
» VISAKHAPATNAM (INDIA) - Engineers battled Friday to prevent more toxic gas escaping at a chemical plant on India's east coast, a day after a pre-dawn leak killed 12 people and knocked locals unconscious in the street.
5 dead, 1,000 in hospital after Indian gas leak
AFP, Published on 07/05/2020
» VISAKHAPATNAM, India: At least five people have been killed and 1,000 hospitalised after a gas leak at a chemicals plant on the east coast of India, authorities said Thursday, warning the death toll would climb.
How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea
AFP, Published on 01/02/2020
» PARIS - From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometres below the waves, synthetic microfibres spat out by household washing machines are polluting oceans everywhere.
China to lower import tariffs from January
AFP, Published on 23/12/2019
» BEIJING: Beijing will lower import tariffs on more than 850 products including frozen pork from next month, the finance ministry said Monday, as authorities battle a severe shortage of the meat staple.
Business booming for plastic giants as change beckons
AFP, Published on 08/07/2018
» PARIS - It's the worst enemy of environmental campaigners, but people around the world use mountains of plastic every day and business is booming for manufacturers.