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Day: January 13, 2018

US May Ax Regulations and Allow Kids to Work with Pesticides

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United States (HRW) – Obama Enacted Rules Banning Kids Under 18 from Working with Toxic Chemicals I thought I had grown accustomed to being blindsided by bad news – headlines detailing how the United States government is chipping away at human rights. But yesterday morning, I was newly shocked and outraged when I heard that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may roll back federal standards that ban children under 18 from working with toxic pesticides. This move may just be another one of the Trump administration’s sweeping attempts to undo regulations enacted under former…

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After Facing Harassment from Authorities, Pakistani Journalist Narrowly Escapes Abduction

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WION’s Pakistan bureau chief Taha Siddiqui, Screenshot from YouTube via WION. (GV) – Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui was on his way to the airport on January 10 when his taxi was stopped and several gunmen attacked and tried to abduct him. “They were cordoning off the road, armed with rifles, and the men who pulled me out of the car, they had small weapons, pistols”, Siddiqui told Al Jazeera. Siddiqui was traveling to the United Kingdom for a work-related tour. The attackers fled the scene and took with them his…

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