Resfriado: la UFC-Que Choisir advierte sobre el uso de aceites esenciales

This text discusses the risks associated with using vasoconstrictor medications and essential oils for common ailments such as the common cold and nasal congestion. The National Agency for the Safety of Medicines advises against the oral use of vasoconstrictor medications due to the very low risks of heart attacks and strokes. Additionally, a study by […]

CGT demands clearer criteria for bonuses awarded to civil servants for Paris 2024

The largest civil servant union argues that “compensations for constraints are insufficient and not established in the same way depending on the public employers,” creating inequality. They are demanding more precise rules. This demand comes a few days after the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, announced that the exceptional compensation for some mobilized gendarmes […]

United Kingdom: Former Prime Minister Liz Truss Launches Her Political Movement “PopCons”

Since her dismissal, she has regularly urged the government to reduce taxes, reconsider some measures to achieve carbon neutrality, and raise the retirement age. *”A conservative government should not seek to expand the ‘nanny state,’”* she wrote on X website just last week about the UK’s plan to gradually ban tobacco. This further complicates the […]

Tribute to French victims of Hamas: Mathilde Panot calls for an end to controversy

“I want to solemnly state here that the controversies must stop when the entire nation pays tribute to the dead,” she said at a press conference. The unprecedented attacks by the Palestinian Islamist movement in Israel have resulted in the deaths of over 1160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official […]

“We have the staff” for the Olympic Games, assures the CEO of SNCF Voyageurs

Christophe Fanichet, president of SNCF Voyageurs, affirmed during a recruitment forum at the Stade de France that they have already hired the necessary staff several months ago and will be ready to execute the entire transportation plan for the Olympic Games. He emphasized that they have the workforce and will be prepared for the event. […]

“Niveles preocupantes de ‘contaminantes eternos’ en el agua cerca de una planta de Solvay, según una ONG”

The NGO conducted sampling at 10 sites around the Solvay factory in Salindres, which manufactures per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) widely used in consumer products such as cookware, food packaging, waterproof textiles, and medications. The tests revealed exceptionally high concentrations of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and triflic acid, both manufactured at the site. Significant traces of […]

Dockworkers in Marseille Promise “Total Shutdown” of the Port This Wednesday

The striking workers are targeting the retirement reform and the development of the port on its western side, in the direction of Fos-sur-Mer. “Le Figaro Marseille” Are we heading towards a paralysis of the Grand Port Maritime of Marseille-Fos? “Our demands focus on two axes,” the union representative continues. “The first concerns the non-application of […]