2 h. ago 'Extreme safety risk' warning from FAA after THREE passenger jets in panic to avoid Musk rocket explosion

When an air controller told a pilots they would have to declare an emergency to land at San Juan, they responded: 'In that case we declare emergency: Mayday. Mayday. Mayday.'

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16 h. ago The dangerous toys and kids products pulled from TikTok, Shein and Amazon due to safety risks

You might want to check if you've bought any of these for Christmas

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2 d. ago Surgeon suspended for nine months after colleagues noticed smell on his breath at work

Dr Vivek Vatikutti was found to have posed a "real risk to patient safety" after being found to be drunk at work

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3 d. ago Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center in Colorado

Governor Jared Polis warned that breaking up Boulder’s NCAR would put ‘public safety at risk’The Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a “crown jewel” of climate research after accusing it of spreading “alarmism” about climate change.Russell Vought, the director of the White House’s office and management budget, said the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, would be dismantled under the supervision of the National Science Foundation. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago I'm a doctor... here are the most dangerous toys that I would NEVER buy for kids at Christmas

Doctors and parenting experts have revealed some of the most dangerous toys to give to children this year - as well as what parents need to be aware of this holiday season.

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5 d. ago Christmas gift warning over hidden dangers in three children’s toys

A seemingly harmless children’s toy can turn into something much more dangerous in seconds

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9 d. ago Health and safety rules holding UK infrastructure back, says writer of government report

Exclusive: John Fingleton says regulators need to change their attitude to risk to end the country’s economic stagnationOverbearing health and safety rules are stopping Britain building new infrastructure, according to the economist whom Keir Starmer has cited as an inspiration for his growth strategy.John Fingleton, who recently wrote a report for government on how to encourage developers to build new nuclear power plants, told the Guardian regulators needed to change their attitude to risk if the country was to end its long economic stagnation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Balloons containing up to six times legal limit of carcinogens on sale

Which? found eight out of 21 balloons contained concentrations of potentially carcinogenic chemicals significantly above the UK’s permitted limit

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1 week ago Police investigation faults Republican firebrand Nancy Mace over ‘spectacle’ of expletive

Mace claimed the mix-up at the airport put her safety at risk

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2 w. ago Science journal retracts study on safety of Monsanto’s Roundup: ‘serious ethical concerns’

Paper published in 2000 found glyphosate was not harmful, while internal emails later revealed company’s influenceThe journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology has formally retracted a sweeping scientific paper published in 2000 that became a key defense for Monsanto’s claim that Roundup herbicide and its active ingredient glyphosate don’t cause cancer. Martin van den Berg, the journal’s editor in chief, said in a note accompanying the retraction that he had taken the step because of “serious ethical concerns regarding the independence and accountability of the authors of this article and the academic integrity of the carcinogenicity studies presented”.The paper, titled Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for Humans, concluded that Monsanto’s glyphosate-based weed killers posed no health risks to humans – no cancer risks, no reproductive risks, no adverse effects on development of endocrine systems in people or a...

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2 w. ago Cat owners warned over 'toxic' issue with Christmas trees and how to prevent it

Christmas trees can pose risks to cats as animal charity Blue Cross shares essential safety tips to protect your feline friends during the festive season

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2 w. ago Public opposition to doctors’ strike at record high as Streeting hits out at ‘irresponsible’ Christmas walkout

Labour health secretary said plans for a Christmas walkout poses a ‘different magnitude of risk’ to previous strikes, saying he is ‘genuinely worried’ about patient safety

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2 w. ago Streeting hits out BMA’s ‘juvenile delinquency’ over Christmas doctors’ strikes

The health secretary said plans for a Christmas walkout poses a ‘different magnitude of risk’ to previous strikes, saying he is ‘genuinely worried’ about patient safety

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2 w. ago ‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom Stoppard

The director worked with theatre colossus Tom Stoppard on two smash hits. Here, he remembers their heated rehearsals, the night they stayed up watching Jaws – and the last four cigarettes they smoked togetherTom was my hero from the night I first saw Travesties in 1979. I was 15. The older kids at school did a production of it and I was spellbound; it was glamorous, sensual and completely incomprehensible. I wanted to know everything about this cool, obscure playwright. I started in the school library with the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Then I read Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (incomprehensible) and then I read a third of Jumpers before giving up (totally incomprehensible).As an English Lit student in the mid 1980s, I studied Stoppard and found his work slightly less incomprehensible. But in 1993, I saw the original production of Arcadia and felt that same spell I’d felt as a child. Let’s call it art. And beauty. And words spoken from a stage like no one else. A couple of yea...

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3 w. ago After a teddy bear talked about kink, AI watchdogs are warning parents against smart toys

Advocates are fighting against the $16.7bn global smart-toy market, decrying surveillance and a lack of regulationAs the holiday season looms into view with Black Friday, one category on people’s gift lists is causing increasing concern: products with artificial intelligence.The development has raised new concerns about the dangers smart toys could pose to children, as consumer advocacy groups say AI could harm kids’ safety and development. The trend has prompted calls for increased testing of such products and governmental oversight. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Hong Kong officials warned contractors about fire safety risk just a week before blaze

Labour department says it inspected Wang Fuk Court as recently as 20 November

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3 w. ago Heated blankets are 'safety risk' when paired with this popular item

Keeping warm through the winter is important - but so is staying safe

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3 w. ago Black Friday warning to Scots shoppers as 90% of toys bought online 'pose danger to kids'

Trading Standards Scotland chiefs urged shoppers to be vigilant after a probe found nine out of ten items bought from seven major online retailers failed safety tests.

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4 w. ago The most shocking thing about beauty products for kids? Where the demand is coming from | Morwenna Ferrier

A new brand flogging face masks for four-year-olds is disturbing, but it’s worth asking why children are asking for these products in the first placeAs a newish mother, I am only too aware of the myriad ways we have failed our children. And then I came across a new skincare company aimed at four-year-olds. It’s early days for Rini, whose sole product is now a Korean-made hydrating facial mask. A healing ointment and daily barrier cream are allegedly in the works, too. If you were under any illusions as to the mask’s purpose, it is infused with vitamin B12 – which, according to various skincare sites, improves elasticity and skin texture – with a clear peel-on application process modelled online, Patrick Bateman-style, by a preschooler.On the one hand, I appreciate that children put all sorts on their faces – face paint, stickers, poo, toothpaste, kitchen cleaner, a sibling’s blood, and that’s just in this last week alone – and that their faces will occasionally need to be cleaned. A...

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