Safety, quality fears stop consumers buying more sustainable fashion says BSI study

Consumers want more sustainable products, but a big ‘say-do gap’ remains in terms of their actual buying behaviour. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the British Standards Institution (BSI). Photo: Pexels BSI’s 2025 Global Circularity study, The Tipping Point: Building Trust in the Circularity Economy, was developed in partnership with experts from the Cambridge Institute…

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FDA Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced wide-ranging cutbacks at federal health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, that would eliminate duplicative services and paper pushers. But in interviews with more than a dozen current and former F.D.A. staff members, a different picture emerged of the far-reaching effects of the layoffs that would ultimately…

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