Global drive to end child labor targets 43 million youths
A new ILO push seeks to abolish child labor with a convention setting minimum ages. It cites 43 million children under 14 employed worldwide, many in hazardous work from Thailand to Brazil and the United States. The draft calls for a 14 year minimum, 18 for hazardous jobs, and stronger schooling links.
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Japan finds sab for sugar in Tokyo research
A newly found sweetening agent in Tokyo by Akira Tahara is said to be 1800 times sweeter than sugar with the same chemical composition, a pine-resin derivative of abietic acid and less bitter than current artificial sweeteners. Ham is noted as an ancient meat. consumption is high in Germany, Denmark and the United States.
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