ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN April 8, 2013 The New York Times LIKE that of the American Lung Association, much of the work of Legacy, a 14-year-old antismoking organization, is aimed at exposing the health risks of cigarettes. Legacy’s Truth campaign, for example, tries to dissuade youths from picking up the habit, while its Ex program helps adults quit. Now Legacy is introducing a public service campaign that attacks cigarettes on another front: as litter. A new commercial opens with what appears to be the rusted hull of a beached tanker. Brown and green goo gurgle from its pipes. “Toxic chemicals and carcinogens are leaking into the environment,” says a voice-over. “It’s happening right where we live, work and play.” The camera pans along the side of the object until it reaches a band of white, and a charred edge, and then rises above it. What had seemed to be a tanker…

Kate Midena April 10, 2013 news.com.au IF you were one of the many who thought that the MSG story started and ended when it was phased out of Chinese restaurants in the 1990s, you might be surprised to learn that the food additive still exists – and it’s in many of your favourite foods. “From noodles to rice crackers to chicken flavoured chips and oyster sauces, MSG still exists in foods you eat all the time” nutritionist Susie Burrell told news.com.au “Have you ever found yourself going back time and time again for more Doritos? That’s the MSG effect – MSG is really addictive, and it programs you to eat more and more.” How exactly does MSG work? “MSG produces a really rich flavour which is added to savoury foods. However, tests show that MSG basically lights the brain up because the flavour is so strong, programming people to get…

WorkCover has now commenced the LPG decanting project, which focuses on managing the risks association with this hazardous gas. As part of WorkCover’s High consequence-low frequency incidents compliance program, the project has been developed in consultation with industry stakeholders and will help retailers and others who work with LPG cylinders to handle them safely. The project is an important step towards making workplaces where LPG is decanted into cylinders, safer. The project involves WorkCover inspectors visiting metropolitan and regional retailers who decant LPG into cylinders. These visits have now commenced and apart from helping retailers with any immediate needs, will serve to verify compliance with LPG decanting safety procedures. The other key part of the project is the establishment of a strategic network to work collaboratively with industry to improve the safety of LPG decanting in NSW. Through peak industry bodies, stakeholders will be able to provide input to the…

John Beveridge Herald Sun April 11, 2013 A FUNNY thing happened during the war between the big supermarkets and dairy farmers. After a long time butting heads over whether $1-a-litre home-brand milk was a good idea or not, the two sides have suddenly realised they had a lot more in common than what divided them. The result is a 10-year deal between Coles and Devondale to supply the big supermarket – not only with home-brand milk, but to return Devondale cheeses to Coles shelves after a long absence and to exclusively introduce Devondale-branded milk. As a result, farmers supplying milk to the Murray Goulburn Co-operative which owns the Devondale brand and the smaller Norco group, will get a guaranteed premium over the normal farm-gate price. The big supermarket chain can justly claim that it is the farmer’s friend, ditching foreign-owned suppliers and running the Australian flag up the pole. Coles…