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FRENCH AUTHORITIES HAVE recalled Olympics-branded water bottles for children containing excessive levels of Bisphenol A, an endocrine disruptor, a week ahead of the Paris Games’ opening ceremony.
The reusable bottles, made by the Vilac company, have “levels of Bisphenol A not in line with regulations” on products designed for contact with foods, government website Rappel Conso (Consumer Recall) said on Friday.
The white-coloured flasks with beige, blue or red tops are branded with the Olympic rings, Phyrge, the Paris 2024 mascot, or the Olympic flame.
People who have bought them should return them to the place of purchase, authorities said.
The bottles were sold in France from late August last year until the beginning of June.
Bisphenol A, once widely used in making food containers, has been banned in France since 2015.
Labelled an endocrine disruptor by France’s food safety agency Anses, it is believed to be linked to health problems including breast cancer and infertility.
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Probably get suspended sentences or let out early if their guilty, so not as big an impact as would be if we had a properly functioning judicial and prison service anyway. Money for old rope.
@Eddie Garvey: could you do the job? Would you just prefer to see an end to trails, rambert judges in the criminal courts are drawn from the barristers.
@Éamonn OKane: well having seen some excellent barristers in action and some absolutely atrocious ones as well, I probably could do as a good a job as the atrocious ones, aside from that my comment was mainly aimed at the pointless nature and expense of dragging people through the courts to suspend their sentence for no good reason or to sentence them into a system that can’t accommodate them for the duration of their sentence.
Snouts in the trough!
@Brian Hunt: would you work for that rate of pay?
@Éamonn OKane: He probably doesn’t work at all.
@Sal Paradise: For once in your one year of posting here, you’re right, I’m retired. I’ve spent a lifetime working so that scr#&ts like you can spend all day on The Journal!
Why are comments about the priest in Cork closed. Is this more censorship on behalf of the Journal?
Their list of top earners is staggering & worthy of viewing when you consider their sob story. This rather elitist section of society just want more & more, totally removed from everyday life of ordinary working people. They are a section of society that didn’t experience austerity during the Troika era like everyone else. Part of our failed Judicial system that is failing victims of crime on a daily basis. I see ROG out batting for them as well, so no doubt they will be given what they want. Having witnessed some of these people in action & how they treated victims from various Inquiries & Tribunals, it’s sickening to watch them looking for more, greed.
@SV3tN8M4: That’s a bit like moaning about Clerical Officer pay because you saw the Asec pay scale.
@SV3tN8M4: every word of this is incorrect.
I could never be a defence barrister because I would only defend people who were innocent
@stella Ormes: That’s exactly what defence barristers do, only at the end of the process is guilt decided. If the defendant pleads guilty then you’re advocating, not defending.
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