Putin annexes the champagne
A law signed on July 2, 2021, states that, from now on, all sparkling wines made in Russia will be stamped “Champagne”. As for the real Champagne, it becomes a simple “sparkling wine”.
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Check the quality of your tap water with UFC Que Choisir
The water, in Meurthe-et-Moselle, is loaded in pesticides underlines the UFC of Nancy and its region. Check in your commune, everywhere in France thanks to the interactive map.
An incredible algae against Covid!
A team of researchers would have confirmed a preventive anti-Covid treatment by nasal route reducing by 80% the risk of contracting the disease! Explanations with two experts.
5G: no new health risks according to ANSES
The French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses) considers it unlikely that the deployment of 5G will present new health risks. And launches today a public consultation with the scientific community.
The first Zero Covid experimental restaurant is in Alsace
The Maison des Têtes in Colmar is the first innovative restaurant that concentrates unique technological solutions in the world around 5 areas of prevention.
COVID-19 : fruits and vegetables, a neglected risk?
Three scientists are analyzing the different clusters in different countries around the world. Fruits and vegetables, a source that may have been responsible for the spread of the virus. They explore the solutions and propose 4 precautions to prevent it.
Heat wave: wind turbines in trouble
According to the Sustainable Environment Federation, the 8,000 wind turbines in the French park are … Read more
In the second quarter of 2020, GDP contracted by 13.8%.
Total production of goods and services is falling sharply. The contraction is particularly strong in construction (-24.1% after -12.8%), but the production of goods also falls (-16.8% after -5.6%) and the production of market services also falls sharply (-13.4% after -5.0%) according to INSEE.
Green Deal: European consumption goes green
One of the European Commission’s six priorities is to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Explanations with the European Consumer Centre (ECC) France.
Consumers better protected by Europe
The European Consumer Centre France designated as an “external alert body” to inform national authorities of infringements in Europe.
What Europe has in store for us in 2020
From Brexit to the rights of rail and air passengers and the 15 years of the ECC-Net network, the European Consumer Centre France offers you an overview of new consumer products in Europe in 2020.
Genetic testing : a great gift or an embarrassing Christmas present?
Millions of Europeans have already ordered or even offered a DNA test to someone close to them in order to discover their ethnic origins, find a family member or find out about their predisposition to certain genetic diseases. But it is not without risks.