Matthew Chapman

No-one has ever been prosecuted for any of the deaths, and an attempt to bring a human rights case in Kenya was thrown out by a judge. Still there's no justice for the families, while others profit

Credit to Tesco and Waitrose though, who immediately stopped selling products from the farm after the initial investigations, and still are not selling them

How many more people need to die until supermarkets - that boast of their ethical sourcing - stop sell selling pineapples from the farm?

Morrisons and @sainsburys.bsky.social quietly began reselling the pineapples after Del Monte commissioned its own human rights 'impact assessment' after the deaths and other alleged human rights abuses were first exposed. The assessment was never made public & there's since been SIX more deaths

More killings at Del Monte's pineapple megafarm in Kenya and still @sainsburys.bsky.social, Iceland and Morrisons sell their products. A local MP is now calling them 'blood pineapples' but apparently those UK supermarkets' are fine with stocking them

I'm sure all the tobacco funded libertarian think tanks will spin the rise in smoking as a knockon effect of the disposable vape ban, but the survey took place before the ban. And those who tried smoking said they "intend to smoke in the future" and will likely become regular smokers

Smoking among children in the Great Britain is increasing, now one in five kids (21%) have tried smoking, compared to just 14% two years ago (according to latest figures from ASH). And it coincides with the explosion in popularity of vaping among kids

Good to see Baroness O'Grady raising our findings of the mammoth investigation I did with @mattchapman.bsky.social into the seasonal worker visa in a recent debate on the Fair Work Agency.

She correctly highlights how immigration enforcement hampers effective labour enforcement.

Incredible to me that in Laos you can buy a pack of cigarettes for less than a can of Coke, and here's why

Smoke and mirrors: How big tobacco manipulates science in Japan In Japan, not only does the tobacco industry have close ties to government, but universities are also vulnerable to its influence. In this equation, public health loses out.

Brave whistleblower, Shiro Konuma, exposes Big Tobacco's manipulation of science in Japan. As he writes "Awareness of hypocrisy and malpractice in the tobacco industry is the first, concrete step toward a truly smoke-free world." www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

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Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit Industry giant paid for Lord Vaizey’s trip to Switzerland before he tabled amendment to tobacco and vapes bill

Curious that neither Lord Vaizey nor Philip Morris would answer our questions about whether any other UK parliamentarians went on the same junket to Swizerland.

Pleasure working with @theexamination.org

Phillip Morris + a British lord + a trip to Switzerland = a new proposal to water down the UK's anti-smoking law

My colleague's @theexamination.org scoop this weekend, in partnership with @theguardian.com 👇

A U.K. lawmaker is trying to stall an upcoming ban on heated tobacco products—after an industry-funded visit to a tobacco giant’s Swiss lab.
👉 Read more: www.theexamination.org/articles/uk-...

Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit Industry giant paid for Lord Vaizey’s trip to Switzerland before he tabled amendment to tobacco and vapes bill A Conservative peer proposed delaying the UK’s proposed ban on heated tobacco, weeks after a leading cigarette company paid for him to visit its research facility in Switzerland. The tobacco and vapes bill would gradually raise the age at which consumers can buy cigarettes and other tobacco products, making the UK the first major economy to chart a course towards phasing out tobacco altogether. Continue reading...

Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit

Tory peer proposed delay on heated tobacco ban after Philip Morris visit Industry giant paid for Lord Vaizey’s trip to Switzerland before he tabled amendment to tobacco and vapes bill

Lobbying 101. Give a lawmaker a freebie trip and then a few weeks later they propose a favourable law change on your behalf www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Some of the poorest countries in the world will no longer be able to monitor youth tobacco use after the Trump administration's cuts to the CDC. Experts fear it will open a "playground" for Big Tobacco w/ @maria-perez.bsky.social‬ & @ashleyokwuosa.bsky.social‬ www.theexamination.org/articles/tru...

The Philippines is chairing the World Health Assembly for the first time – but public health organizations are calling on @who.int to revoke its role over ties between Filipino officials and tobacco giant Phillip Morris International. #WHA78 🧵

www.theexamination.org/articles/how...

Del Monte's global corporate office is in the United States, but despite this no major US media outlet has covered the story

Court cases for the victims of assault are never brought, or are delayed, seemingly indefinitely. And a Kenyan human rights case brought on behalf of a group of alleged victims was thrown out due to lack of jurisdiction (after lawyers successfully argued Del Monte was based in the Cayman Islands)

Many of the ancestors of those living next to the farm were forced off the land by Del Monte's predecessor, and now their descendants live in extreme poverty. Theft from the pineapple farm is high, which has led to violent clashes

The accusations include murder, rape and other serious assaults, which have devastated lives of the victims and their families. Some of the injuries on show in the film are truly shocking. Justice has continually been denied to victims of violence

YouTube video by KTN News Kenya Inside Source: Inside Del Monte's Guarded Torture

This is a film that needs to be seen in the United States. Kenyans living alongside a megafarm tell horrifying stories - spanning decades - of abuse by Del Monte employees www.youtube.com/watch?v=anKJ...

We've uncovered how the Philippines helped block the appointment of a group of health experts at the world's biggest tobacco control negotiations as it sought to protect Big Tobacco's economic interests. Despite this, the Philippines is still due to preside over this month's World Health Assembly

TIL a scientist fed genetically engineered worms maple syrup to see if it helps Alzheimers. When the study showed the worms were worse off on average he still claimed maple syrup showed 'protective effects' www.theexamination.org/articles/a-s...

Amendment 38 to Tobacco and Vapes Bill to Tobacco and Vapes Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament Andrew Rosindell's amendment Clause 1 (38) to Tobacco and Vapes Bill, proposed during Report stage

Andrew Rosindell, the Tory MP who attended a boozy lunch with the tobacco industry last year, has tabled another amendment that would exclude heated tobacco from the ban, something the industry has been lobbying hard for bills.parliament.uk/bills/3879/s...

I wonder if they've been wined and dined by the tobacco industry, just like the last set of MPs who tried to prevent Rishi Sunak's original version of the smoking ban www.theexamination.org/articles/rev...

Amendment 103 to Tobacco and Vapes Bill to Tobacco and Vapes Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament Nigel Farage's amendment Clause 1 (103) to Tobacco and Vapes Bill, proposed during Report stage

Nigel Farage and his Reform party want to prevent the smoking ban for future generations. Funny coincidence how the UK's right wing populist party is trying to sink the ban just like their counterparts successfully did in New Zealand bills.parliament.uk/bills/3879/s...

Mass firings hit US tobacco regulators overwhelmed with thousands of new products, writes @mattchapman.bsky.social www.theexamination.org/articles/mas...