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Cleanlogic To Donate Portion of Sales to Help the Visually Impaired During Blindness Awareness Month
2021-09-28 15:49:19| Happi Breaking News
The inclusive beauty brand will donate 15% of sales to the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blinds Childrens Tech Education Fund and its Inspiration Foundation.
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Better Cotton accused of "blindness" to forced labour
2020-10-29 12:46:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
An expert task force set up to review the Better Cotton Initiative's Better Cotton Standard System (BCSS) has found that decent work receives less attention than environmental issues such as water and soil health - and that there is "organisational blindness" to forced labour.
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Sea blindness: UK maritime in the public eye
2017-06-19 10:00:00| Ship Technology
According to a poll by ComRes on behalf of the UK Chamber of Shipping, 84% of the UK public correctly identified shipping as the principal mode of transport for the countrys imports and exports. Does this show that sea blindness is a myth?
Merck Congratulates Guatemala as Fourth Country in Latin America to Achieve WHO Verification of Elimination of River Blindness
2016-09-29 19:06:00| Merck.com - Corporate News
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, commends the government of Guatemala on being the fourth country in Latin America to receive World Health Organization (WHO) verification of the elimination of river blindness (onchocerciasis). Language: English Contact: MerckLainie Keller, 908-236-5036 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more
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Merck and the Mectizan Donation Program Donate $1 Million to the END Fund for Efforts to Help Eliminate River Blindness in Africa
2016-03-04 16:00:00| Merck.com - Corporate News
Dateline City: KENILWORTH, N.J. Since 1987 Merck Has Donated More than Two Billion Treatments of Mectizan to Help Eliminate River Blindness and Lymphatic Filariasis KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the company, together with the Mectizan Donation Program, is donating $1 million to the END Fund in support of efforts in Africa to eliminate river blindness, which is also known as onchocerciasis. Language: English Contact: For Media:Jennifer Allen Woodruff, 267-305-3550orLainie Keller, 908-236-5036orFor Investors:Teri Loxam, 908-740-1986orJustin Holko, 908-740-1879 Ticker Slug: Ticker: MRK Exchange: NYSE read more