## China rocked by cooking oil contamination scandal

Authored by bbc.com

China rocked by cooking oil contamination scandal.

The Chinese government says it will investigate allegations that fuel tankers have been used to transport cooking oil after carrying toxic chemicals without being cleaned properly between loads.

The controversy has spread online as social media users express concerns about potential food contamination.

Tankers used for transporting fuel were found to be carrying food products, like cooking oil and syrup, and were not decontaminated correctly, according to state-run Beijing News.

Transporting cooking oil in contaminated fuel trucks was said to have been so widespread it was considered an “open secret” in the industry, according to one driver quoted by the newspaper.

The case is the latest blow to public trust in the Chinese government's ability to enforce food safety standards.

“This is much worse than the Sanlu scandal, it can’t be settled with just [a] statement,” a user commented. »

### Clarence Thomas, a $267,000 RV, and Why American Health Care Sucks

Authored by rollingstone.com

Yet, he separately chose to participate in another health insurance case and authored the court’s unanimous opinion in 2004.

Meanwhile, Thomas’ health insurance opinion has had wide-ranging, long-lasting ramifications, according to Mark DeBofsky, an employee benefits lawyer and former law professor.

Since last year, the Supreme Court has faced an unprecedented ethics crisis, with much of the focus aimed squarely at Thomas. »

### Pritzker signs law banning health insurance companies’ ‘predatory tactics,’ including step therapy

Authored by apnews.com

The Democrat signed legislation codifying one of his top initiatives of last spring’s legislation session, the Healthcare Protection Act, which outlaws step therapy, prior authorization for mental health crises and junk insurance.

“For too long, insurance companies have used predatory tactics to make an extra dime at the expense of Illinois consumers,” Pritzker said.

“For too long, patients have (been) delayed or been denied medically necessary treatments because of profit-driver utilization management practices.”. »

### IOC announces Olympic Esports Games to be hosted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Authored by olympics.com

The duration of the partnership between the IOC and the Saudi NOC will be 12 years, with Olympic Esports Games held regularly.

“We are very fortunate to be able to work with the Saudi NOC on the Olympic Esports Games, because it has great – if not unique – expertise in the field of esports with all its stakeholders.

The Olympic Esports Games will greatly benefit from this experience,” said IOC President Thomas Bach. »

### Man gets 226 years in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one

Authored by abcnews.go.com

Man gets 226 years in deaths of 2 Alaska Native women.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies” was sentenced Friday to 226 years in prison.

Both Alaska Native women were from small villages in western Alaska and experienced homelessness when living in Anchorage. »

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