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FROG FUNGUS
BY MONICA DOBIE
AMERICAN scientists believe that a fungus is to blame for the accelerated decline and, in some cases, extinction of frogs and toads in north and central America and Australia James P. Collins, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist at Arizona State University told the Los Angeles Times that 32 strains of the emerging pathogen called batrachochytrium dendrobatidis have been linked to three-fourths of frogs species in decline in Costa Rica and Panama.…
AGOA - AFRICA/USA
Keith Nuthall
USA sales of textile and clothing made in sub-Saharan Africa have been increasing solidly as a result of the African Growth and Opportunity Act, which promotes trade by allowing duty free exports of products into America. That is the conclusion of a new report from the US Trade Representative (USTR) office on the act’s influence on trade and investment policy towards and in the region.…
TUMOUR VIRUS
BY MONICA DOBIE
RESEARCHERS at America’s St Louis University are destroying tumours with genetically engineered viruses that infect cancer cells whilst leaving healthy cells unharmed. Results published in the journal Cancer Research have claimed cancer cells are destroyed when the viruses reproduce themselves.…
TUMOUR VIRUS
BY MONICA DOBIE
RESEARCHERS at America’s St Louis University are destroying tumours with genetically engineered viruses that infect cancer cells whilst leaving healthy cells unharmed. Results published in the journal Cancer Research have claimed cancer cells are destroyed when the viruses reproduce themselves.…
OPEN SKIES DELAY
Keith Nuthall
NEGOTIATIONS on a comprehensive open skies deal involving the European Union (EU) and the United States are being held up, with the US refusing to allow EU carriers cabotage rights within America. The European Commission also wants EU companies to be able to buy majority control of US airlines.…
US - AGOA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Trade Representative has claimed more than 95 per cent of US imports from sub-Saharan African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) eligible countries now enter America duty free. Exports rose by 55 per cent to US$14 billion from 2002 to 2003, mainly through higher oil sales.…
DISEASE CONTROL
BY MONICA DOBIE
DATA from the Atlanta, USA’s Centers for Disease Control has shown alarming levels of pesticide contamination in North America. Researchers tested the blood and urine of 9,000 people for levels of 23 pesticides, and found that 100 per cent of the subjects carried detectable levels of contamination.…
FAO BREEDS DECLINE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned that the number of domesticated livestock breeds worldwide is declining sharply, with 1,350 of the roughly 6,300 FAO registered breeds threatened by extinction or already extinct. The problem has been discussed by a special FAO meeting of national coordinators on animal genetic resources, which is developing a global plan to halt their disappearance.…
EU ACCIDENT STATS
BY MONICA DOBIE
TREATING low-wage workers well provides substantial benefits to companies according to a recent American corporate study. Conducted for Corporate Voices for Working Families, it highlighted 15 company programmes ranging from subsidised child care at Bank of America to short term employee loans at Levi Strauss & Co.…
HEALTH MONITOR
BY MONICA DOBIE
A SATELLITE based monitor used to track the health of climbers on an expedition to Mount Everest will soon help British nurses better serve their patients.
The Health Monitoring Kit, developed by Canadian company March Networks, allows nurses to monitor their patients externally through a camera and a Internet broadband connection.…