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BY KEITH NUTHALL and MARK ROWE

THE INSTITUTE of Nanotechnology, in Stirling, Scotland, has released a new compendium of groundbreaking research, with many studies focusing on the use of nanotechnology in environmental health. The research covers commercial and academic developments in using nanoparticles, for instance in antibacterial, self-decontamination and anti-fouling coatings; antimicrobial capsules and surfaces; making surfaces easy to clean conventionally; self-cleaning glass; eliminating odours; and other uses.…

BY MARK ROWE

SAFETY testing of nanotechnology-based food ingredients is likely to prove difficult for environmental health officers, according to a leading expert in the field. In many cases, officers will be almost entirely reliant on the good faith of food manufacturers when it comes to the verification and approval of products for the consumer market.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE STATE Veterinary Service, in Scotland, has culled around 14,000 poultry, mainly grey partridge being reared for meat, to stamp out an outbreak of Newcastle Disease in East Lothian. Restrictions on moving poultry and hatching eggs have been imposed within a 3km ‘protection zone’ and 10km ‘surveillance zone’ centred on Fenton Barns, Drem.…

BY MARK ROWE

SAFETY testing of nanotechnology-based food ingredients is likely to prove difficult for food safety regulators, a leading expert in the field as told an Amsterdam conference on nanotechnology. In many cases, officials will be almost entirely reliant on the good faith of food manufacturers when it comes to the verification and approval of products for the consumer market.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Balderson, Ontario

STRONG family links and a dislike of European Union bureaucracy was what brought David James, 62, to Canada to start over again. In 1998, the James family, including wife Ann, 61, daughter Debra, 39, and son-in law Rob, 39, packed up their belongings and moved to a small farming community called Balderson, roughly 50 miles from Canada’s capital, Ottawa.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE NEW executive director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has hailed her agency’s initiative to develop a common scientific approach to assess the fish feed additives as "strongly in the interests of environmental protection and the health and safety of consumers."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a major public consultation exercise, which will include fish farms, to forge a common European Union (EU) method for assessing the environmental risks posed by fish feed. EFSA is not happy that in the European Union "no specific environmental risk assessment guidance exists for the aquatic compartment".…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SCOTLAND’S Dounreay nuclear plant needs to update its airborne radiation monitoring systems, a European Commission inspection report has concluded. Brussels’ nuclear energy directorate has concluded after an inspection of the Caithness site that Dounreay’s existing “existing high volume air samplers” should be replaced with “new generation devices when these have proven their reliability”.…

STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

SCOTLAND’S Dounreay nuclear plant needs to update its airborne radiation monitoring systems, a European Commission inspection report has concluded. Brussels’ nuclear energy directorate has concluded after an inspection of the Caithness site that Dounreay’s existing "existing high volume air samplers" should be replaced with "new generation devices when these have proven their reliability".…

STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN research network Eureka has developed a computerised screening process that will help pharmaceutical companies assess thousands of plants for a potentially lucrative source of therapeutic compounds. At present, researchers trawl through plant samples looking for a useful species, but Eureka’s E!…