Search Results for: Environmental health

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INNOVATIVE pilot study has been launched in Milan, which could transform the way that air pollution is analysed and measured in Europe, enabling a clearer picture to emerge about the source of emissions. The European Union’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has joined with the regional Italian environmental protection agency Agenzia Regionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente Lombardia to measure urban air pollution in the city until the end of February.…

BY PHILIP FINE

AMERICA is experiencing a rash of mould-related lawsuits. Recent cases have included a US$14 million judgment in Florida against a contractor for alleged toxic mould-related construction defects at a courthouse and a US$65 million lawsuit against a New York community college by one of its former employees for injuries and damages allegedly caused by mould exposure.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DISASTERS invariably spark reforms, especially when they are unprecedented. It was so with September 11, which has spun off a range of hitherto unimagined security precautions, and the same kind of safety-first reaction has followed recent oil tanker disasters such as the Prestige tragedy, off Spain.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved plans to lend US$3 million to the Armenian Copper Programme to help it increase its production of copper, build up reserves of raw materials and spend more on environmental-protection.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed an overhaul of European Union legislation regulating the use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in decorative paints, varnishes and car refinishing lines, insisting on tighter and more sophisticated limits for emissions of pollutants from these products.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN tobacco companies may have to introduce a self-snuffing cigarette if recent federal government proposals are given the go ahead. New standards outlined in a consultation paper by Health Canada, urge Ottawa to insist that cigarettes sold in Canada are designed to burn at lower temperatures or self-extinguish if a puff is not taken.…

BY PHILIP FINE

CONCERNS about a possible link between breast cancer and meat consumption are unfounded, according to a recent large-scale American study. The Nurses’ Health Study followed 88,647 women for 18 years. Investigators found no evidence that a diet high in animal protein was associated with risk of breast cancer.…

BY PHILIP FINE

CONTRARY to popular belief, a recent American study found no positive association between risk of breast cancer and meat consumption. The Nurses’ Health Study followed 88,647 women for 18 years. Investigators found no evidence that a diet high in animal protein was associated with risk of breast cancer.…

BY PHILIP FINE

Skyrocketing claims and a proposed new bill trying to make its way to the

US senate have put the issue of mould on the minds of American insurance

companies.

Several high-dollar claims have been going through

the US courts.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE
A new treatment to protect chickens against infection could phase out antibiotics in the poultry industry. The system, developed by Australia’s science authority CSIRO, provides a way of delivering antibiotic alternatives – natural proteins called cytokines – into chickens.…