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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NORTH American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) disputes panel is to consider the legality of USA plans to impose countervailing duties on Canadian exports of pure and alloy magnesium. The request was made by Canada’s Magnola Metallurgy Inc, owned by the country’s metal giant Noranda Minerals Inc.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
AMERICAN scientists have developed the first genetic map of a cow, a breakthrough they claim will help reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition and quality of beef products. The research, performed at the Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Centre in Houston, Texas, is part of a US$53 million global project to sequence the genome of different breeds of cattle.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE COST of the proposed Mackenzie Delta pipeline in Canada’s Northwest Territories has skyrocketed 40% to CDN$7 billion from CDN$5 billion. Imperial Oil has expanded its planned capacity, adding a separate parallel LNG line. The pipeline should be able to move 1.2 billion cubic feet of gas daily to the United States.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CHILDREN born to women exposed to solvents at work suffer from developmental problems according to a study in Canada’s Archives of Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine journal. Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children, in Toronto, found repeated exposure to chemicals used in jobs such as hairdressing and laboratory work during pregnancy worsened the IQs, language skills, attentiveness and hyperactivity of their children, when young.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and MONICA DOBIE
AT least one million cases of pesticide poisonings occur annually worldwide, killing thousands of people, with children being especially at risk, a United Nations (UN) agency joint-report has claimed.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) say most poisonings occur in developing country rural areas, with poor countries accounting for 99% of these deaths, while using just 25% of the planet’s pesticides.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DECISION by the WTO to hold a scientific examination of claims that the EU has been breaking trade rules by banning imports of GM foods will delay a decision in this disputes case until March 2005, or later.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
A new Canadian study suggests that people suffering traumatic experiences during childhood or adolescence, such as parents’ divorce or physical abuse, are significantly more likely than others to develop arthritis later in life.

According to the research, published in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, there is a 27 per cent greater chance of such people developing arthritis.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A TABLOID newspaper devoted to promoting Quebec’s separation from Canada will launch a beer to help the publication stay afloat financially. The 6.2% alcohol beer is called La Militante, meaning activist, and will be brewed and sold in Quebec with profits going to Le Quebecois newspaper.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SUSPENSION of chicken product imports into the European Union (EU) of chicken products and birds from Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, China, South Korea and Vietnam will remain until March 31, 2005. The extension, (from December), of the bird flu ban was confirmed by the EU’s Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SUSPENSION of chicken product imports into the European Union (EU) of chicken products and birds from Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, China, South Korea and Vietnam will remain until March 31, 2005. The extension, (from December), of the bird flu ban was confirmed by the EU’s Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health.…