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REACH WILL FORCE PACKAGING MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS TO TAKE CARE OVER CHEMICAL RELEASES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
JUNE 1 was a historic date for the packaging industry, because in a sense, nothing from that day will be the same again. That was when REACH – the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals system – came into force, sparking a long series of deadlines, tests, assessments and registrations that will last from now until 2022.…
REACH WILL FORCE PACKAGING MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS TO TAKE CARE OVER CHEMICAL RELEASES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
JUNE 1 was a historic date for the packaging industry, because in a sense, nothing from that day will be the same again. That was when REACH – the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals system – came into force, sparking a long series of deadlines, tests, assessments and registrations that will last from now until 2022.…
INDIA FIU CHIEF HAILS SUCCESS OF HIS NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING UNIT
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
BACKED by a sense of achievement from the successful trip to Egmont Group’s 15th Plenary Session in Bermuda in May, where India finally got admitted into this key international anti-money laundering group, Arun Goyal, director of the country’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU-IND), has claimed in an exclusive interview with the Money Laundering Bulletin that after one year in business his agency is now fully operational.…
EU GENETIC OBESITY STUDY FOCUSES ON FULLNESS FEELINGS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity launched by the European Union (EU) is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan in eight European countries. The EU-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) project is studying the dietary, genetic, physiological and psychological factors behind obesity, so that more sophisticated food control policies can be developed.…
INDIA INSTALLS TECHNOLOGY TO CLEAN HIGH ASH COAL
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
INDIA’S possession of world’s fourth-largest coal reserves of 246 billion tonnes is marred in economic terms by a serious problem of high ash content and low calorific value that makes it almost unviable for steel industry use and expensive for power generation.…
SOUTHERN INDIA NURSE PROSPERS BY MOVING NORTH TO DELHI
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
SHY but confident, Leenia Thomas, 31, is among the few fortunate nurses in India satisfied with their present employment and not dreaming of immigrating to the UK, USA or the Gulf. However she still lives 2,000 km away from her hometown in the southern state of Kerala, which provides a large proportion of the nurses in India because of its high literacy rates and unusually strong cultural position of women.…
EU LAUNCHES RESEARCH INTO ORGANIC LIGHT POLYMERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTELLIGENT packaging is a buzz-concept in the plastics sector, deploying chemically sensitive polymers which can change colour when a food goes off, or is out of date, and other uses. But a European Union (EU) research project is taking a step further, developing organic light emitting device materials (OLEDs) that could actually flash and beam out messages: “Don’t drink this milk, it is sour!”…maybe.…
EU LAUNCHES RESEARCH INTO ORGANIC LIGHT PACKAGING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTELLIGENT packaging is a buzz-concept in the food sector, using chemically sensitive materials which could change colour when a food goes off. But a European Union (EU) research project is taking a step further, developing organic light emitting device materials (OLEDs) that could actually flash and beam out messages: “Don’t drink this milk, you could throw up!”…maybe.…
GLOBAL WARMING - KYOTO RERUN REPORT UNDERLINES NEED FOR URGENT CHANGE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LATEST report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stressed the urgent action still required to reverse global warming trends, saying without action, global greenhouse gas emissions will be 25% to 90% above current levels by 2030, with the highest growth from the transport sector.…
GLOBAL WARMING - KYOTO RERUN REPORT UNDERLINES NEED FOR URGENT CHANGE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LATEST report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stressed the urgent action still required to reverse global warming trends, saying without action, global greenhouse gas emissions will be 25% to 90% above current levels by 2030, with the highest growth from the transport sector.…