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BY KEITH NUTHALL

ITALIAN, Dutch, Israeli and German researchers are creating a database that can advise businesses and others on the potential health, safety and environmental impact of nanoparticles. This NHECD (Nano health-environment commented database) database is being financed with Euro 1.45 million of European Union research funds.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) incoming food health claims labelling regulation was given a drubbing by industry experts and politicians at a conference earlier this week (NOTE – JUNE 2) who called for "time out" on the laws’ implementation to allow for an impact assessment.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE FINAL shape of the European Union’s (EU) third energy packaging and its varied options on unbundling has generated concern, especially amongst acolytes of full scale liberalisation. The debates over this legislation have pitted countries such as France, with a mercantilist approach that a borderless market is an opportunity for local, especially large, companies; and liberalisers such as the Dutch and the British seeing the union as a massive market in which the fittest thrive, from whatever country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, LEAH GERMAIN and MONICA DOBIE

MAYBE the best sign that renewable energies have hit the mainstream is that they now have their very own international organisation: the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Launched in Bonn, Germany, this January, with the support of 76 countries, including its host nation, Spain, Italy, France and Sweden, the roster of signatory nations has since been swollen by India and Belarus.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

SCIENTISTS from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands have developed a synthetic version of the natural protective cream found on newborn babies. Its properties will in particular help protect babies born prematurely against temperature changes, dehydration and infection as well as providing adults with relief from skin disease.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

INDIA’S US$12.4 billion annual turnover tobacco industry is passing through a difficult period, with little hope for a better future, despite its continued large size – this estimate coming from the Tobacco Institute of India for sales of all tobacco products, chewing tobacco and beedis.…

BY TONY MALLETT

GIVEN that they work in a country renowned for its knee-deep bureaucracy and fervent industrial action, Belgian truckers seem a surprisingly contented bunch. At least when taken individually.

Despite recent protests about the price of fuel – which resulted in their blockade of the Brussels inner ring road and demonstrations outside the headquarters of both the European Commission and the European Parliament – the pros riding way up high in the cabs of HGVs on Belgian roads seem generally happy with their lot.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched an investigation into an alleged cartel for heat stabilisers epoxidised soybean oil (ESBO) esters and tin stabilisers, both used in leather production. Brussels has released scant details, referring only to "restrictive business practices", but such cases usually involve alleged price and market share fixing, artificially inflating or protecting prices.…

BY ANDREW CAVE

GREEN is the colour for many future oil and gas industry jobs, according to a recent study predicting that environment-friendly energy will not only tackle the world’s energy crisis but also create millions of new jobs worldwide.

Green Jobs, published by the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington DC-based research organisation, says the renewable sector and its supplier industries already employ at least 2.3 million people worldwide, including about 300,000 workers in the wind power industry, 170,000 in solar photovoltaics and 600,000 in the solar thermal industry alone.…

By Monica Dobie

The ingredients of this cream was discovered through the Dutch researchers unraveling the ingredients of the protective film called Vernix caseosa (VC) that covers the foetus and newborn babies, helping skin growth before and after birth. It provides waterproofing inside the mother’s womb, allowing skin to grow in wet conditions, while after birth it hydrates and cleanses.…