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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has moved to head off growing public concerns about the potential environmental health problems associated with coatings and other products containing nanoparticles. It has released a code of conduct on nanotechnology research for European Union member states, asking them to ensure nanotechnology research does not produce harmful products.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WHEN oil and gas executives think of European Union (EU) funding for their projects or companies, they may consider the European Commission, with its high profile in energy spending and investment. But there is another EU institution with an important role as a financial fountainhead for European energy loans: the European Investment Bank (EIB).…

BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

SINCE biotech oil crops were first commercialised over a decade ago, their use has experienced yearly double-digit growth worldwide, with Latin America being something of a nursery for this growth. Globally, the area of biotech crops grew by 13%, or by 12 million hectares, in 2006, to reach 102 million hectares, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Commission officials have confirmed that poultry imports from the US into the European Union (EU) are expected to resume this summer, ending a 10-year ban based on environmental health concerns about antimicrobial agents used by American producers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is to review the European Union’s (EU) 2002 directive on airport noise restrictions after concluding that the law had failed to prevent an increase in noise near terminals.

In a new report, the Commission concluded: "The number of people affected by noise, particularly at night, has increased since the directive came into force, due to a general increase in the number of movements.…

BY GAVIN BLAIR, in Tokyo

THOUGH the number of academic specialists in commercial crime in the Asia-Pacific region may be fewer than in the US or Europe, many of the leading figures are both willing to work with corporate clients and have a great deal of experience outside the ivory towers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) scientific committee on health and environmental risks has said there is a need to limit the risks posed to certain workplaces exposed to medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) used as metal working fluids, paints and varnishes, adhesives/sealants, and flame retardants.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A QUICK and cheap method of testing chemicals’ toxicity is being developed by the US Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Using computer advances, genomics and cellular biology, this high-speed in-vitro testing method will allow "the testing of hundreds of thousands of chemicals a day", said the US National Human Genome Research Institute.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) scientific committee on health and environmental risks has called for a review of previous European Commission conclusions regarding the protection of workers and consumers handling products containing the textile flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD). Its experts have declared too narrow previous "margin-of-safety" precautions used when drawing conclusions about human safety from exposure tests on rats.…

BY MARK ROWE

LIKE the majority of industries in Thailand, the paint and coatings sector has endured a roller coaster ride in recent years. Having put the disruption caused by the 1997 financial crisis firmly behind it, the military coup of 2006 further unsettled affairs.…