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EU HEALTH INTERESTS CALL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ACTION IN EU STRATEGY
BY MONICA DOBIE
EUROPE-WIDE environmental health group the Health and Environment Alliance has called on the European Commission to set up a European Union (EU) biomonitoring programme which measures chemicals contaminants accumulating in human bodies. During a Commission consultation helping it draw up Europe-wide health strategy later this year, the alliance called for data from such a biomonitoring system to feed into developing relevant “EU policy sectors and regulations”.…
SIMPLE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES CAN SAVE ROAD HAULIERS SIGNIFICANT FUEL COSTS - IEA CONFERENCE
BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris
SIMPLE cost-effective actions can help road hauliers run more efficient businesses, reduce their fuel bills and improve their environmental credentials, expert speakers have told an international conference on fuel efficiency in Paris.
Fuel accounts for at least 30% of operating costs in most road transport operations, but few, if any, haulage companies are really maximising the potential to be more fuel efficient, according to Jonathan James, a consultant with Faber Maunsell.…
COSMETICS INDUSTRY PREPARES AS REACH CHEMICAL CONTROL SYSTEM COMES INTO FORCE
BY ALAN OSBORN
AFTER a hard-fought legal struggle lasting several years, the European Union’s (EU) far-reaching directive for the registration and control of chemicals known as REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals) came into force on June 1. The legislation is complex and far-reaching and will affect the cosmetics, soap and perfumery industries in a number of ways, some of which are not yet clear, even to the experts, because of issues regarding the interpretation of the regulation.…
AUSTRALASIAN PAINT INDUSTRY ADOPTS ENVIRONMENTALLY AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES
BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney
THE PAINT industries of Australia and New Zealand and their customers have taken several steps towards a more environmental and socially responsible approach making and applying coatings over the past 12 months, in both commercial and domestic markets.…
BRUSSELS ASSESSMENT SAYS KEY WATER POLLUTION EMISSIONS ARE FALLING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LONG-TERM trend on the emission of some industrial pollutants in water is very positive, says a detailed study of environmental data released by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA). Its second European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) review says about two-thirds of the 50 water and air industrial pollutants have been decreasing, considering data collected in 2004 from 12,000 facilities in the 25 EU member states of that year and Norway.…
BRUSSELS ASSESSMENT SAYS KEY WATER POLLUTION EMISSIONS ARE FALLING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LONG-TERM trend on the emission of some industrial pollutants in water is very positive, says a detailed study of environmental data released by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA). Its second European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) review says about two-thirds of the 50 water and air industrial pollutants have been decreasing, considering data collected in 2004 from 12,000 facilities in the 25 EU member states of that year and Norway.…
EIB PLOTS NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT LOANS FOR BRITAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend Urenco Limited up to Euro 200 million to extend the nuclear fuel enrichment capacity of two plants – in Britain and the Netherlands. Two environmental impact assessments have been completed and the EIB says the projects (costing Euro 430 million overall) should now comply with EU environment laws.…
WHO SAYS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS NEED TAMING IN EUROPE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) report has said that 101,335 deaths a year in Britain can be attributed to environmental problems, which could be reduced making them less deadly. Indeed, across Europe, the WHO says “well-tested environmental health interventions could reduce total deaths…by almost 20%.”…
SIMPLE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES CAN SAVE ROAD HAULIERS SIGNIFICANT FUEL COSTS - IEA CONFERENCE
BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris
SIMPLE cost-effective actions can help road hauliers run more efficient businesses, reduce their fuel bills and improve their environmental credentials, expert speakers have told an international conference on fuel efficiency in Paris.
Fuel accounts for at least 30% of operating costs in most road transport operations, but few, if any, haulage companies are really maximising the potential to be more fuel efficient, according to Jonathan James, a consultant with Faber Maunsell.…
BRUSSELS ASSESSMENT SAYS POLLUTION EMISSIONS ARE FALLING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LONG-TERM trend on the emission of some industrial pollutants is positive, says a detailed study of environmental data released by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA). Its second European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) review says that about two-thirds of the 50 air and water industrial pollutants have been decreasing, considering data collected in 2004 from 12,000 facilities in the 25 EU member states of that year and Norway.…