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BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

WHILE Venezuela’s economy relies on its petroleum wealth, oil spills could devastate its environment. In 1997, a tanker spilled thousands of tonnes of oil in the Maracaibo Channel, affecting wildlife along 45 km of beach. Would Venezuelans support environmental restrictions on the petroleum industry if it meant that the country’s oil production fell, denying them millions of petrodollars?…

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.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has admitted that support for a comprehensive unbundling of EU energy suppliers and producers is weak within the EU Council of Ministers, signalling that he may have to water down planned tough draft proposals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) expert committee on emerging risks has warned of a lack of knowledge about the environmental and health effects of using nano-sized particles in paints, coatings and their packaging, among other consumer products. The committee has called for urgent research, especially regarding the potential environmental risk posed by nanotechnologies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) expert committee on emerging risks has warned of a lack of knowledge about the environmental and health effects of using nano-sized particles in paints, coatings and their packaging, among other consumer products. The committee has called for urgent research, especially regarding the potential environmental risk posed by nanotechnologies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SERIES of important decisions affecting air quality, water pollution and other environmental issues affecting the whole European Union (EU) were made last week by the EU Council of Ministers. Notably, it formally agreed new controls on the release of particulate matter.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

ALTHOUGH the European Union’s (EU) ambitious REACH policy to control the safety and use of tens of thousands of chemical substances does not directly apply to food or to food additives, manufacturers should not think they will escape its clutches scot-free.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, in London, and JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
THE INTRODUCTION on June 1 of the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals system – better known as REACH – will have a far-reaching impact on chemical manufacturers and distributors around the world, with companies operating in Japan expecting it to lead to higher costs – although they accept that its aims are positive.…

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.…

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.…