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BY KEITH NUTHALL

NORTH America’s Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), helped by the US, Canada and Mexico governments has released a detailed report claiming that removing lead from petrol has reduced lead levels in children’s blood in all three countries.*

http://www.cec.org/files/pdf/POLLUTANTS/CEH-Indicators-fin_en.pdf…

BY MONICA DOBIE

AMERICAN meat and dairy producers who pollute the air and water with animal waste will be let off paying fines of up to US$27,500-a-day in exchange for information to try to lessen future pollution. The USA’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed agreements with more than 6,700 farms in 42 states ranging from small dairy farms to large factory pork and dairy operations.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney

FOR devotees of Captain Kirk, Dr Spock and the original Star Trek crew, the thrilling world of nanotechnology could sound vaguely familiar. It offers the 21st century a swathe of new products and services, from dirt-repelling cars to ‘thinking’ materials that can change colour automatically.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, has adopted new environmental and social standards governing the its choice of aid projects. The IFC has also approved a new policy on disclosure, to boost transparency.

ENDS…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BY KEITH NUTHALL

UNEP – RISK MANAGEMENT

A BOOK detailing practical ways in which governments can reduce the costs of dealing with major challenges such bird flu, terrorism and climate change has been released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GOVERNMENTS should make market-based environmental policies, such as taxes and emissions trading, are simple and reasonably priced, to ensure their success, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report has said. Trading schemes, in particular, work better with "bigger markets and more participants", says the report, ‘Using the market for cost-effective environment policy – market-based instruments in Europe’.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE LEASING of transport services in Uganda is to be funded by the European Investment Bank (EIB), which is planning to lend Euro 10 million’s worth of Ugandan shillings (UGX 21.4 billion) to the Kampala-based DFCU Leasing Company Ltd.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE SYNTHETIC fragrance musk ketone has been correctly declared a carcinogen with the same potential dangers to consumers as musk xylene, a European Commission committee has concluded. That said, its scientific committee on health and environmental risks says the official status of musk ketone "as a ‘category three’ carcinogen should be revisited" after proper scientific studies have been carried out.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ENVIRONMENTAL health officers have been asked to say what they think of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which has been conducting an internal review of its work, now it has settled into its permanent headquarters in Parma.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN ENVIRONMENTAL impact assessment from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has given a qualified approval to a proposed gold mine project on the Russia-China border in Siberia. The EBRD has concluded the impact of Russian company Berezitovy Rudnik’s plans to exploit the Berezitovy gold deposit, in Tynda district, Amur region, "will be at a predominantly local level with a moderate degree of threat to the environment".…