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BY ALAN OSBORN

INTRODUCTION

About 10 years ago the American distiller JB Wagoner decided to market a fiery liquor made from the cactus-like agave plants growing in the hills on his estate at Temecula in California. He called it "temequila." It soon became known as "the American tequila," proving indistinguishable in taste, texture and effect from the well-known Mexican drink.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EURO 8.5 million research project has been launched that will develop plants able to be sources of complex pharmaceutical compounds especially useful for fighting malaria and cancer. The European Union (EU)-funded SmartCell project will focus on controlling the metabolism of plant cells to create a "green factory" for pharmaceuticals, claimed coordinator the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE OLD 15 member European Union (EU) will hit its Kyoto Protocol collective target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 8% for the period 2008-2012 from 1990 levels, but only by financing pollution cuts in poor countries abroad.…

BY PATRICIA KELLY

A LENGTHY investigation over several years into the impact of indoor air quality on public health will result in a series of policy recommendations, pushing the European Commission into proposing formal regulations fixing the problem across the European Union (EU).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A PLANNED acquisition of the release liner business of Loparex Holding, of the Netherlands, by stationary company Mondi plc of South Africa, has been approved by the European Commission. Loparex’s siliconised release liners – coated paper or film strips protecting the adhesive surface of envelopes, stickers or plasters before use – are seen by Mondi as a good match for its business.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

INTERNATIONAL standards ensuring cigarettes are designed with a reduced risk of causing fires have been requested by the European Commission. The European Committee for Standardisation is now considering approving standards by 2010 to ensure a "reduced ignition propensity of cigarettes."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

INTERNATIONAL standards ensuring cigarettes are designed with a reduced risk of them causing fires are being taken forward in Europe, with the European Commission requesting a technical guideline by 2010. This would be approved by the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) whose European standard would try to ensure a "reduced ignition propensity of cigarettes."…

BY PATRICIA KELLY

INDOOR air pollution is a major source of allergies and respiratory diseases, according to scientists and researchers investigating the impact of indoor air quality on public health. While some progress has been made in limiting tobacco smoke, toxic chemicals – from consumer goods to construction products – remain a problem.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MEMBER governments of the UN’s Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have adopted international guidelines designed to limit the impact of deep-sea fishing on species at risk of being over-fished. The rules would apply for fishing vessels working in international waters and they call on international fishery organisations to ensure deep sea fisheries are "rigorously managed".…

By Alan Osborn

The 27 EU member states will have to speed up their educational progress if they are to meet a range of self-imposed targets deemed necessary if the Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs is to be successful by 2010.…