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BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WHILE cuts and bruises from angry patients are nothing new to nurses, there are growing concerns that there is a link between physical assaults and long-term musculoskeletal symptoms.

The mental and emotional consequences of nursing violence have been on the radar of health institutions for a long time, but a recent study published in the UK-based international academic journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine is the first to make the connection between physical violence and chronic health problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MEDIUM-sized and large paint and coating coatings companies and their suppliers have wrongly claimed low administrative charges for small businesses under the European Union’s (EU) REACH chemical control system, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has warned. After the first November 30 deadline for registering chemicals under REACH has passed, ECHA officials will screen claims for the small business administration rate of Euro EUR8,300 and EUR2,070 for micro businesses, assessing whether these claimants were actually small.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into a planned Germany subsidy scheme that would help German non-ferrous metals producers to meet their electricity costs. The German government has announced plans to grant operating aid totalling Euro EUR40 million to energy intensive non-ferrous metal companies, such as those making aluminium, copper and zinc).…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

A NEW study from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has highlighted the fact that while India has become the seventh largest producer of vehicles in the world, it still holds only 1% of the global export market.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE PRICE of Chinese-made dry sodium gluconate in the European Union (EU) is set to rise, after the EU Council of Ministers yesterday (Monday 25 Oct) imposed stiff definitive anti-dumping duties on this widely-used food additive. Tariffs will be set at 53.2% – except for two producers cooperating with European Commission inquiries into the problem: Shandong Kaison Biochemical Co.,…

BY LEE ADENDOORF

NETWORKED clothing that can show you where it is at all times, talking to mirrors and shelves on the shop floor, is no longer the stuff of science fiction, but a reality developing rapidly in stores around the globe.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

SALES of new cars are still holding up surprisingly well despite the global downturn, but within a few years of their purchase, how many of them will be running on retread tyres?

The signs are that the market for retread and recycled tyres will grow, as world demand for rubber grows, particularly in China.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project BLUEPRINT will spend Euro EUR40 million on examining the behaviour of blood genes in healthy people and leukaemia patients. Its consortium of 41 European universities, research centres and companies want to create 100 reference models of gene collections and environments, helping pharmaceutical companies tailor the development of medicines for different categories of patients.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

DEFINING a niche drink is an arbitrary matter and what may pass as niche today may well be considered mainstream tomorrow. Flavoured vodka, for instance, had a relatively specialised following in Europe until a few years ago – now it is classified as an official spirit drink under European Union (EU) regulations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE GERMAN government is giving Euro EUR1.2 million to a UN project expanding and upgrading small and medium-sized generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in Asia and Africa. It is run by the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and aims to spread medicine manufacture across a continent where production is mainly concentrated in South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya.…