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BY KEITH NUTHALL

CONCERNS that using nanotechnologies in food and other consumer products could be hampered by the same public mistrust that has stymied the development of genetically modified foodstuffs are being tackled by a European Union (EU) research project. The ‘Nanologue’ programme has created a so-called ‘nanometer’, am online tool, which a European Commission note says is designed to help "researchers and product developers identify areas which could raise ethical, environmental or societal concerns among future consumers."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project has been launched to establish common rules measuring damage caused to consumers by food-borne illnesses, to iron out inconsistencies in assessments between EU countries. Part of the EU’s Med-Vet-Net initiative, scientists will focus on two common infections: salmonella and campylobacter.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project will establish common rules measuring damage caused to consumers by food-borne illnesses, to iron out inconsistencies in assessments between EU countries. Part of the EU’s Med-Vet-Net initiative, scientists will focus on two common infections: salmonella and campylobacter.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels, and KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Commission president José Manuel Barroso has claimed the EIT could be an excellent vehicle for solving the problems posed by climate change. He told a press conference today in Brussels that this was the "most important global challenge of our times" and he thought — and hoped — the EIT would make a great contribution to solving it.…

BY MARK ROWE

OFFICIALS in the central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan have called for urgent action to tackle the country’s uranium dumps, a legacy of the country’s role in the nuclear industry of the former Soviet Union. Their call has highlighted increasing concerns about how depleted uranium is stored, at a time when the United Kingdom and other governments look set to press ahead with a new generation of nuclear power stations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is moving towards supporting environment-friendly road transport, rather than dedicating resources to promoting public transport, a European Parliament debate organised by the Automobile and Society Forum, has heard. The European Commission is currently reviewing its 2001 transport white paper and its working papers have noted "disappointment" over the results of the EU’s pro-public transport policies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) funded research project has developed tests for growth promoters banned in the EU, such as avoparcin, spiramycin, tylosin, virginiamycin and zinc bacitracin. The ‘Feedstuffs-RADIUS’ project has created a procedure for simultaneously screening and detecting the five banned growth promoters in animal feeds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels

THE DETAILED guts and sinews of the European Research Area have been revealed in the shape of 35 large-scale research projects that will involve the swapping and analysing of data on a major scale.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BELGIUM and an alliance of six other European Union (EU) member states are pushing for the EU’s food control committees to develop monitoring systems to prevent unauthorised GM food imports into Europe. Its move at the EU Council of Ministers follows the illicit import of unapproved GM American rice.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) funded research project has developed a system for integrating tiny stainless-steel wires within fabrics, which are designed to ferry information about the wearer’s vital signs to electronic monitors. The aim of the Euro 4 million WEALTHY project has been to create a "groundbreaking woven sensing interface to be worn without any discomfort" that can be plugged into monitors at home or work, downloading important medical data to doctors at remote locations.…