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KEITH NUTHALL
A BINDING European code of practice promoting the health of farmed fish is being developed. Created by the committee of the Council of Europe’s European Convention for the Protection of Animals kept for Farming Purposes, the code has been written because of concerns that new fish farming techniques are posing health and welfare problems.…

BY MONICA DOBIE and KEITH NUTHALL
EATING curry – fast becoming Britain’s national dish – could help cure cancer, an American Cancer Society journal has claimed. It cites University of Texas research showing that curcumin, the yellow pigment found in key curry ingredient tumeric, slows melanoma cell growth and stimulates the death of tumour cells.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SMOKING bans can significantly improve the health of restaurant and bar workers according to research performed by the USA’s University of Kentucky. Researchers collected and analysed hair samples of service workers in Lexington, Kentucky, four months before a municipal public place smoke-free law took effect and then three months after the enactment.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project has developed technology that enabling local authorities to assess contaminants on brownfield sites, without having to drill boreholes and take physical samples. The HYGEIA consortium has developed a high-precision positioning system for ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys, which is necessary for collecting high-resolution 3-D data.…

KEITH NUTHALL
FARMED fish are generally as safe and healthy to eat as wild fish, a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has concluded, noting: “Overall…with respect to their safety for the consumer there is no difference between wild and farmed fish”.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A BRITISH Columbia, Canada, judge has thrown out an application by several foreign tobacco manufacturers to be exempted from the provincial government’s lawsuit to recover smoking-associated medical costs. JTI-Macdonald Corp, BAT Industries plc, British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd, Carreras Rothmans Ltd, Philip Morris Inc, Philip Morris International, Inc, RJ

Reynolds Tobacco Company, RJ Reynolds Tobacco International Inc, Rothmans International Research Division and Ryesekks plc have been cited in the case and are based, for the most part, in the US and Britain.…

BY MARK ROWE
CAN insurers help reduce risk by funding initiatives for the emergency services? Companies are increasingly looking at how they can support emergency services and, thereby, lessen the impact of insurance claims. The thinking is by helping to improve the efficiency of emergency services, the impact of natural and manmade disasters, including terrorism, can be mitigated in terms of people making insurance claims.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the acquisition of joint control by Danish beer giant Carlsberg of plant variety breeder and developer Sejet Planteforaedling I/S (Sejet), also of Denmark. Carlsberg will share ownership of Sejet with Danish agricultural supplies cooperative Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab (DLG).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MYSTERIOUS species, which could provide the cure cancer, might be wiped-out by researchers exploring for unknown life in deep seas unit by the sun, the United Nations University is warning. A study has called for international rules on bio-prospecting, so high-tech submarines do not damage sensitive eco-systems that are barely understood.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved a Euro 6.2 million state aid scheme helping Calabria, Italy, producers of bergamot oil, a perfume and cosmetics ingredient. The money will help cover investments in production, processing and marketing, start-up aid for producer groups, research work, the dissemination of information within the industry, quality-control systems and advertising campaigns.…