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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally called for nuclear specialists involved in collaborative studies with experts from other European Union (EU) Member States to submit proposals for grants from the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. Brussels has a budget of Euro 61 million – paid via EURATOM – for this work.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE TOBACCO industry is facing another assault from the European Union (EU), this time at the hands of a new environment and health strategy for 2004-2010 being developed by the European Commission and which has already received approval in principal from the EU Council of Ministers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission made a formal call for nuclear specialists involved in collaborative studies with experts from other European Union (EU) Member States to submit proposals for grants from the EU’s sixth framework programme for research. Brussels has set aside a budget of Euro 61 million – paid via EURATOM – for this work and has released a detailed guide of the research topics it will favour in grant applications.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union ministers have welcomed the European Commission’s environment and health strategy for 2004-2010, approving its initial focus on childhood respiratory diseases, asthma, allergies; neuro-developmental disorders; child cancer and endocrine disrupters.

Ministers called on the Commission to develop research models to assess the health impact of public policies, (and associated socio-economic affects), especially on children and other vulnerable groups.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
AN OVERWHELMING majority of Canadians are displeased with their private motor insurance schemes and believe their provincial governments should step in to regulate the industry, according to a recent public opinion poll.

Of the 1,017 respondents interviewed, 75 per cent said these regional authorities should use their constitutional powers on insurance to impose limits on premium increases, and an equal number say that they should not exceed the inflation rate for people with clean driving records.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
250 words, DM Pounds 48, plus expenses: Train/tube travel from Honor Oak Park to Piccadilly return on 4 November: ?6.20, Phone card ?5 (Tickets should come in post – if not – can you ask Deirdre if she’s sending them in – of not, just send in the claim anyway.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EASHW) and the Organisation of American States have struck a deal which will lead to them cooperating in the development of health and safety best practice that can be applied on both sides of the Atlantic.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KEY OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) committee has called on governments to promote competition within the emerging broadband and wireless sectors. The advice comes from the OECD committee on information, computer and communications policy, which outlined principles that should guide the development of DSL, cable, fixed wireless and satellite.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BINDING energy conservation targets have been proposed for European Union (EU) Member States by the European Commission, a move that could further tighten fuel economy rules for Europe’s transport sector. Brussels has proposed a general energy saving target of one per cent a year from 2006-12, measured against average energy distribution from the previous five years.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
NEW biological research in the USA is developing a system that can be used in coal power plants, where microbes act as pollution filters that can eat away at emissions such as carbon dioxide. Scientists from the IBEA, (Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives), have pieced together 5,000 blocks of DNA to create a small artificial virus, or bacteriophage, that can sequester carbon dioxide and create hydrogen as a bi-product.…