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BY KEITH NUTHALL
CELEBRATED European Union (EU) whistleblower Paul van Buitenen has been elected to the European Parliament, daring the European Commission to sack him for the criticisms he made of the EU in his election manifesto. More a book than a policy platform, van Buitenen laid into his former boss Neil Kinnock, who he has accused of erecting “hoax” accounting reforms to the much-criticised EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPILATION of online resources have been compiled by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EASHW) to advise employers on improving work health and safety for female workers. It includes examples of practical guidelines and relevant legislation, as well as best practice notes and research from European Union (EU) member countries and further abroad.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FOOD researchers have been asked to participate in two new international studies coordinated by the Committee of Senior Officials for Scientific and Technical Research (COST), an EU-managed body promoting cooperation amongst European scientists. Its latest studies covers pig genomics and reducing toxins and organic contaminants in grain and vegetables.…

BY MARK ROWE
GIVEN the level of public concern over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in what we drink and eat, most companies have chosen to tread warily around the issue and sought not to draw attention to it. In the Swedish town of Ystad, however, a small family brewery has adopted the opposite approach.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) high-level group on textiles has adopted a series of recommendations to improve the competitiveness of the EU textiles and clothing industry, in the face of increasing competition after import quotas are abolished in the New Year.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed a European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming including 21 policy measures, such as improving information about organic farming, streamlining public support via rural development, improving production standards and strengthening research.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ONE of the largest European Union cooperative research projects has started work to create a computerised resource centre helping companies improve their in-house staff training programmes. The EU-funded ProLearn Network of Excellence says it intends to “revolutionise the way that individuals learn, both in the workplace and in a university context”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PVC or polymer materials for roofing generally have a lower environmental impact than using bitumen, because of their comparative lightness, a life cycle assessment on PVC written for the European Commission has claimed. Undertaken by a research consortium led by German consultancy PE Europe GmbH, the review added that for flooring, PVC is less useful in environmental terms, having a bigger impact that linoleum, for instance.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FRENCH Agency for Health and Environmental Safety (AFSSE) has blamed fossil fuel consumption in road transport for killing up to 10,000 people per year in France. Its critical report says that between six and 11 per cent of all lung cancer cases in the country are caused by such emissions, (up to 1,713 deaths annually).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EURO 192 million will be spent on food quality and safety research this year under the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme for research, the European Commission has said. Short-listed projects tackle issues such as traceability, contaminants in food, emerging pathogens, diseases affecting animals and crops, food allergy, obesity and nutrition.…