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OAS - EASHW DEAL
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.…
PLASTIC LAMPPOSTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union research network says it has created tough thermoplastic lampposts that absorb energy in a collision and so could save hundreds of lives across Europe. In the UK alone, said the EUREKA-group, more than 500 motorists are killed each year, hitting roadside objects such as lampposts, usually made from metal, concrete or occasionally fibre-glass.…
NANOTECHNOLOGY CRITICISM (ROUND UP)
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INNOVATIVE nanotechnology technology has been trialled in the United States, effectively spraying a protective crystal crust on a New Mexico mountainside that had been left exposed to erosion by a fire. Its flames destroyed 5,000 acres of land considered sacred by the Taos Pueblo Native Indian group.…
GLOBAL WARMING QUESTIONED
BY DEIRDRE MASON
A RESEARCH paper from the respected University of Uppsala, in Sweden, has set off an intense debate amongst climate change specialists by claiming that there are not enough recoverable oil and gas reserves worldwide to lead to previously predicted disastrous global warming scenarios.…
NANOTECHNOLOGY CRITICISM (ROUND UP)
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INNOVATIVE nanotechnology technology has been trialled in the United States, effectively spraying a protective crystal crust on a New Mexico mountainside that had been left exposed to erosion by a fire. Its flames destroyed 5,000 acres of land considered sacred by the Taos Pueblo Native Indian group.…
COTTON GIN RECYCLING
BY PHILIP FINE
THE AMERICAN cotton industry has found ways turn its cotton gin waste into new products, helped by its federal government. The sector produces a lot of waste through its cotton gins and has to absorb the high cost of removing them.…
SALMONELLA MONITORING
BY MONICA DOBIE
NEW research from the USA’s Livestock Behaviour Research Unit has shown it is possible to track salmonella infections in living piglets and adult pig tissue after slaughter by treating the bacteria to give off light. This development involving so-called biophotonics would allow farmers to stop the spread of infection before pigs are transported and sold.…
CANCER DOG
BY PHILIP FINE
AN AMERICAN study has found a possible link between hot dogs and colon cancer. University of Nebraska researcher Dr. Sidney Mirvish – who has studied processed meats for 30 years – found increased levels of nitrosamines (NOCs), a suspected carcinogen, in the faeces of mice fed a diet of hot dogs.…
EU ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH PLAN
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.…
EU ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH PLAN
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.…