A strengthened and modernised postmarket drug safety program has resulted in a substantial improvement in the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations oversight of drugs once…
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing a dialogue on nanotechnology begun in 2011 by publishing proposed guidelines on the evaluation and use of nanomaterials…
On 18 April 2012, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final rule, which will result, for the first time, in controlling air…
On 11 April 2012, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) released a summary of disinfectant regulations. Disinfectants are regulated in a variety of ways in Australia,…
The Australian pesticide and Veterinary Medicine Authority (APVMA) Science Fellow, Professor Stewartan internationally recognised cancer expert and one of Australia’s leading experts on carcinogenic substances…
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is considering varying maximum residue limits for agricultural or veterinary chemicals that may occur in food and has prepared…
A new study released by the Health Effects Institute (HEI) provides important new insights on the advancements in clean diesel technology and ultra-low sulphur diesel…
If you are an aging baby boomer and you’ve noticed it’s a bit harder to drive to unfamiliar locations or to pick a new brand…
Meat consumption in the developed world needs to be cut by 50 percent per person by 2050 if we are to meet the most aggressive…
Looking for an inexpensive and effective way to quickly improve the quality of your drinking water? According to a team of researchers from the Johns…
Researchers have discovered why people can feel like they have jet-lag after surgery – general anaesthetic alters the activity of genes that control the biological…
Chemists have identified six molecules that can react with a highly toxic nerve gas to produce a blue fluorescent signal. The compounds could find use…
A team of experts have found a “probable link” between C8 and human cancers; rebuffing DuPont Co.’s longstanding contention that exposure to the chemical is…
In a new study, researchers have discovered an association between a chemical used in make-up and self tanning lotions and obesity. The scientist found that…
In a new study, research found that during heat waves, elderly people living in city areas where night temperatures remain higher are more likely to…
For a long time, it has been assumed that the foetus lives in a sterile world, protected from the countless bacteria that fill its mother’s…
In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers put five San Francisco families on a three-day diet of food that…
This study quantified and described the distribution of the 36 moulds that make up the Environmental Relative Moldiness Index (ERMI). As part of the 2006…
This study investigated the radiation exposure and ED received through two routes of exposure- external and internal, via inhalation, by residents of 10 villages belonging…
In the present study, settled workplace dust (n ) 55) from common offices, secondary schools, shopping malls, hospitals, electronic factories and manufacturing plants in Hong…