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Posted on23/04/201228/06/2018Legislation

Report: FDA strengthens monitoring of post-approval drug safety

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A strengthened and modernised postmarket drug safety program has resulted in a substantial improvement in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of drugs once…

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Posted on23/04/2012Legislation

FDA Continues Dialogue on ‘Nano’ Regulation New Draft Guidelines

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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…

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Posted on23/04/2012Legislation

EPA Issues Fracking Rules

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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…

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Posted on23/04/201228/06/2018Legislation

Summary of disinfectant regulation

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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,…

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Posted on23/04/201228/06/2018Legislation

Cancer fears can be wrongly placed says APVMA science fellow

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The Australian pesticide and Veterinary Medicine Authority (APVMA) Science Fellow, Professor Stewart—an internationally recognised cancer expert and one of Australia’s leading experts on carcinogenic substances—…

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Posted on23/04/2012Legislation

New maximum residue limited proposed

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

New Health Effects Study Highlights Advancement in Clean Diesel Technology

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

Trouble Coping With the Unfamiliar as You Age? Blame Your White Matter

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

Study Suggests Drastic Changes Needed to Curb Most Potent Greenhouse Gas

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

Sunlight Plus Lime Juice Makes Drinking Water Safer

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

Anaesthetic causes jet-lag

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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…

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Posted on19/04/2012Gossip

A Colourful Detector For Phosgene

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

Special panel links C8 to kidney, testicular cancer

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

Chemical in fake tan and make-up is linked to obesity and diabetes

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

Urban heat amplifies death risk for elderly.

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

Babies are born dirty, with a gutful of bacteria

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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…

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Posted on19/04/201228/06/2018Gossip

If the food’s in plastic, what’s in the food?

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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…

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Posted on17/04/201228/06/2018Technical

Geographic distribution of Environmental Relative Moldiness Index moulds in USA homes

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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…

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Posted on17/04/2012Technical

Assessment of indoor radiation dose received by the residents of natural high background radiation areas of coastal villages of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India

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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…

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Posted on17/04/2012Technical

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in indoor dust and human hair

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In the present study, settled workplace dust (n ) 55) from common offices, secondary schools, shopping malls, hospitals, electronic factories and manufacturing plants in Hong…

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