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Chemistry World April 5, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
Update: Europe Tightens Fluorinated Gas Restrictions A furious row between the European Parliament and the European Commission has stalled plans for further restrictions on use of fluorinated gases in the European Union.  |
Chemistry World September 27, 2007 Arthur Rogers |
European Institute Gets Green Light From MEPs Doubts persist over how the newly blessed European Institute of Technology will be funded. But already, EU member states are beginning to clamour for the kudos - and cash - they might attract by hosting the EIT governing board.  |
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2014 |
Whatever Happened To Faster Reimbursement For Generics In Europe? The plan to accelerate generic pricing and reimbursement has become another tragic European casualty.  |
Chemistry World May 23, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
Budget Shortfall Threatens FP7 An agreement on European Union budgets signed on May 17 confirms that EU research investment between 2007 and 2013 will fall 20 billion euros short of the 67.8 billion euros suggested by the European commission.  |
Chemistry World October 25, 2007 Sean Milmo |
New EU Legislation Would 'Ban 90 Per Cent of Insecticides' Agrochemical producers have warned that amendments to new European Union legislation on pesticides will lead to a drastic reduction in the crop protection agents available to farmers if they become law.  |
Chemistry World May 3, 2007 Arthur Rogers |
Uncertain Future for Europe's MIT Rival Plans for a European Institute of Technology to rival the U.S. Massachusetts' Institute of Technology are in disarray amid fears the EU flagship could be reduced to a virtual university.  |
Chemistry World February 6, 2009 Sean Milmo |
EU clash over pollution permits The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers - the two arms of the European Union's legislature - appear to be heading towards a confrontation over a proposed law to further cut emissions from chemical and other plants.  |
Chemistry World May 28, 2008 Arthur Rogers |
EU strikes deal on Reach toxicity tests Under pressure from Members of the European Parliament, the European Commission has promised to speed up validation and authorization of toxicity tests that avoid the use of animals.  |
Chemistry World December 13, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
Reach Goes Ahead After last-gasp negotiations between ministers and legislators, the European Parliament today gave the go-ahead to the launch of Reach, the European Union regulatory regime for chemicals.  |
Chemistry World November 15, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
Mercury Legislation Rises Then Falls Plans for EU restrictions on mercury have been thrown into confusion by European Parliament moves to exempt small firms that make and repair barometers.  |
Chemistry World February 18, 2014 Ned Stafford |
GM maize poised for approval in Europe The European commission is on the verge of authorizing a genetically modified maize for cultivation after ministers from EU member nations last week failed to muster a large enough majority to reject the crop.  |
Chemistry World October 11, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
Controversy Continues as Reach Nears Completion With deadlines looming for final agreement on the planned European Union system of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals, the European Parliament's Environment Committee is pushing for further amendments.  |
Chemistry World November 24, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
Reach Talks Break Down With time running out for agreement on Reach, the European Union's regulatory regime for chemicals, year-long discussions between the European parliament and EU states have broken down.  |
Chemistry World June 19, 2014 Ned Stafford |
EU plan to let member states decide on GM The European council of environment ministers would allow member states to go it alone and ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops.  |
Chemistry World February 27, 2008 Arthur Rogers |
European Institute of Technology to Open in 2010 A flurry of activity in Brussels and Strasbourg has cleared the way for a 2010 launch of the European Institute of Technology (EIT).  |
Chemistry World June 1, 2015 Ned Stafford |
Scientists hail partial victory on efforts to block cuts to European research programme All-night negotiations between European politicians led to the protection of key areas of the EU's research program.  |
Chemistry World June 25, 2008 Sean Milmo |
EU pesticide threat A fight is brewing in Europe over tighter controls of pesticides - which crop protection companies are warning will cut crop yields and push up the price of food.  |
Chemistry World February 3, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
Europe Tightens Fluorinated Gas Restrictions European Union Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas is threatening tougher controls on use of fluorinated gases implicated in global warming.  |
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 |
DVD Drive Radiation Danger? What the warnings inside of a DVD drive mean.  |
Fast Company Annelise McGough |
Google Cites Free Nature Of Search In EU Antitrust Defense Google has been the subject of a formal antitrust investigation in the European Union since April, over charges that it unfairly displays its own shopping service more prominently than competitors in search results.  |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Microsoft Speaks Out About EU "Safe Harbor" Policy Earlier this month, the European Union undid its long-standing "Safe Harbor" policy, which allowed foreign tech companies to store data about European users in data centers outside of Europe.  |
Fast Company David Lumb |
Continuing Its Battle With Silicon Valley, The EU Will Probe How Ads Affect Search Results The EU commission is launching a separate investigation into how online platforms list search results and how they use customer data -- all as part of a general plan for a "unified digital market" announced last week.  |
Chemistry World December 4, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
EU Chemicals Legislation Settled European Union negotiators announced that they had overcome the final hurdles that were holding up new legislation to control the use of chemicals.  |
Chemistry World October 27, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
European PFOS Restrictions European Union ministers are collaborating with the European Parliament to secure early restrictions on perfluorooctane sulfonates (PFOS), chlorinated compounds used in applications including surface coatings, photolithography, production of microchips, and certain hydraulic fluids.  |
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 Gene G. Marcial |
A Defense Partner At Cleveland BioLabs The military may be the first customer of little-known Cleveland BioLabs for its radiation protection compound called Protectan or CBLB502.  |
Chemistry World November 3, 2015 Ned Stafford |
GM food and feed law falters in EU parliament Both GMO supporters and opponents applauded parliament's rejection of the proposed law.  |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2012 |
Europe Responds to Medical Device 'Crisis' A recent medical device controversy in France has pushed European health ministers to agree on a crisis management program for the troubled sector.  |
Chemistry World April 27, 2015 Ned Stafford |
European parliament refuses to back diversion of research cash Key European parliament committees have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to divert euro 2.7 billion of research funding to help finance a new EU-wide economic stimulus package.  |
Chemistry World July 11, 2011 |
How the Sun Can Affect Your Immunity Anna Simpson talks about how ultraviolet radiation can suppress immune responses and the consequences of this for our health.  |
Fast Company David Lumb |
Europe Unveils Strategy To (Finally) Compete With U.S. Tech Titans After multiple lawsuits aimed at U.S. tech titans, the European Union is proposing a unified digital marketplace for companies in all 28 member states that would compete with the likes of Facebook and Google.  |
Chemistry World June 25, 2007 Arthur Rogers |
Golden Opportunity to Halt Quicksilver Trade The European Parliament is supporting plans to ban exports of mercury. Politicians hope such a ban would curb hazards in the developing world created by the use of mercury in activities such as wildcat gold mining.  |
Chemistry World December 1, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
EU Approves 54 Billion Euro Science Plan The European Parliament has finally approved the Seventh Framework Research Program, which promises to distribute 54 billion euro of science funding over the next seven years.  |
Science News July 8, 2006 |
Science Safari: Visiting RadTown The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an interactive Web site that uses an animated town to provide basic information on radiation in the environment.  |
Chemistry World February 28, 2014 Patrick Walter |
Europe suspends Swiss research status in immigration row An immigration spat has led the European commission to suspend Switzerland's participation as a full member of the EU's research and education programs.  |
Pharmaceutical Executive June 1, 2011 |
A Lack of Information Why has the EU still not managed to update its rules on information about medicines?  |
Chemistry World December 4, 2014 Ned Stafford |
Plan to divert EU research cash into investment fund gets chilly response from scientists The proposal would see the money moved from Horizon 2020 into a new investment fund to bolster Europe's economy and create jobs.  |
Chemistry World June 29, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
EU Research Funding Faces Ethical Objection The EU's 37.6 billion pound FP7 funding program cleared first reading in the European Parliament, but now risks becoming mired in conflict over embryology issues.  |
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Your Routine Radiation Dose The radiation risk from a single CT, or computed tomography, to an individual is small, but some doctors are worried about the buildup over time.  |
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Tanning Beds = Mustard Gas International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category.  |
Chemistry World June 26, 2006 Arthur Rogers |
Update: US Firms Accuse Reach of Raising Trade Barriers With European governments poised to approve the EU regime of registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals (Reach), the US has launched a last-gasp campaign to persuade ministers to revisit the draft.  |
Chemistry World January 15, 2015 Ned Stafford |
New EU law set to open door to GM crops After nearly five years of debate the European parliament has finally approved a new law that will allow EU nations to restrict or ban the cultivation of GM crops within their borders.  |
CIO July 15, 2002 Daintry Duffy |
The Real Risks of Flying More sensitive metal detectors and random security checks don't address the medical risks of flying -- from stress symptoms and dehydration to more serious maladies like blood clots and radiation exposure.  |
Chemistry World October 31, 2014 Ned Stafford |
Plea for EU to act on GM from plant scientists 21 top European plant scientists have issued an open letter demanding that the EU take action to ensure that they and other scientists are able to pursue genetically modified plant research.  |
Chemistry World June 25, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Austria to sue EU over UK nuclear aid The Austrian government is to file a legal challenge against the EU next week over its recent decision to allow the UK to fund a new nuclear plant using state aid.  |
Chemistry World June 7, 2013 Emma Stoye |
Fukushima disaster has not raised cancer risks, says UN UN scientists have concluded that the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear disaster is unlikely to push up cancer rates in Japan.  |
Chemistry World July 29, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Switzerland R&D spending falls after Horizon 2020 cash freeze This check on Swiss research collaboration on EU-funded projects was in response to a vote that limited EU immigration from other member states.  |
InternetNews July 6, 2005 Jim Wagner |
European Parliament Rejects Software Patents After three years of debate, legislation to provide unified software patent protections across the EU is halted.  |
CIO February 15, 2004 Julie Hanson |
Suit Alleges Health Risks of Wi-Fi Parents have sued a Cook County school distrinct claiming that wireless local area networks in the classrooms are exposing their children to low-level, high frequency electromagnetic radiation. Some experts say the risk is not significant.  |
Food Processing July 2006 David Joy |
EU rules on health claims take a step forward Ten years in the works, the European Parliament's review of health and nutrition claims on food labels may end a longstanding prohibition against claims relating to human diseases.  |
Chemistry World August 12, 2008 |
EU Plans to Share More Science Funds and Facilities The new 'Joint Programming' initiative aims to reduce the duplication of research efforts by scientists in EU member states through shared multinational funding pots that would be open to scientists from all participating countries.  |