Health

Health

France calls on Commission to suspend GM crop

Article | February 21, 2012 - 2:12pm

On 20 February, the French government repeated its request to the European Commission to suspend the authorisation to grow MON810GM corn seeds because of damage to agriculture.

Comment | France

France

EU publishes Classification and Labelling Inventory

Article | February 13, 2012 - 3:12pm

The publication of the first EU Classification and Labelling Inventory (C&L) was released by the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) on 13 February 2012.

Comment | Industry & Enterprise

Industry & Enterprise

REACH reach not long enough for nanomaterials

Article | February 7, 2012 - 3:15pm

An NGO report shows that REACH, the European Union's regulation on chemicals, is failing to identify or control nanomaterials.

Comment | Science & Research

Science & Research

Council of Europe to combat fake drugs

Article | February 1, 2012 - 8:15pm

To protect public health, the Council of Europe and its European Directorate for the Quality of Medicine and Health Care have launched eTACT.

Comment | Health

Health

Commission’s health-claims proposal loses traction in Parliament

Article | January 31, 2012 - 4:22pm

The European Commission will not be able to "mislead" customers when it comes to health and nutrition claims on food packaging, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted today.

Comment | Person Career

Person Career

Merkel’s machinations and the death of democracy

Blog entry | January 26, 2012 - 10:35am

Consider this question about Zimbabwe. Roughly one-tenth of the $330 million debt it “owes” the UK relates to the supply of British-made Land Rovers to the Zimbabwean police. Rates of infection for HIV in Zimbabwe have begun to decline in recent years due to a scale-up in antiretroviral treatment, according the latest United...

Comments (1) | Germany

Germany

Africa: Winning against AIDS

Blog entry | January 20, 2012 - 11:23am

Winning the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) 2012 is something millions of people across Africa are dreaming of right now as the continent’s most prestigious football tournament gets under way in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

Comment | Health

Health

EU food-quality control model to be adopted in Ukraine

Article | January 9, 2012 - 3:34pm

Due to the increasing number of food-poisoning cases, the Ukrainian government has decided to create a model for food quality control according to the standards of the European Union.

Comment | Person Career

Person Career

EMA follows Ombudsman's recommendations to release Septrin reports

Article | January 5, 2012 - 10:59am

The European Ombudsman has welcomed the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) release of adverse reaction reports related to Septrin, a medicine for the treatment of bacterial infections.

Comment | Health - Consumer

Health - Consumer

Commission approves GM seeds to enter EU

Article | December 30, 2011 - 2:43pm

Comment | Health

Health

Celebrities versus science

Article | December 28, 2011 - 11:49am

While celebrity culture has become pervasive, scientists are growing increasingly concerned at ill founded comments they may make about science and alternative medicine. Sense About Science, a small British NGO has been examining the pronouncements of the famous and set scientists to rebut their claims.

Comment | Britain

Britain

Commission reallocates €22.4 million to fight animal diseases

Article | December 19, 2011 - 3:03pm

On 19 December, the European Commission adopted the proposal endorsed by the Standing Committee of the Food Chain and Animal health held on 6th December 2011 to reallocate €236 million between member states to control and eradicate animal diseases in 2011.

Comment | Health - Consumer

Health - Consumer