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So Called Benefits of Nicotine

...n it slided from 41 % to 24 %. Hence the cigarette manufacturers have turned towards Eastern Europe, Africa and the Far East. They have also launched aggressive marketing campaigns, which linked tobacco with sex, youth and glamour. The pro smoking campaigners are now saying that research findings prove that smok...

Bacteria Can Convert Flame Retardant Into Toxic Form

..., doubling every two to five years. In 2004, U.S. manufacturers reached a voluntary agreement with the EPA to stop making and selling penta-BDEs and octa-BDEs, two potent forms of PBDEs linked to health problems in animals. Deca-BDE, the most commonly used form of PBDE, remains on the market because it is conside...

Exposure To Artificial Light Could Be Cancerous

...ng patterns. There could be a definite onus on the manufacturers of lighting systems to develop products that would be more natural and similar to normal daytime....

Salty Diet Pack Cancerous Punch In Children

...alt and Health (CASH), says. It is better if the manufacturers state the products salt instead of its sodium content with standardised food labels – said TSI. About 37 TSI officers from both England and Wales made the survey of 279 food products successful, which includes breakfast cereals, lunch box foods, s...

Junk Food Advertisements To Be Restricted In All Forms of Media

... in late half of 2004, to take action against food manufacturers who target children if they do not come up with a satisfactory formula for self-regulation, before 2007. The Food Standards Agency (FSA), which is leading the battle against junk food, has said that the proposals that were drawn up by media watchdo...

How Effective Is Your Sunscreen?

...ently there was a law suit filed against sunscreen manufacturers in California as they had exaggerated the effectiv...ration drafted a slate of regulations on sunscreen manufacturers but never formally adopted them as they bowed to pressure from the sunscreen lobby. Dr. John Meisenh...

New Variety Of Soybean Oil

... Food and Drug Administration began requiring food manufacturers to show the amount of trans fats on nutrition facts labels. The new oil is the product of research conducted in the university's agronomy department by a soybean breeding team led by Walter Fehr, Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agricu...

Shortage Of Flu Vaccines In UK

...sult in an epidemic. The Department of Health said manufacturers were facing some problems in making one of the vaccine virus strains that are a part of this season's jabs. "This means that although the Department of Health has reserved more vaccine for the UK for 2006/7, some supplies of flu vaccine will be dis...

NZ To Opt For Folate Fortification Of Bread

...w Zealand is close to making it mandatory for food manufacturers to add folate to bread in order to reduce birth defects//. The organisation that monitors food standards in New Zealand is to produce its final assessment on the proposal by next month. Many live births and stillbirths each year are estimated to...

Import of Paan from India and Indonesia is on rise in Pakistan

...o action has been taken against them because these manufacturers represent business interests and are powerful enough to resist such moves," the newspaper said. A sample study by Karachi University's department of microbiology last year found that 32 different types of 'Gutka 28' were found to have narcotics. Th...

EC Warns Tan Lovers Against Skin Cancer

...that,"Currently, apparently, there is no limit for manufacturers producing sun beds when it comes to the maximum level of ultraviolet radiation, so basically what could happen is that you could have a product that is basically barbecuing you because there is no upper limit which controls that". The committee fou...

America’s Demand For Organic Foods Far Exceeds the Suppl

...nology, are popularly called as Organic foods. The manufacturers of organic foods are now looking for ingredients in places like Europe, Bolivia, Venezuela, and South Africa, as the number of organic farms in the US, which are though increasing are not happening quickly enough to meet demand. Barbara Robinson, th...

Contaminated Surgical Instruments Increase Risk Of Infections

...sionals, including doctors and managers, feel that manufacturers are often overly cautious in their instructions on the use of surgical instruments and are challenging the guidance on single-use instruments," she added. A Department of Health spokeswoman said that the breach was serious and should be taken care ...

Statin Drugs Doing More Harm than Good

... Health Canada has now insisted that statin drug manufacturers such as Lipitor, Pravachol, Zocor, Crestor and Mevacor to include warnings and information about the potential for muscle damage on patient safety information sheets. Statin drug users usually experience a side effect of general muscle pain. The dr...

India needs dental health leadership, says expert

...olvement of the government, the dental profession, manufacturers of toothpaste, parents and children." Recounting his experience as dental chief of Britain's National Health Scheme (NHS), Bedi said he was able to articulate the need to beef up not only the funding but also get on board a large pool of trained de...

Are Cereals A Health Hazard?

...ood Standards Agency (FSA). The FSA wants cereal manufacturers and other processed food firms to use traffic ligh... red lights for sugar and saturates. Some cereal manufacturers and retailers, including Asda, insisted that the sugar content in their products was often due to th...

Watch Out for the Sugar and Salt Content of the Popular Breakfast Cereals

...ver the products being unhealthy and has urged the manufacturers to be more responsible and make products which con...afer and healthier. It has also urged the cereal manufacturers to adhere to the colour-coding standards put forth by FSA of red, amber and green labels on front of...

Is Nicotine Lozenge A Safe Smoking Cessation Product?

... Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada said that some manufacturers of nicotine replacement products promote their products as effective tools to help people manage cravings in areas where they can't smoke, such as airplanes and restaurants. This would end up in people getting addicted to nicotine replacement product...

Coffee king American Flavor 3 in 1 Coffee mix contains undisclosed milk protein

...aid to contain a milk protein ingredient which the manufacturers have not disclosed on the label. Though there are no reports about any adverse reaction as a result of consumption of this product, yet it could cause a serious, even fatal reaction in those who are allergic to milk protein. Details of the produc...

Murky Relationships between Doctors and Pharmaceutical Companies Exposed

...the complex rules that cover what doctors and drug manufacturers are allowed to say about prescription drugs. He said, ‘What they are doing is criminalizing conduct that is not clearly criminal.’ It is no secret that the same practices are observed in many parts of the world with severe and far-reaching conseque...

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