Legal loophole exposes Canadians to drug advertising banned in US: UBC research
A legal loophole is counteracting Canada's ban on direct-to-consumer drug advertising and has exposed Canadians to more than $90 million worth of ads, including those for drugs with life-threatening risks, according to a study by UBC researchers. Barbara Mintzes, Steve Morgan and James M. Wrigh...New Online Resource for Consumers, Athletes and Coaches Concerned About Athletic Banned Substances
nsfsport.com Can Help You Make More Informed Decisions When Choosing Nutritional Products ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recent news stories on steroid use in sports continue to emphasize the importance of screening dietary supplements and sports nutrition products for ba...Herons persist in Chicago wetlands despite exposure to banned chemicals
Herons nesting in the wetlands of southeast Chicago are still being exposed to chemicals banned in the U.S. in the 1970s, a research team reports. The chemicals do not appear to be affecting the birds reproductive success, however. The findings appear in the current issue of the Journal of Grea...Recent Reports Underscore the Importance of Testing Supplements for Athletic Banned Substances
NSF's Program Helps Athletes Make Informed Decisions When Choosing Nutritional Products ANN ARBOR, Mich., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recent news stories on steroid use in sports continue to emphasize the importance of screening dietary supplements and sports nutrition products for ...Too Skinny Models Banned from Performing in Rome Fashion Show
Fifteen models were kicked out of a Rome fashion show late Tuesday for being too thin, sparking new debate on anorexia in the fashion industry . "I asked that girls with abnormal measurements shouldn't work ... (and) had to fire 15 who were under (French) size 36 (US size eight)," Raffaella...Artificial Trans Fat Banned in Chain Restaurant in King County
The King County Board of Health on Thursday banned artificial trans fat and required nutrition labeling for menu items in chain restaurants. The ban The measure applies to Seattle and most of its suburbs despite objections from restaurant owners and food-industry officials. Trans fats, pro...Red 2G Food Colour to Be Banned by EU Due to Cancer Fears
The European Union is to ban the use of Red 2G food colouring in breakfast sausages and hamburgers due to concerns that it could cause cancer, the EU's executive body announced Friday. The European Food Safety Authority has found that there is "a strong possibility that Red 2G could provok...Sylvester Stallone Admits He Tried to Smuggle Banned Growth Hormone to Australia
Yet another star falls for banned substances. The 60-year-old macho Sylvester Stallone admitted to possessing the growth hormone Jintropin when he was stopped at Sydney airport in February last. Stallone was then in Australia to promote his film Rocky Balboa, but he was not in the Sydney cour...Sylvester Stallone Regrets Smuggling Banned Substances to Australia
Hollywood star Sylvester Stallone has apologized profusely for trying to smuggle human growth hormones and testosterone into Australia. Stallone has been charged with importing banned substances into Australia in February this year during a tour to promote his film Rocky Balboa. A Custom...Rapid Response was Crucial to Containing the 1918 Flu Pandemic
...rt and stop dates of interventions were available. Schools, theaters, churches and dance halls in cities across the country were closed. Kansas City banned weddings and funerals if more than 20 people were to be in attendance. New York mandated staggered shifts at factories to reduce rush hour commuter tr...UH team analyzes Hurricane Ike's effects on waterways, fish contamination
...ities. Rifai said her team believes the majority of dioxins found locally today are from historical sources. Meanwhile, PCBs, whose manufacture was banned in 1979, long were used as coolants and lubricants in electrical transformers and capacitors. Why they persist today in local waterways and seafood re...NIST issues human milk and blood serum SRMs for contaminant measurements
... in Human Serum) in 1985 to aid with the detection of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a toxic mixture of compounds used in transformer oils that was banned in the U.S. in the 1970s. Since NIST researchers last updated the SRM in 2000, the levels of PCBs, pesticides, dioxins/furans and other contaminants h...Who goes abroad for fertility treatment and why?
...untries for fertility treatment, both because they think that they will receive better quality care abroad and in order to undergo procedures that are banned in their home country says a study of the subject launched at the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology ...Elephant-size loopholes sustain Thai ivory trade
...m Myanmar in recent years, to be sold to elephant trekking companies catering to adventure tourism in Thailand. The capture of wild elephants has been banned in Thailand since the 1970s, but such trade usually goes undetected because domesticated elephants do not have to be registered legally until they are...Afghanistan releases its first-ever list of protected species
...ironment Protection Agency (NEPA), in an effort to safeguard its natural heritage, has released the country's first-ever list of protected species now banned from hunting or harvest. The wide-ranging list of endangered and threatened species includes such well known wildlife as snow leopards, wolves, a...Joint statement by German science organizations on green genetic engineering
... Germany's Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Ilse Aigner, has banned the cultivation of genetically modified maize. The ban took effect immediately on 14 April. The minister noted that the ban is an isolated decision on...NOAA report calls flame retardants concern to US coastal ecosystems
...or PCBs, they have raised concerns among scientists and regulators that their impacts on human health will prove comparable. PBDE production has been banned in a number of European and Asian countries. In the U.S., production of most PBDE mixtures has been voluntarily discontinued. The NOAA Mussel Watch...Comedy 'Horror In The Wind' Banned In New Mexico
Indie comedy "Horror In The Wind," has been banned by Allen Theaters of New Mexico. Revision Studios reports that Allen Theaters refused to screen the locally produced comedy because it is too political. "Horror In The Wind" is about two biogeneticists whose Formula 4708 rev...USDA Boosts Food Safety Research with Purchase of Waters ACQUITY TQD System
...wth. Through ignorance, carelessness or deceit on the part of a small number of producers, poultry and livestock that enter the food chain can contain banned substances or legal drugs at concentrations that exceed maximum allowable levels. The need to obtain more information from a single injection is under...Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans
...sideration for all the screening and diagnostic tools we have at our disposal in the hopes of early detection and treatment of this disease." Now a banned chemical, Agent Orange is a combination of two synthetic compounds known to be contaminated with the dioxin tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD) duri...Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans
...sideration for all the screening and diagnostic tools we have at our disposal in the hopes of early detection and treatment of this disease." Now a banned chemical, Agent Orange is a combination of two synthetic compounds known to be contaminated with the dioxin tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD) duri...Consumer Product Safety Commission not ready for nanotech
...y found its way into every one of these product categories. "During the fall of 2007, many Americans faced a hazard in their products that had been banned for 30 years lead. As millions of children's toys coated with lead paint were recalled, it became clear that government oversight had failed, and tha...