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Copenhagen climate talks: Time to change, no time to wasteEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Next month, 192 countries will meet to set targets on carbon emissions. The summit will pit the developed world against the developing world in a last-ditch bid to limit warming to 2CThe world's first global treaty to combat climate change, the Kyoto Protocol, was agreed in December 1997 after exhausting, all-night negotiations in Japan that saw arguments, desperate phone calls back to leaders in capital cities and inspired diplomacy.The Guardian reported: "A more bizarre way of reaching agreement to tackle global warming cannot be imagined. Half of those involved were asleep on the floor, unaware that history was being ma...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2009 Category: Science Authors: David Adam Tags: Copenhagen climate change conference 2009 Carbon emissions Energy Environment United Nations Science World news The Guardian Source Type: news

Bisphenol A Workshop of the German Federal Environment Agency - March 30-31, 2009 Work Group Report: Public Health Issues of Bisphenol A.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19879190 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health)
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - October 28, 2009 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Gies A, Heinzow B, Dieter HH, Heindel J Tags: Int J Hyg Environ Health Source Type: journals

Environment Agency Serves Suspension Notice Following Trent Cyanide PollutionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As part of its ongoing investigation into yesterday's pollution of the River Trent, the Environment Agency has served a Suspension Notice to prevent Red Industries Ltd of Burslem, Stoke-on Trent, from discharging any industrial effluent to the sewer system. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Source Type: news

Epidemiological characteristics of imported and locally-acquired malaria in Singapore.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Singapore remains both vulnerable and receptive to the reintroduction of malaria and a high level of vigilance should be maintained indefinitely to prevent the re-establishment of endemicity. Medical practitioners should highlight the risk of malaria to travellers visiting endemic areas and also consider the possibility of simian malaria in a patient who has no recent travel history and presenting with daily fever spikes and with malaria parasite morphologically similar to that of P. malariae. PMID: 19890574 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore)
Source: Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore - October 1, 2009 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lee YC, Tang CS, Ang LW, Han HK, James L, Goh KT Tags: Ann Acad Med Singapore Source Type: journals

Giant piranha found in Devon riverEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Environment Agency workers shocked to find ferocious fish – believed to have been a pet – floating in river TorridgeA giant piranha – the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world – has been found in a Devon river, the Environment Agency said today.Bathers in the UK's rivers and streams should be reassured that the fish was dead and is thought to have been an abandoned pet. Its discovery will add, however, to experts' anxieties about non-native wildlife being introduced to the UK.The fish, of a species more accustomed to the Amazon river basin, was discovered in the river Torridge by Environment Agency workers co...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 28, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Alexandra Topping Tags: Wildlife Environment UK news guardian.co.uk Source Type: news

Could a tiny insect halt the invasion of Japanese knotweed?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The government believes it has found a way to stop the spread of Japanese knotweed in BritainClose to where the green twist of Kenidjack Valley gives way to the Atlantic Ocean there rises an old stone chimney and the ruins of a mine. Women and children once dug arsenic from the Cornish earth here so the deadly poison could be sold to American cotton farmers to kill the boll weevil, a migrant beetle that threatened to destroy the cotton industry. Long after the mining ceased, this verdant valley has been threatened with an invasive migrant of its own: Japanese knotweed.Introduced into Britain in the 19th century as an ornam...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 13, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Patrick Barkham Tags: Plants Science Biodiversity Gardening advice Insects Gardens Life and style Environment The Guardian Features Source Type: news

Revised and new reference values for environmental pollutants in urine or blood of children in Germany derived from the German Environmental Survey on Children 2003-2006 (GerES IV).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Based on the representative data collection of the German Environmental Survey on Children 2003-2006 (GerES IV) the Human Biomonitoring Commission of the German Federal Environment Agency has updated the reference values for a comprehensive number of environmental pollutants in blood and urine of children in Germany. Reference values are statistically derived values that indicate the upper margin of background exposure to a given pollutant in a given population at a given time. They can be used as criteria to classify the measured values of individuals or population groups as being "elevated" or "not elevated". Since ...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - July 6, 2009 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Schulz C, Angerer J, Ewers U, Heudorf U, Wilhelm M, Tags: Int J Hyg Environ Health Source Type: journals

Health centres at risk from rising sea levelsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Coastal erosion and severe rainstorms will put thousands of doctors' surgeries at risk of flooding, the Environment Agency has warned (Source: Management in Practice)
Source: Management in Practice - June 25, 2009 Category: Practice Management Source Type: news

The 15 plants killing our countrysideEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Rogue species of rhododendron, hyacinth and waterweed may be banned from saleGarden centres and nurseries could be banned from selling several popular plants under new measures being considered by the government to control alien species invading the UK.Top of the list are a number of varieties of pond weed used as oxygenators in garden ponds. Having escaped into the wild, they are now overwhelming waterways throughout the country. Rhododendron ponticum, which has colonised woodlands since being introduced as an ornamental plant in 1793 to Kew Gardens, is also earmarked because of the potential impact it has on native flora...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 16, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Caroline Davies Tags: Rural affairs Plants Biodiversity Gardens Retail industry UK news Environment Science Life and style Business The Observer Source Type: news

Let's send Britons back to the wild placesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We live in a golden age of discovery. While the great explorers - Livingstone and Stanley, Burton and Speke, Shackleton and Scott - filled in blanks on a map, it is we who now learn how the world works and our effect on it. We not only discover new species of fauna and flora, but how they respond to changing climate and human interference. Such discoveries are crucial to the future of this threatened planet.The Royal Geographical Society, of which I was director from 1975 to 1996, is in the grip of an acrimonious debate about how best to deliver this research. Since it was founded in 1830, it has sent out expeditions, whil...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 2, 2009 Category: Science Tags: Geography Biodiversity Science Conservation Forests Environment Research funding Education The Observer Comment Comment is free Source Type: news

Eels in crisis after 95% declineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mysterious disappearance could lead to limits on fishing and ban on exportsThey ought to be wriggling through briny water and marshy flatlands in their hundreds of thousands right now. But the mystery of the vanishing eels is troubling fisheries officials, conservationists and fishermen who for generations have hunted the curious animal. A conference in Somerset on the plight of the eel, which was attended by experts from across Europe, has been hearing this week that the eel is in crisis. The number of European eels across the continent has declined by as much as 95% in the last 25 years, the Environment Agency says. Offi...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 30, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Steven Morris Tags: Fishing Environment UK news World news Conservation Marine life Endangered species Wildlife Science Biodiversity Zoology The Guardian Source Type: news

Threat to European biodiversity 'as serious as climate change'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Most of Europe's species and habitats are in poor condition and the risk of extinction continues to rise, environment chiefs are to warn at a major biodiversity conference in Athens this weekThe natural world across Europe is suffering a crisis as serious as the threat of climate change, Europe's environment chiefs are to warn this week.A report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) to be published next month sounds the alarm that most species and habitats across the continent are in poor condition and the risk of extinction continues to rise.New figures for the UK also show that even the most important and rare plant...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 24, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Juliette Jowit Tags: Conservation Wildlife Environment Biodiversity Science UK news Endangered habitats Endangered species European Union Politics guardian.co.uk Source Type: news

First carbon capture plant begins workEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
French power station leading the way in the world's sluggish move towards using environmentally vital CCS technologyThe world's first retrofit of a power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology will begin operating this month in the south of France.At a power plant at Lacq, energy company Total has upgraded an existing gas-fired boiler with CCS technology – a crucial step towards reducing carbon emissions from fossil-fuel power plants worldwide.With renewable energy sources a long way from covering the world's increasing demand for energy, many experts believe that developing reliable technology to allow c...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 8, 2009 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: Carbon capture and storage (CCS) Carbon emissions Energy Fossil fuels Climate change Environment Science guardian.co.uk News Source Type: news

Conference on environmental health beginsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A four-day international conference on Environmental Health bringing together more than 100 scholars, researchers, experts began yesterday in Abu Dhabi. The conference aims to contribute to the global debate and effort to discuss issues relating to the linkages of environment and health at the global, regional and national levels. The Conference is organized by Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi and the World Health Organization's Regional Centre for Environmental Health Activities. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - March 17, 2009 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

‘Freshwater nature conservation and pollution: how important is it, and what can we do about it?’Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Alastair Burn is Principal Specialist, Freshwater and Pollution, at Natural England. He spent 12 years in research in insect ecology and pesticides, before working on pesticide policy for four years with the National Farmers’ Union, finally joining English Nature in 1992. At English Nature he worked initially on pesticides, toxic substances and pollution. He then led English Nature’s freshwater team up to the formation of Natural England, and is now a principal specialist in Natural England’s Evidence Team. He chairs the Wetland Habitats Action Plan Group, and is Natural England’s representative on the ...
Source: Nature Network London - Upcoming Events - January 21, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: events

‘Getting on with the job: taking practical action for freshwater ecology and conservation’Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Paul Raven, FI Biol, is Head of Conservation and Ecology at the Environment Agency, Bristol. Following a Ph.D at University College London on the ecological effects of river engineering, Paul was freshwater specialist at the Department of Environment for Northern Ireland before joining the National Rivers Authority in 1991. He chairs the Water and Wetland Group that supports the England Biodiversity Strategy. Practical experience of river and lake ecology includes the UK and mainland Europe, whilst his main focus of policy work for freshwater is linking ecological objectives and environmental standards under the Habitats D...
Source: Nature Network London - Upcoming Events - January 21, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: events

‘The state of river ecosystems: a degraded past, an uncertain future?’Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Steve Ormerod is Professor of Ecology, Cardiff School of Biosciences. He is also President of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, Chairman of RSPB Wales, Trustee of the RSPB, Trustee of Association of Rivers’ Trusts, Trustee of South East Wales Rivers Trust With over 25 years experience and over 220 scientific publications, Steve is one of Europe’s leading freshwater ecologists. His work focuses on large-scale, multi-disciplinary problems affecting freshwater biodiversity, ecosystem quality and function, and he is known best for flagship studies on the effects of acid rain, land use and climate-c...
Source: Nature Network London - Upcoming Events - January 21, 2009 Category: Science Source Type: events

EU environment agency outlines challenges for 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Environmental News Network: Tackling climate change and its consequences, reforming the EU's Common Agricultural Policy, improving air quality and reducing the environmental impact of biofuels will top the bloc's environmental policy debates in the coming year, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA). (Source: Physics Today News Picks)
Source: Physics Today News Picks - January 15, 2009 Category: Physics Authors: Physics Today Source Type: news

'It'll never happen to me': understanding public awareness of local flood risk. - Burningham K, Fielding J, Thrush D.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Following the severe flood events of 1998 and 2000, the United Kingdom's Environment Agency prioritised the need to increase public flood risk awareness. Drawing on data collected during research undertaken for the Environment Agency, this paper contribute... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - January 4, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: info

A full moon spectacular (because it is at its perigee)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A night-time spectacle not seen for 15 years was produced last night when a full moon coincided with the moon orbiting the Earth almost 18,400 miles (30,000km) closer than usual this month. The moon's orbit is not a circle but an ellipse, and when it is at its closest approach, or perigee, the moon comes much closer to the Earth than at its apogee, or greatest distance, hence its apparent swelling.Despite the fact that it was still around 221,800 miles away, the rare conjunction meant that the moon appeared much larger and brighter than it usually does.Or, as the blog of the Royal Observatory Greenwich noted a little more ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 13, 2008 Category: Science Authors: Sam Jones Tags: UK news Space technology Astronomy Science Source Type: news

Engaging with the environment: finding quality eInformation resourcesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objectives of the workshop are to introduce delegates to some of the vast number of sources for environmental information. The workshop will cover: * Government departments and committees * Influential groups and bodies * News sources * Research Who should attend This course is aimed a people who need a starting point for finding environmental information. It will also help people who need to be aware of alternative sources for this information. Speakers include Gina Cybulska has been working with environmental information for over 11 years. After graduating in Information Management, she started out res...
Source: MEDEV Events - October 28, 2008 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: info

Third runway will 'damage health'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A third runway at Heathrow Airport would be "very detrimental" to Londoners' health, the new head of the Environment Agency says. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - October 6, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: London Source Type: news

Environment Agency calls for carbon-capture on all new coal power stationsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Environment Agency has told the government that all new power stations must be built with the CO2-capturing technology (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 24, 2008 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: UK news Politics Green politics Climate change Science Carbon capture and storage (CCS) Energy Environment Source Type: news

“What is Land for?; - managing land and water in an integrated way”Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
With the continuing advancement of climate change, land management is becoming even more important. But so is the management of the water environment.The right kinds of land use can help us manage the water environment. It can reduce water borne pollution, hold back flood water and ensure water storage. Our wetlands don’t just need to stay wet for biodiversity, but for other reasons, too’. We need to manage land and water in concert. That means knowing what we want to use land (and water) for, establishing national and local priorities and agreeing cost effective actions by a number of players. We need a land u...
Source: Nature Network London - Upcoming Events - September 15, 2008 Category: Science Source Type: events

Mobile Phone Radiation to Unleash Epidemic of Brain TumorsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(NaturalNews) A new review of more than 100 studies on the safety of mobile phones has concluded that cellular devices are poised to cause an epidemic of brain tumors that will kill more people than smoking or asbestos.The review was conducted by neurosurgeon Vini Khurana, who has received more than 14 awards in the past 16 years, who made headlines worldwide with his warnings. He called upon the industry to immediately work to reduce people's exposure to the radiation from mobile phones.According to Khurana, research demonstrates that long-term use of mobile handsets, more than 10 years, can double the risk of contracting...
Source: NaturalNews.com - August 20, 2008 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

Environment agency denies plea to cut biofuel goalsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: news@nature.com - August 13, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals

Good Practice Guide To Handling Veterinary Waste - British Veterinary AssociationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has launched its new 'Good Practice Guide to Handling Veterinary Waste' consisting of a poster and web advice. Produced in association with the BSAVA and Goat Veterinary Society, and supported by The Environment Agency, the poster, alongside further detailed information on the BVA website, provides practical step by step guidance designed to assist veterinary surgeons comply with waste regulations in England and Wales. (Source: Veterinary News From Medical News Today)
Source: Veterinary News From Medical News Today - June 28, 2008 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: news

Environment agency reopens doors to librariesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: news@nature.com - April 9, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: journals

24 Hour Cover, Bluetongue And VETS.TV - Items Discussed At BVA CouncilEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Representatives at last Wednesday's BVA Council meeting discussed a range of matters of interest, not only to BVA members but to the profession as a whole including progress with negotiations with the Environment Agency (EA) over the disposal of hazardous waste and with the RCVS over the provision of 24 hour cover within the confines of the Working Time Regulations. (Source: Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today)
Source: Water Quality / Air Quality News From Medical News Today - April 8, 2008 Category: Nutrition Source Type: news

Designs For New Nuclear Power Stations Clear First HurdleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nuclear regulators, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency (EA), today announced that the first step of 'Generic Design Assessment' (GDA) carried out on four designs submitted for new nuclear power stations had found nshortfalls at this stage - in terms of safety, security or the environment - that would prevent any of them from ultimately being constructed on licensed sites in the UK. (Source: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News From Medical News Today)
Source: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News From Medical News Today - March 24, 2008 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

New Jersey Environment Agency Recommends Demolishing Day CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, N.J. - The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recommended Feb. 1 in a draft remediation report that the former Accutherm Inc. thermometer factory that was converted into the Kiddie Kollege day care be demolished because of the level of mercury contamination. Full story on lexis.com (Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News)
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - February 20, 2008 Category: Medical Law Source Type: info

Satellite Data To Deliver 'State-of-the-art' Air Quality Information In EuropeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The European Environment Agency has finalized an agreement with an ESA-led consortium to provide unparalleled information on air pollution, which contributes to the premature deaths of hundreds of thousands of Europeans annually. The service includes data on ozone, nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter (the sum of all particles suspended in air, including dust, smoke, pollen, etc.). Exposure to these pollutants can cause adverse health effects such as decreased lung function, increased respiratory symptoms and allergic responses, according to the World Health Organization. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 13, 2008 Category: Science Source Type: news

'State-Of-The-Art' Air Quality Information From Satellite DataEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The European Environment Agency has finalised an agreement with an ESA-led consortium to provide unparalleled information on air pollution, which contributes to the premature deaths of hundreds of thousands of Europeans annually. (Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today)
Source: Public Health News From Medical News Today - February 6, 2008 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Satellite data to deliver 'state-of-the-art' air quality informationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The European Environment Agency has finalised an agreement with an ESA-led consortium to provide unparalleled information on air pollution, which contributes to the premature deaths of hundreds of thousands of Europeans annually. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 5, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Pollution In ChinaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Environment agency will survey emissions nationwide (Source: Chemical and Engineering News)
Source: Chemical and Engineering News - January 14, 2008 Category: Chemistry Source Type: journals

Validation of the geographic position of EPER-Spain industriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Knowing the exact location of pollutant foci is vital to obtain reliable and valid conclusions in any study where distance to the focus is a decisive factor, as in the case of the consequences of industrial pollution on the health of neighbouring populations. (Source: International Journal of Health Geographics)
Source: International Journal of Health Geographics - January 11, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Javier Garcia-Perez, Elena Boldo, Rebeca Ramis, Enrique Vidal, Nuria Aragones, Beatriz Perez-Gomez, Marina Pollan and Gonzalo Lopez-Abente Source Type: journals

New reference value and the background exposure for the PAH metabolites 1-hydroxypyrene and 1- and 2-naphthol in urine of the general population in Germany: Basis for validation of human biomonitoring data in environmental medicine.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Reference values for environmental pollutants in the German population are established continuously by the Human Biomonitoring Commission of the German Federal Environment Agency. The reference value for 1-hydroxypyrene in urine was derived from the representative adult population data collection of the 1998 German Environmental Survey (GerES III) and the representative data collection for children of the German Environmental Survey on Children, 2003/06 (GerES IV). For the non-smoking general population (aged 3-69 years) the commission derived a reference value of 0.5mug/l (corresponding to 0.3mug/g creatinine) for 1-...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - December 21, 2007 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Wilhelm M, Hardt J, Schulz C, Angerer J, Tags: Int J Hyg Environ Health Source Type: journals

Could London be the next New Orleans?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The ice man comethThe Antarctic ice sheets are disappearing. We don’t know why, and we can’t predict what this will do to global sea level. That’s the key message from David Vaughan of the British Antarctic Survey, who tonight delivers the Natural History Museum’s Annual Science Lecture. Vaughan is a world authority on glacial retreat, a veteran of eight seasons in the south polar regions, and a coordinating author of the latest IPCC report. “Antarctica is a crucial piece in the global warming jigsaw,” he says. “Understanding how its ice sheets respond to climate change is one of the biggest uncertaint...
Source: Nature Network London - Recent News - November 27, 2007 Category: Science Authors: Matt Brown Source Type: news

UAE water concernsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A study by the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi has revealed that the UAE only has enough domestic use emergency water supplies to last between two and five days, reported Gulf News. The paper recommends the utilisation of groundwater aquifer storage and recovery techniques as a means of building up reserve supplies. Water demand in the UAE has increased five-fold since 1970. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - September 22, 2007 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV) - First results.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
German Environmental Surveys (GerESs) are large scale population studies which have been carried out on adults in 1985/86, 1990/92 and 1998 and on children aged 6-14 years in 1990/92. GerES IV is the first survey focussing exclusively on children [Becker, K., Schulz, C., Babisch, W., Dürkop, J., Roskamp, E., Seiwert, M., Szewzyk, R., Ullrich, D., Seifert, B., 2005. German Environmental Survey for Children (GerES IV) 2003-2006. Pullut. Atmos. 188, 475-479]. GerES IV included a representative sample of 1790 children aged 3-14 of the participants of the National Health Interview and Examination Survey on Children and...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - September 14, 2007 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Kolossa-Gehring M, Becker K, Conrad A, Lüdecke A, Riedel S, Seiwert M, Schulz C, Szewzyk R Tags: Int J Hyg Environ Health Source Type: journals

UAE to ban low quality dieselEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The UAE Federal Environment Agency has announced it will campaign for the formulation of proper mechanisms to ban entry and use of low quality and under specification diesel, WAM reported. Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel now offered in UAE is a cleaner alternative as it is less polluting to the environment because of its lower sulphur content and generates much lower amounts of particulates and NOx, known causes linked to asthma and cancer. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - August 15, 2007 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Characterisation of esterases as potential biomarkers of pesticide exposure in the lugworm Arenicola marina (Annelida: Polychaeta).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here, we identify and characterise cholinesterase (ChE) and carboxylesterase (CbE) activities in the body tissues of the sediment dwelling worm Arenicola marina. Exposure to the organophosphorus pesticide azamethiphos yielded an in vitro IC(50) of 5mug l(-1) for propionylcholinesterase (PChE). PChE was significantly inhibited in vivo after a 10day exposure to 100mug l(-1) azamethiphos, equivalent to the recommended aquatic application rate (ANOVA; F=2.75, P=0.033). To determine sensitivity to environmental conditions, A. marina were exposed for 10days to field collected sediments. PChE activity was significantly lower ...
Source: Environmental Pollution - July 24, 2007 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Hannam ML, Hagger JA, Jones MB, Galloway TS Tags: Environ Pollut Source Type: journals

Workshop on 'Safe Management of Healthcare Waste'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The National Performance Advisory Group (NPAG) is organising a workshop on Implementing - 'Environment and Sustainability: HTM 07-01 Safe Management of Healthcare Waste' at The Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London on 23 October 2007. 'HTM 07-10 Safe management of healthcare waste' was produced by the Department of Health because of changes in the law. The Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005 define and regulate the segregation and movement of hazardous waste in England and Wales from the point of production to the final disposal or recovery. The aim of HTM is to help people to comply with the legislation an...
Source: NHS Networks - July 17, 2007 Category: UK Health Source Type: organizations

School promotes solar energyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Emirates National School is running a solar energy project to promote the development and use of alternate energy sources, Gulf News reported. The pilot programme is a joint venture of ENS with the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi and Germany's Deutsche Energie-Agentur. The project will be reviewed at the end of the current academic year with a view to it being introduced in more schools. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - May 16, 2007 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

The german human biomonitoring commission.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article gives a review of the current reference values, HBM values, and the work of the German Human Biomonitoring Commission. PMID: 17337242 [PubMed - in process] (Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health)
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - May 1, 2007 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Schulz C, Angerer J, Ewers U, Kolossa-Gehring M Tags: Int J Hyg Environ Health Source Type: journals

AD bans fishing methodEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abu Dhabi has banned from its waters a method of fishing which uses an encircling net. The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi issued a decision banning the practice, called Al Halaq, to help protect Spanish mackerel, which is fished commercially in the region. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - April 19, 2007 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

Islands get protected statusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A group of islands off the coast of Abu Dhabi will form part of a new protected marine area. To be called Bu Al Siaief, the islands and surrounding waters were found to have ecological significance following a study by the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi. The area spans around 282 sq kms. (Source: Healthcare)
Source: Healthcare - April 1, 2007 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: info

DoH consultation: Draft guidance on health in strategic environmental assessmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This document supplements existing UK-wide guidance on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) by providing a good practice guide to including population’s health in SEA. This document has been written by the Department of Health in close collaboration with the Health Protection Agency and has been prepared in consultation with the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Environment Agency. Please see the above link for further details. (Source: NeLM Headline News)
Source: NeLM Headline News - March 21, 2007 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Department of Health (DH) Source Type: organizations

ENVIRON: ENVIRON's B2BWEEE-Scheme Receives Formal Environment Agency ApprovalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LONDON (MARKET WIRE) Ewire -- ENVIRON is pleased to announce the receipt of the formal approval documents for its Producer Compliance Scheme from the Environment Agency on the the 30th of January. (Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech)
Source: Market Wire - Pharmaceuticals and Biotech - January 30, 2007 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Revised reference value for pentachlorophenol in morning urine.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Reference values are continuously derived by the Human Biomonitoring Commission of the German Federal Environment Agency to give help in assessing the exposure of individuals or population groups in comparison to the background exposure. As environmental conditions may change reference values should be checked periodically and they have to be updated, if new data become available. The results of the German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III) showed the decreasing pentachlorophenol (PCP) exposure of the German adult population. Therefore, the reference value for PCP in morning urine was lowered: from 8 to 5mug/l for a...
Source: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental health - December 27, 2006 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Schulz C, Butte W Tags: Int J Hyg Environ Health Source Type: journals