Environmental Risk AssessmentNews and information about environmental risk assessment.FDA defends plastic linked with health risks (MSNBC)- September 16, 2008 Federal regulators on Tuesday defended their assessment that a chemical widely used in plastic baby bottles and in food packaging is safe, even as the first major study of health effects in people linked it with possible risks for heart disease and diabetes.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/environmental+risk+assessment/SIG=1192v2rq5/*h... Medtronic Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good Index - MSN MoneyCentral- September 16, 2008 Recognizing its leadership in meeting the needs of economic, environmental, and social stakeholders, Medtronic, Inc. MDT has been named a member company in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for North America and the FTSE4Good Index Series ...http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=BW&date=20080916&a... Yukon approval of Carmacks Copper project puts water at risk, critic warns (CBC North)- September 15, 2008 The Yukon government has approved a proposed copper mine near Carmacks, much to the chagrin of critics, who say recommendations by an environmental assessment board don't do enough to protect water.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/environmental+risk+assessment/SIG=12gkgb575/*h... Details on federal operations in Texas (The Bay Area Citizen)- September 15, 2008 The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is coordinating the joint efforts of federal, tribal, state and local partners as they work to help those hurt or put at risk by the passage of Hurricane Ike. President George W. Bush declared major disasters in Texas and Louisiana, making available federal funds to assist individuals and communities in their ...http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/environmental+risk+assessment/SIG=1347l1ri0/*h... Study Shows Link Between Number Of Alcohol Retailers And Youth Injuries (Medical News Today)- September 15, 2008 Children who live in neighborhoods with a high number of alcohol outlets may be at a higher risk of personal injury, according to a research study that will be published in the November 2008 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/environmental+risk+assessment/SIG=11nics4p9/*h... Advice from the Top: Training of staff key to avoiding lawsuits (USA Today)- September 15, 2008 Lawsuits are not going away. Lloyd's of London, which sells specialty insurance to businesses in 200 countries and territories, recently released a global survey of executives who say that the rest of the world is starting to catch up to the USA in lawsuits, and they say that is driving up costs and stifling risk-taking. What are companies to do Lloyd's CEO Richard Ward, 51, spoke from London ...http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/environmental+risk+assessment/SIG=134154m6q/*h... Baby bottle chemical draws mixed messages from U.S. - Reuters- September 14, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration this week reopens the debate over a chemical used in many plastic products -- including baby bottles -- amid mixed messages on its safety from the U.S. government. An FDA panel of outside ...http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1240398220080914?feedType=RSS&feedNam... Spiromesifen; Pesticide Tolerances - Trading Markets (press release)- September 10, 2008 Spiromesifen; Pesticide TolerancesTrading Markets (press release), CA - 1 hour agoAggregate Risk Assessment and Determination of Safety Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA allows EPA to amend a tolerance (the legal limit for a pesticide ...Bacillus thuringiensis Cry2Ae in Cotton; Temporary Exemption from ... Trading Markets (press release)all 2 news articleshttp://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=environmental+risk+assessmen... |