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Chemistry World
May 10, 2013
Ned Stafford |
EU struggles to fix faltering carbon trading scheme A plan to bolster the flagging price of permits to emit carbon dioxide that are traded in the EU's Emissions Trading System appeared dead last month after being voted down by the European parliament.   |
Chemistry World
May 8, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Clinical trial data release blocked by companies Two pharmaceutical companies have been granted injunctions to prevent the European Medicines Agency from releasing clinical trial data about their drugs. |
Chemistry World
May 7, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
US moves in different direction on pesticides As the EU introduces a two-year moratorium on the use of neonicotinoid insecticides over concerns that they are decimating bee populations, the US government appears headed in a different direction. |
Chemistry World
April 30, 2013
Laura Howes |
Europe to ban controversial pesticides Three neonicotinoid insecticides are to be banned from use on crops that attract bees for two years in the EU. This follows a vote by member states yesterday. |
Chemistry World
April 29, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Appeal reverses ECHA call for animal tests An appeal has overturned the European Chemicals Agency's request for additional animal toxicity testing on the automotive air-conditioning refrigerant 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf). |
Chemistry World
April 16, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Biofuels are expensive and unsustainable, report says A report from independent policy analysts Chatham House has concluded that current European policy on biofuels fails to ensure that they are produced sustainably, and means that they are not a cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions. |
Chemistry World
April 9, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Drug restrictions delay magic mushroom trial The first clinical trial to explore the antidepressant effects of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic component of magic mushrooms, has been delayed by EU and UK drug regulations. |
Chemistry World
April 5, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
Controversial pesticides down but not out The US Environmental Protection Agency is being sued by environmental groups and beekeepers over the use of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. The European Food Safety Agency also issued a report highlighting several risks posed to bees. |
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