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Light cigarettes to be phased out as part of Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Effective June 22, 2010, the most popular selling cigarettes – light cigarettes – will be phased out as part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which was signed into law on June 22, 2009. This historic day provides an opportunity for the 70 percent of smokers who want to quit to finally end their addiction to these deadly products.

18 Jun 2010

U.S. officials announce new agriculture research initiative to aid farmers in developing countries

Citing USAID's Feed the Future initiative as "central" to U.S. foreign policy, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday announced plans to "leverage the work" of U.S. researchers to "benefit farmers in developing countries worldwide," PTI/The Hindu reports.

18 Jun 2010

My Metabolic Makeover's highly expected free health-and-weight-loss workshop is back

My Metabolic Makeover's highly anticipated free health-and-weight-loss workshop is back. Now that the word is out in Brooklyn, seats are expected to fill up quickly for the upcoming event near the border of Mill Basin and Bergen Beach.

17 Jun 2010

MoniQA collaborates with experts to harmonise worldwide food quality and safety monitoring strategies

Funded by the European Union, MoniQA (Monitoring and Quality Assurance in the total food supply chain) involves experts from around the globe collaborating to harmonise worldwide food quality and safety monitoring and control strategies. The project has developed a database of food quality and safety issues and corresponding analytical tools for food production and the supply chain.

17 Jun 2010

FDA should reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes to non-addictive levels: Former FDA commissioner

Today at Legacy's Warner Series Lecture on the impact of the Family and Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Food and Drug Administration authority over tobacco), Dr. David Kessler, former commissioner of the FDA, called on the FDA to reduce the nicotine level in cigarettes, reducing the yield to non-addictive levels.

17 Jun 2010

Chemicals that helped solve global environmental crisis may make another problem worse: Scientists

Chemicals that helped solve a global environmental crisis in the 1990s - the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer - may be making another problem - acid rain - worse, scientists are reporting. Their study on the chemicals that replaced the ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons once used in aerosol spray cans, air conditioners, refrigerators, and other products, appears in ACS' Journal of Physical Chemistry A, a weekly publication.

17 Jun 2010

InGenesis president named finalist in business services category of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards

Veronica Edwards, president and CEO of InGenesis, Inc., is the only San Antonio finalist in the business services category of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards for the Houston and Gulf Coast Area. Ernst & Young LLP recently announced 36 area finalists selected by a panel of independent judges.

17 Jun 2010

“Experiment” with homeopathy killed a cancer patient: Inquest

Doctor Peter Dingle at an inquest into the events that led to the death of his wife Penelope, 45 on 25th August 2005 revealed that he had argued with her decision to go for alternative therapies as her colorectal cancer treatment.

17 Jun 2010

Global agriculture output to meet world food demand as food prices escalate over decade, report says

Food prices are projected to rise over the next decade, with the cost of some grains increasing between 15 and 40 percent, according to an annual report, released Tuesday from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, VOA News reports (6/15).

17 Jun 2010

Geochemists discuss new ways to tackle problems associated with greenhouse gas

As carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise, policy makers and scientists are looking at new ways to tackle the problems associated with the greenhouse gas. One method under much discussion is carbon capture and storage, otherwise known as carbon sequestration. CCS, a newly developing technology, involves injecting carbon dioxide underground to remove it from the Earth's atmosphere.

16 Jun 2010

ESC, EACPR urges MEPs to vote in favour of traffic light system for food labelling

The European Society of Cardiology http://www.escardio.org/ and its branch, the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation http://www.escardio.org/communities/EACPR/Pages/welcome.aspx, are joining forces with 12 other European Health and consumer communities to urge MEPs to vote in favour of a traffic light system for food labelling today.

16 Jun 2010

U.S. State Department releases 2010 report on human trafficking

The U.S. State Department on Monday released its 2010 report on human trafficking, which "grades 175 nations on their efforts to fight this modern form of slavery," Bloomberg Businessweek reports (Kate/Gaouette, 6/15).

16 Jun 2010

Ahead of International Development Association meeting, Reuters examines aid prospects for developing world

Reuters examines the challenges facing the World Bank as it tries to secure aid for the developing world while some of the wealthiest nations are "feeling pinched themselves."

16 Jun 2010

Sensory-tested flavors for coconut water formulations

WILD Flavors, Inc. continues to be innovative in product and flavoring offerings, and has expanded into the coconut water trend through the research and development of not only flavors that test well in coconut water applications, but in new marketable concepts that utilize coconut water. As consumers grow to love the health benefits of coconut water - so will their taste palettes, especially when paired with WILD's sensory-tested flavors for coconut water formulations.

15 Jun 2010

Robert Zucker to receive RSA Distinguished Researcher Award

Robert Zucker, Ph.D., director of the University of Michigan Addiction Research Center, and the Substance Abuse Section in the Department of Psychiatry, has been named recipient of the 31st annual Research Society on Alcoholism Distinguished Researcher Award. The award is given to an individual whose research has made significant contributions to the understanding of alcohol abuse and alcoholism, and whose body of work demonstrates leadership in the field.

15 Jun 2010

NCKU officials lunch with students to discuss food and sanitary conditions at Student Cafeteria

President Michael Ming-Chiao Lai and Senior Executive Vice-President Hwung-Hweng Hwung of National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, had lunch date with seven students at 12 pm, June 11th, in Student Cafeteria, Kuang-Fu Campus.

15 Jun 2010

People's propensity to contribute to public good increases if contributions made public: Research

Public disclosure of companies' pollution habits has been an effective method of reducing pollution in many countries. Similarly, research has shown that people's and firms' propensity to contribute to public good increases if their contributions are made public. Findings from the University of Gothenburg reveal that the expected positive effect of disclosure can sometimes be crowded out by other factors at play.

15 Jun 2010

Billions spent yet millions live in poverty: Radical change needed in science, technology and innovation

Out-of-date innovation policy is undermining unprecedented opportunities for development aid to improve the environment and combat global poverty, according to a new Manifesto published today. We live in an era of rapid scientific advance yet poverty is deepening, the environment is in crisis and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals has stalled.

15 Jun 2010

University of Guelph student receives 2010 RHR Kendall Award

The Canadian Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology recently announced that Stephen D. Risavy is the recipient of the 2010 RHR Kendall Award. Stephen is a Ph.D. candidate in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology program at the University of Guelph in Ontario. Sponsored by RHR International, a world leader in executive and organizational development, this award is presented for the best student paper of the year in Canadian I/O Psychology.

15 Jun 2010

CNPP, HHS host media conference call to discuss Advisory Report of Dietary Guidelines

TODAY, the Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion and the Department of Health and Human Services, will host an embargoed media conference call to discuss the release of the Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010.

15 Jun 2010

Miscellaneous News

Light cigarettes to be phased out as part of Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

U.S. officials announce new agriculture research initiative to aid farmers in developing countries

My Metabolic Makeover's highly expected free health-and-weight-loss workshop is back

MoniQA collaborates with experts to harmonise worldwide food quality and safety monitoring strategies

FDA should reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes to non-addictive levels: Former FDA commissioner

Chemicals that helped solve global environmental crisis may make another problem worse: Scientists

InGenesis president named finalist in business services category of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year awards

“Experiment” with homeopathy killed a cancer patient: Inquest

Global agriculture output to meet world food demand as food prices escalate over decade, report says

Geochemists discuss new ways to tackle problems associated with greenhouse gas

ESC, EACPR urges MEPs to vote in favour of traffic light system for food labelling

U.S. State Department releases 2010 report on human trafficking

Ahead of International Development Association meeting, Reuters examines aid prospects for developing world

Sensory-tested flavors for coconut water formulations

Robert Zucker to receive RSA Distinguished Researcher Award

NCKU officials lunch with students to discuss food and sanitary conditions at Student Cafeteria

People's propensity to contribute to public good increases if contributions made public: Research

Billions spent yet millions live in poverty: Radical change needed in science, technology and innovation

University of Guelph student receives 2010 RHR Kendall Award

CNPP, HHS host media conference call to discuss Advisory Report of Dietary Guidelines

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