Safety concerns may halt construction of a new nuclear facility in Finland, posing questions about the viability of the next generation of European Pressurised Reactors destined for the UK
… Finland's safety fears over next-generation nuclear … Nuclear Finland Reactor Waste Danger Safety European Pressurised Reactor EPR Areva … for a 'lack of professional knowledge’ Safety concerns may halt construction of a new …
A voter initiative in Maui, Hawaii requires a suspension of GMO crops pending a safety review to be paid for by Monsanto and other corporations - although corporations spent almost $8 million trying to defeat the measure. Monsanto is now preparing a legal challenge.
… requires a suspension of GMO crops pending a safety review to be paid for by Monsanto and … program director at Hawaii Center for Food Safety . "Community members will not sit idly … watch these companies threaten the health and safety of our people and our planet . "Voters …
Oil company admits guilt and expresses ‘regret’ over safety breaches after oil depot explosion that caused injuries and environmental damage
… admits guilt and expresses ‘regret’ over safety breaches after oil depot explosion that … pleaded guilty to two charges of health and safety breaches and one of causing pollution … Total admitted ‘failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of their employees; failing …
Oil giant Total to be sentenced following trial of companies implicated in largest peacetime explosion in Europe and significant environmental contamination
… The criminal trial of companies accused of safety breaches that led to the 2005 … by the Environment Agency and the Health & Safety Executive against Total UK, … All are accused of breaching health and safety regulations prior to the blast on 11th …
Ukraine's state-owned nuclear generator is suing anti-nuclear activists in its latest attempt to stifle public debate over the country's ageing fleet of 15 nuclear reactors, while refusing to release information in breach of international obligations.
… in Ukraine. "Nuclear units with compromised safety systems cannot be considered safe and … standards and rules of nuclear and radiation safety" , the press statement reported. … completing all necessary measures to improve safety, and without sufficient …
Europe's top food safety regulator has ruled that the world's top selling herbicide, glyphosate, does not cause cancer - in defiance of the WHO and overwhelming scientific evidence. The decision opens the way for a 10-year EU re-approval next year, before its Chemicals Agency has released its own findings.
… Science efsa-cut.jpg Europe's top food safety regulator has ruled that the world's … released its own findings. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its conclusion on the safety of glyphosate and whether its EU …
European Union ministers have given an initial thumbs-up to the Novel Foods Regulation, a draft proposal that could lead to meat from cloned animals entering the human food chain
… Regulation Milk Eggs Meat Clone Cloning Food Safety European Food Safety Authority Caroline Lucas Green MEP … and dealt with by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Applications for …
British NGOs have objected to two applications for open-air field trials to grow GM crops. One is for a blight-resistant potato that is much less resistant than existing non-GM varieties. The other is an oilseed to be used as fish food whose fatty acid profile has been subject to only 'rudimentary analysis'.
… tested the potential environmental or food safety harms their GM plants could cause. … some consideration needs to be made of food safety in the event of the GM camelina seed / oil being consumed by humans. Food safety to humans would have to be considered …
A coalition of fishing, consumer, and environmental groups are suing the FDA for its 'unlawful' approval of Aquabounty's GM salmon, as it relied on treating the fish as an 'animal drug' under a 1938 law, and ignored serious risks to wild salmon and fishing communities.
… Those provisions were meant to ensure the safety of veterinary drugs administered to … Kimbrell, senior attorney for Center for Food Safety and co-counsel for the plaintiffs. … by legal counsel from Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice, includes Pacific …
The former chair of the European Food Safety Authority calls for more publicly-funded research into GM crops to avoid biotechnology firm bias.
… The former chair of the European Food Safety Authority calls for more … bias. The former chair of the European Food Safety Authority – the body responsible for … non-GE segments of agriculture, or food safety’. The report came just days after the …
A new study finds that the Roundup herbicide disrupts the hormonal system of rats at low levels at which it's meant to produce no adverse effects. By the same mechanism It may be causing the potentially fatal condition of 'adrenal insufficiency' in humans.
… insufficiency." How does this level relate to safety limits set by regulators? One problem … but regulators only look at the long-term safety of glyphosate alone, the supposed …
The Global GMO Free Coalition brings together 60 groups across six continents with over 4.5 million members - all committed to fighting GMO / biotech industry propaganda. Meanwhile Russia is leading the way to GMO freedom ...
… global protocols and standards for long-term safety testing of genetically engineered … to the lack of regulation and independent safety testing, genetically engineered … of proper infrastructure needed to test their safety." A responsibility to the world Elena …
Fifteen EU states have now joined the GM-free movement as the 3rd October deadline for registration nears, along with four regions. They collectively account for 65% of the EU's arable cropland, and 65% of its population, and Greenpeace expects more to sign up.
… for GM crop approvals. They don't trust EU safety assessments and are rightly taking … on GM crop approvals and to urgently reform safety testing and the approval system." In … Current risk assessments by the EU's food safety authority also ignore EU rules in place …
The US Environmental Protection Agency has just withdrawn its authorization for a toxic mix of two herbicides, glyphosate and 2,4-D, to be used on GM crops. The move came in response to a lawsuit claiming the initial registration was unlawful.
… which filed the suit for Center for Food Safety, on behalf of Center for Food Safety, Beyond Pesticides, Center for … weeds." George Kimbrell, Center for Food Safety's senior attorney, said: "The decision …
Following our exclusive investigation, Ingvild Jenssen from the NGO Platform on Shipbreaking explains how tougher regulations simply relocated the shipbreaking industry, and how the public can help stop the trade
… first Japan, Taiwan and China. There as well safety and environmental rules were … There is no containment of pollutants and no safety measures to protect the workers from … age requirements, trade union rights and safety regulations are in place. Also, these …
Report highlights the danger of cloning to animal health as campaigners also warn it will reduce genetic diversity within herds
… foodstuffs from cloned animals was a food safety risk. The Agency has already traced two … EU claim cloned food is safe European food safety officials have given their public … yesterday when the European Union's food safety authority was asked to rule on the …
Individual countries will be allowed to ban GM crops in a move the EU hopes will stop them blocking new crops being grown by farmers in other member states
… if they turn a blind eye to the health and safety concerns they have about new crops … replace a scientifically sound EU-level safety procedure,' she added. 'GM … (GM) aubergine crop, Bt Brinjal, until 'safety of product' established NEWS Call for …
'We all live in Khimki Forest' has become the rallying cry of a local forest defense campaign. Goldman Prize winner Evgenia Chirikova describes what it's like to be green in Russia the why a culture of impunity and corruption risks destroying the country's natural heritage
… of sending money offshore are risking their safety and their lives. The journalist Mikhail … as a result. Are you scared for your own safety? I am very close friends with Mikhail …
Campaigners welcome decision to put on hold cultivation of genetically modified (GM) aubergine crop, Bt Brinjal, until 'safety of product' established
… (GM) aubergine crop, Bt Brinjal, until 'safety of product' established India has … of both the public and professionals the safety of the product from the point of view …
The Badger Trust has been granted leave for a Judicial Review of Environment Secretary Owen Paterson and Natural England over their 'irrational' decision to conduct the 2013 badger cull with no independent expert scrutiny.
… this there can be no proper assessment of the safety, effectiveness and humaneness of the … (IEP) set up by the Government to monitor the safety, effectiveness and humaneness of the …
Workers are dying in conditions described as 'hell on earth' yet the west's shipping industry continues sending ships to the country for disposal
… to Bangladesh scrapyards with little or no safety regulations, according to an Ecologist … as young as 12 dismantle ships without safety equipment . Two other UK companies, …
The EU's decision to authorise a new 'neonic' pesticide knowing it was highly toxic to bees has been challenged in the European Court. A similar permit granted to sulfoxaflor in the US has already been struck down by a federal court.
… chemical categorized by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) as 'highly toxic to … Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) chose to overlook the …
The Badger Trust will challenge the trial badger culls in the High Court next month, claiming that Environment Secretary Liz Truss and Natural England are acting unlawfully in failing to appoint an expert panel to oversee the experiment.
… summer, without any independent assessment of safety, effectiveness and humaneness" , said … there can be no proper assessment of the safety, effectiveness and humaneness of the …