What is antibiotic resistance and is it correct to describe it as a ‘looming global threat’? Antibiotic resistance is a consequence of antibiotic use. Bacteria adapt to the threat of antibiotics using mechanisms to overcome ...
Tags: Addressing Antibiotic Resistance, bacteria, implementing policies
Company has been fined £16,500 for breach of safety regulations A discount store company has been fined £16,500 for selling children's toys containing toxins 70 times the legal safe level. 99p Stores in Loughborough was ...
Tags: Toys, children's toys, high levels of phthalates, containing toxins
ISO 14000 is a family of standards related to environmental management that exists to help organizations (a) minimize how their operations (processes etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e. cause adverse changes to air, water, or ...
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European standard EN 71 specifies safety requirements for toys.Compliance with the standard is legally required for all toys sold in the European Union. The standard has been published in 12 parts: EN 71-1: Mechanical and physical ...
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China reported robust exports for January, but assessing the nation’s true economic strength is no easy task. The Lunar New Year holidays that began at the end of January apparently created an export surgeA transient variation in the ...
Tags: Export Data, economic strength
According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in December last year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-28) increased ...
Tags: Construction Output, Mineral
Mexican steel producer DeAcero released a request Thursday that the US Department of Commerce avoid trade disputes with Mexico and focus on the defense of NAFTA regions, which receive unfair imports from China and the European Union. In ...
Tags: DeAcero, Rebar Mills
According to the flash estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, during the fourth quarter last year gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.4 percent in the EU-28, ...
In January of the current year, new car registrations totaled 935,640 units in the European Union (EU), with an increase of 5.5 percent year on year and up 3.24 percent month on month, according to the latest figures issued by the European ...
Tags: Car Registrations, EU markets
Agropur Cooperative today held its 75th Annual General Assembly with some 600 members, employees, business partners and guests from the Agri-Food industry in attendance, and reported solid financial health and a strong market position, ...
Stronger-than-expected growth in China's foreign trade last month has surprised the market and prompted many analysts to look for further hints of underlying economic strength. China's foreign trade volume climbed 10.3 percent year on ...
Tags: China's Trade, trade surplus
European imports of polyethylene terephthalate shot up by over 30% in 2013, according to Eurostat data published this week, and market participants believe that the specter of imports continues to loom over European producers. From ...
China's Ministry of Commerce announced Monday in a preliminary ruling that the European Union and the United States have dumped perchlorethylene on the Chinese market. The ruling said perchlorethylene imports from the two regions have ...
Global foreign direct investment (FDI) rose to levels not seen since the start of the global economic crisis in 2008, increasing by 11 per cent in 2013 to an estimated $1.46 trillion, with the lion's share going to developing countries, ...
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has loaned Austrian textile company Lezning AG €100 million to help finance research and development (R&D) activities and investment in Tencel fibre production. Lenzing, which specializes in making ...
Tags: cellulose fibers