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News & UpdatesNovember 4, 2008 Wildlife Officials To Test Hunter-harvested Ducks For Avian FluBy: Foster Folly News Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services biologists will collect samples from hunter-harvested ducks to test for highly pathogenic avian influenza –... November 3, 2008 The Safety GapBy: The New York Times In the belly of an industrial district south of Lyon, France, just past a sulfurous oil refinery and a synthetic vanilla plant, sits a run-down, eight-story factory that makes aspirin, the first pharmaceutical blockbuster. The... November 3, 2008 Massive Effort to Save Mortgages  By: The Wall Street Journal J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. launched an ambitious plan Friday to modify the terms of $70 billion in mortgages for borrowers who are behind on their payments or soon could be. The move by the New York bank will cover as many as... November 3, 2008 Do the Right ThingBy: Alibaba.com Business ethics aren't the same everywhere, so stay on the right side of the law. Are ethics absolute or are they contextual? How you answer that question is key, particularly if you work internationally. Western societies,... November 3, 2008 Bioterrorism’s Deadly MathBy: FrontPageMag.com The White House wanted to know: How much safer are Americans today than they were on October 4, 2001? That was the day when a photo editor in Florida became the first reported case of inhalation anthrax in America in decades. In... November 3, 2008 Exposure to plastic chemical BPA may affect behaviors By: Foodconsumer.com A new study released in October suggests that maternal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) could eliminate or decrease the sex difference in certain behavioral responses. The study adds to a growing evidence to suggest that exposure to... November 1, 2008 Drugmakers seek lawsuit limits at top US courtBy: Reuters The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Monday in a closely watched case that could limit liability claims against drugmakers if one of their medicines causes harm.
October 31, 2008 Chinese melamine scandal widens By: BBC News The toxic chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal feed, state media has reported. Correspondents say the unusually frank reports in several news outlets are an admission that contamination could be... October 30, 2008 Consumer Group Seeks FDA Ban of Glaxo's AvandiaBy: The Wall Street Journal The consumer group Public Citizen asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Thursday to ban GlaxoSmithKline PLC's troubled diabetes drug Avandia over safety concerns. The move follows updated practice guidelines released last... October 30, 2008 Melamine Is Discovered in More Eggs From ChinaBy: The New York Times Hong Kong officials say that for the second time in a week they have found a batch of eggs imported from China containing high levels of melamine, the same industrial chemical that has been blamed for contaminating China’s milk... CONTENT BEING DEVELOPED[What would you find useful here?]
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