Purdue Researchers Design Fishes' Diets To Make You Healthier (12/30/02, Purdue University)

Injuries to the Elderly Cost More Than $8 Billion Annually (12/30/02, Brandeis University)

Latest News Update on Iraq Inspections (posted 12/23/02, International Atomic Energy Agency)

Danger of Toxic Metals in Soils Underestimated (12/23/02, New Scientist)

World Trade Center Dust Analysis Offers Good News for New Yorkers (12/23/02, EurekAlert)

Legislation To Modernize Pesticide Legislation and Protect Canadians Receives Royal Assent (12/23/02, Health Canada)

PBS&J Announces DTI Acquisition and Establishment of Risk and Emergency Management Division (12/23/02, PBS&J)

To Save Lives, World Health Organization Rushes Medical Supplies to Drought-ridden Ethiopia - Safe Drinking Water and Child Health Targeted (12/23/02, WHO)

UK Health and Safety Executive Publishes Research on Fire Risks at Workplaces Containing Flammable Substances (12/20/02, HSE)

UK Health and Safety Commission Consults on Amendments to Asbestos Prohibition Regulations (12/20/02, HSE)

New Measures To Protect Our Coasts: The End in Sight for Single Hull Tankers (12/20/02, European Union)

European Commission Proposes Daily Fines on Ireland To Ensure Adequate Protection of Sensitive Peatlands from Peat Extraction (12/20/02, European Union)

Researchers Warn Biotech Advances Could Be Misused by Terrorists (12/20/02, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

Surviving the Drought (in Australia) (12/20/02, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

Stopping Animal Disease at the Border: Tighter Rules on Personal Imports of Meat and Milk into the EU (12/19/02, European Union)

Head of U.N. Environment Programme Applauds Canada's Decision To Join the International Fight Against Global Warming (12/19/02, United Nations Environment Programme)

Bay of Fundy Shipping Lanes Moved To Protect Right Whale (12/19/02, Transport Canada)

Public Misled Over Fire-safe Cigarettes (12/19/02, New Scientist)

Study in Large HMO Found That Infants Discharged One Day After Birth Fared As Well As Those with Longer Hospital Stays ( 12/18/02, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

Smallpox Vaccine Likely To Kill Americans (12/18/02, New Scientist)

Out-of-Body Operation Banishes Tumours (12/18/02, New Scientist)

Why Are Men Less Religious? It May Be Form of Risk-taking, Impulsivity Just as Criminal Behavior Is (12/18/02, University of Washington)

Funding for Everglades Research Should Increase, Contingent Upon Management Changes (12/18/02, National Academies)

Sea Grant's Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Alliance Finds Role in Medical Profession (12/18/02, National Sea Grant)

vCJD Patients Given Treatment Go-ahead (12/17/02, New Scientist)

Government of Canada Ratifies Kyoto Protocol (12/17/02, Environment Canada); also see Canadian Prime Minister's statement

Health Statistics Data Reveals Trends, Factors in the Use of Cancer Screening Tests (12/17/02, EurekAlert)

U.S. EPA and Agriculture Working Together To Improve America's Waters (12/16/02, U.S. EPA)

Commission Calls on EU Scientific and Industrial Communities To Apply for EUR 5 Billion Research Funding (12/16/02, European Union)

EU Agriculture Council Backs Prohibition of Antibiotics as Growth Promoters: Byrne Welcomes Political Agreement on Feed Additives (12/16/02, EU)

EU Commissioner Byrne Welcomes Council Support for Legislation Banning Hormones as Growth Promoters (12/16/02, EU)

President Delivers Remarks on Smallpox (12/16/02, White House); also see fact sheet

Species At Risk Act Given Royal Assent (12/12/02, Environment Canada); also see Environment Minister's statement

New International Coalition Aims To Expand Global Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment (12/12/02, World Health Organization)

Livestock Vaccination Campaign in Afghanistan - Rabies Threat (12/12/02, UN Food and Agriculture Organization)

U.S. Needs New Approach for Estimating Emissions from Livestock Operations (12/12/02, National Academies)

Standing Committee Votes To Strengthen EU Legislation on Natural Mineral Waters (12/12/02, European Union)

Improving the UK'S Health: Government To Produce Food and Health Action Plan (12/12/02, UK Department of Health)

US To Offer Smallpox Vaccine to Every Citizen (12/12/02, New Scientist)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Initial Review of State Smallpox Vaccination Plans Complete (12/12/02, CDC)

"Dose Dense" Chemotherapy Improves Survival in Breast Cancer Patients, Compared to Conventional Chemotherapy (12/12/02, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Statement on Blood Industry's Voluntary Market Withdrawal of Certain Frozen Blood Products To Reduce Risk of West Nile Virus Transmission from Transfusion (12/12/02, FDA)

Too Much Grape Juice Could Cause Iron Deficiency (12/12/02, EurekAlert)

4 in 10 of Public, More Than One-Third of Physicians Say They Have Personally Experienced Medical Errors (12/11/02, Harvard School of Public Health)

WHO Study Reveals Harsh Realities for Older Persons Caring for Orphans and People Living with AIDS (12/11/02, World Health Organization)

New Federal Report on Carcinogens Lists Estrogen Therapy, Ultraviolet, Wood Dust (12/11/02, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

U.S., Canada Groups Sue Over Toxic Wood Preservers (12/11/02, Environment News Service)

UK Safety Chief Urges Councils To Address Falling Resources and Rising Injury Rate (12/11/02, UK Health and Safety Executive)

HHS, USDA Establish New Regulations for Use of Select Biological Agents (12/10/02, U.S. Department of Agriculture); see backgrounder on "Select Agent Rule"

Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, Farmers File Joint Data Quality Act Petition on Atrazine (12/10/02, CRE)

DOE Grant Advances Research into New Markets for Corn (12/9/02, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

Yale Launches Online Globalization Journal (12/9/02, Yale University)

Disappearing Neutrinos at KamLAND Support the Case for Neutrino Mass (12/6/02, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

Global Pollution Hot Spots Identified (12/6/02, National Center for Atmospheric Research)

Oil Oozing from Holes in Sunken Tanker Prestige (12/6/02, New Scientist)

New Generation Chicken Antibiotic Alternative (12/6/02, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

UK Health and Safety Executive and Industry To Target High Risk Groups in Ladder Safety Initiatives (12/6/02, UK Health and Safety Executive)

Further Action Needed To Reach European Union Climate Change Target, Projections Show (12/6/02, European Environment Agency); see full report

Physical Activity Prolongs Life, Even for the Obese, Study of Puerto Rican Men Finds (12/6/02, University at Buffalo)

CSIRO Cotton Management Software Wins National Award (12/6/02, CSIRO)

Europe Blacklists 66 Vessels To Avert Another Spill (12/6/02, Environment News Service)

INEEL Analysis System Unravels Crack Growth Processes That Lead to Structural Failures (12/5/02, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory)

Keep Children Safe from Foodborne Illness During the Holidays (12/5/02, USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)

Increasing Employment: the Role of Later Retirement (12/5/02, Office for Economic Co-operation and Development)

UK Mobile Work Equipment Requirements Coming into Effect Today (12/5/02, UK Health and Safety Executive)

HSE Publishes Review of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's Decommissioning Strategy (12/5/02, UK HSE)

U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Plans Proposed Rule on Hexavalent Chromium (12/4/02, Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

Tainted Wells Pour Arsenic Onto Food Crops in Bangladesh (12/4/02, New Scientist)

Energy Secretary Comments on United States Enrichment Corporation Uranium Technology Announcement (12/4/02, U.S. Department of Energy)

Live Webcast Tomorrow (December 5) on the Elderly and Environmental Risks (12/4/02, National Academies); also see news brief below

Fresh Evidence on Bhopal Disaster (12/4/02, New Scientist)

Too Few Clues to Solve Mystery of Steller Sea Lions' Decline; Monitoring of Controlled Fishing Areas May Provide Answers (12/4/02, National Academies)

Medical Irradiation Technique Saves Lives of Victims of Lima Inferno (12/3/02, International Atomic Energy Agency)

Safe Incineration of Chemicals in Weapons Is Feasible and Should Proceed Quickly Given Greater Risk with Continued Storage (12/3/02, National Academies)

Submarine Finds Oil Wreck Not Leaking (12/3/02, New Scientist)

European Commission Takes Steps To Ban Substandard Oil Tankers from European Waters (12/3/02, EU)

Accession Countries Taking Over European Union's Unsustainable Transport Patterns, European Environment Agency Report Warns (12/3/02, EEA)

AIDS Dead Could Be Buried in Disused Mines (12/3/02, New Scientist)

Study Identifies SIDS Risk Factors Among American Indian Infants (12/3/02, National Institutes of Health)

President Bush Signs Bill To Extend, Strengthen National Dam Safety Program (12/3/02, Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Scientists Find New Way To Assess Where Cotton-Killing Pests Develop (12/3/02, North Carolina State University)

New Survival System for Australia's Fire Fighters (12/3/02, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

Updated Study Shows Higher Risk of Fatality from Cell Phones While Driving (12/2/02, Harvard Center for Risk Analysis)

Massive Oil Slick Reaches Spain (12/2/02, New Scientist)

European Union Energy Taxation: the European Environmental Bureau Says It Is "Now or Never" (12/2/02, EEB)

World Health Organization-Nuclear Threat Initiative Establish a Global Emergency Outbreak Response Fund (12/2/02, WHO)

Historic Nutrition Information Resource On Line (12/2/02, National Institutes of Health)

Innovative Foods Centre Launched [in Australia] (12/2/02, CSIRO)