2003 news releases on risk topics

Ban on Mercury Amalgam Recommended by Swedish Commission - Advocates Urge U.S. Government to Protect Children and Pregnant Women from Mercury (PDF file) (6/9/03, Mercury Policy Project); read report Mercury in Dental-Filling Materials -- An Updated Risk Analysis in Environmental Medical Terms (PDF file)

Mayo Clinic Links Early Heart Artery Abnormality to Increased Stroke Risk (6/9/03, Mayo Clinic)

Just Published: Nuclear Energy Data to 2020 in OECD Countries (6/6/03, Nuclear Energy Agency)

SARS "Over Its Peak," Says World Health Organization (6/6/03, New Scientist)

Revised Computer Worm Targets Financial Firms (6/6/03, New Scientist)

Mother's Exposure to Pollutants May Contribute to Testicular Cancer Years Later (6/6/03, EHP Online)

Blood Disease Symptoms Resemble Child Abuse (6/6/03, New Scientist)

Prematurity, Infections Most Likely Causes of Brain Damage Among Infants (6/6/03, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions)

Plants Prospering from Climate Change (6/6/03, Environment News Service)

Energy Secretary Comments on EIA’s Short-term Energy Outlook (6/6/03, U.S. Department of Energy)

Reliant Resources Inc. Licences raft credit for Credit Risk Management (PDF file) (6/5/03, Raft International)

Gates Foundation Commits $40 Million to Improve Reproductive Health in the Developing World (6/5/03, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

Rising Cloud Base Over Northeast Could Disrupt Appalachian Forests (6/5/03, Yale University)

Deadly Spread of Cancer Halted (6/5/03, New Scientist)

Canada Strengthens Commitments to Conservation of Biodiversity with the Proclamation of the Species At Risk Act and Government of Canada Announces $9 Million To Help Protect Species At Risk and Their Habitat (6/5/03, Environment Canada)

More Floods, Population: More Costs at the Australian Coast (6/5/03, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

New National Institutes of Health Study Seeks Kidney and Heart Disease Links and Solutions (6/5/03, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

U.N. Environment Programme Urges Action to Better Manage the Globe's Groundwaters (6/5/03, UNEP)

Diouf: Safeguard "the Source of Food Security" (6/5/03, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization)

Wall Street Analysts Routinely Inflate Stock Prices (6/4/03, University of Michigan)

Tight Glucose Control in Diabetes Lowers Risk of Atherosclerosis (6/4/03, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Eases Travel Notifications for Singapore and Hong Kong (6/4/03, CDC)

Global Warming's Sooty Smokescreen Revealed (6/4/03, New Scientist)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission To Discuss Significance of Safety System Issue at Point Beach (6/4/03, NRC)

Pollution Hazard Closes Neutrino Lab (6/4/03, New Scientist)

Engineering a Solution to Waste Crisis (6/3/03, Cardiff University)

BSE Case in Canada Should Not Cause Panic (6/3/03, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization)

Mother's Exposure to Pollutants May Contribute to Testicular Cancer Years Later (6/3/03, EHP Online)

NIOSH Pursues Hand-Vibration Studies to Understand, Address Risks (6/3/03, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)

US Distributes New Test for SARS (6/3/03, New Scientist); also see Experimental Laboratory Test for SARS Virus Made Available to About 200 Labs Nationwide (6/2/03, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

Geiger Counter in Every Human Revealed (6/3/03, New Scientist)

Research Pinpointing Investors Risk Tolerance Could Massively Benefit Stock Market (6/3/03, Warwick University)

Hospitalized Children Experience Medical Errors at the Same Rate as Adults (6/3/03, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions)

Antidepressant Found to Reduce Hot Flashes (6/3/03, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions)

Modern Pit Facility Draft Environmental Impact Statement Issued (6/2/03, U.S. Department of Energy)

Women Benefit More from Quitting Smoking than Men (6/2/03, National Institutes of Health)

Mining Waste: European Commission Proposes New Rules to Prevent Pollution and Accidents (6/2/03, European Union)

May 2003

Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology's Stakeholder Forum Concludes Work, Issues Closing Report (5/30/03, The Pew Charitable Trusts); read report The Stakeholder Forum on Biotechnology: An Overview of the Process (PDF file)

University of Minnesota Leads Effort to Break Impasse Over GMO Safety (5/30/03, EurekAlert)

Cabinet Officials Report Progress on President Bush's Healthy Forests Initiative (5/30/03, U.S. Department of Agriculture); see fact sheet

Aging Drivers--When It Is Time to Take Away the Keys (5/30/03, EurekAlert)

Plans Announced for African-American DNA Database (5/30/03, National Academies)

Foam Impact Tests Gash Shuttle Wing (5/30/03, New Scientist)

Slander Poses a Greater Danger than SARS (5/30/03, University of Alberta)

Arsenic, Copper Found in Reston Lake, U.S. Geological Survey Reports (5/29/03, USGS)

Underground Slurry Injection of Drilling Wastes (5/29/03, Argonne National Laboratory Environmental Assessment Division)

EPA Study Provides Evidence that Metal Particles May Increase Severity of Asthma (5/29/03, Environmental Health Perspectives)

Detroit Summit to Bring African American Women Together to Reduce SIDS Risk (5/29/03, National Institutes of Health)

Worriers More Prone to Cancer (5/28/03, New Scientist)

Women's Health Initiative Memory Study on Estrogen/Progestin (5/27/03, U.S. Food and Drug Administration); also see Common Hormone Therapy Doubles Dementia Risk (5/27/03, Ohio State University)

Massive Tsunami Sweeps Atlantic Coast in Asteroid Impact Scenario for March 16, 2880 (5/27/03, University of California, Santa Cruz)

SARS Vaccine Tests Begin in Monkeys (5/27/03, New Scientist)

U.S. Department of Energy Selects Washington Group, International & Raytheon Technical Services To Begin Work on Shutdown of Russian Plutonium Production Reactors (5/27/03, DOE)

Australian Breakthrough in Eco-friendly Food Manufacturing (5/27/03, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

European Environmental Bureau Says Cross Compliance Must Not Be Weakened (5/27/03, EEB)

Label Fable - Drowsiness Warning for UK Drivers (5/27/03, UK Department for Transport)

Statement by UK Health and Safety Executive Deputy Director General - Metropolitan Police Prosecution Verdict (5/27/03, HSE)

Hope for 11 Million Children Facing Death from Illnesses - World Health Assembly Adopts New Strategic Directions for Child and Adolescent Health (5/26/03, World Health Organization)

Anti-Cancer Drug Provokes Rash of Criticism (5/26/03, New Scientist)

The Netherlands Provides Additional 6.3 Million Euros for United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Partnership Programme (5/26/03, FAO)

Surgery Better than Drugs for Serious Lack of Blood Flow to the Heart (5/26/03, EurekAlert)

Weekly Reports of Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed Go On-line (5/26/03, European Union)

Britain Boosts Nuclear Bomb Research (5/24/03, New Scientist)

World Rushes To Help Algerian Quake Victims (5/23/03, Environment News Service)

World Health Organization Changes Hong Kong, Guangdong Travel Recommendations (5/23/03, WHO)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Reinstates Travel Alert for Toronto (5/23/03, CDC)

UK Health and Safety Executive Publishes New Legionnaires' Guidance (5/23/03, HSE)

Health Costs of Obesity, Smoking Nearly Equal and World Anti-Smoking Treaty Adopted (5/23/03, National Academies)

Smallpox Vaccine Provides More Protection than Previously Thought (5/23/03, Oregon Health and Science University)

New Research Calls for Heightened Awareness of Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder Following Childbirth (5/23/03, University of Warwick)

Civet Cats Most Likely Source of SARS (5/23/03, New Scientist)

Mad Cow Quarantine in Canada Extended (5/23/03, New Scientist)

Atkin's Diet May Cut Risk of Heart Disease (5/22/03, New Scientist)

IAEA Agrees to Undertake Independent Review of April 10, 2003, Paks, Hungary, NPP Incident (5/22/03, IAEA)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Licensing Board Issues Decision on Seismic Issue Affecting Private Fuel Storage Application (5/22/03, NRC)

Health Canada Launches National West Nile Virus Info-line (5/22/03, Health Canada)

Lack of Security Serious Hindrance to Relief Efforts in Iraq, Top UN Officials Tell Security Council (5/22/03, United Nations)

World Health Organization announces new public-private initiative on disease surveillance (5/22/03, World Health Organization)

US$30 Million Research Effort To Develop New Tests for Deadly Infectious Diseases (5/22/03, WHO)

New Treaty on the Carpathian Region Will Protect Europe's Largest Remaining Wilderness (5/22/03, United Nations Environment Programme)

Federal Emergency Management Agency Awards Nearly $3 Million in Grants to 12 States to Reduce Risk Through Pre-Disaster Planning (5/21/03, FEMA)

Hi-Tech Canary To Save Miners' Lives (5/21/03, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

No "Silver Bullet" to Limit Spam, Federal Trade Commission Tells Congress (5/21/03, FTC)

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Recommends Precautions to Curb Possible Exposures of Workers to Asbestos Linked with Vermiculite from Libby, Montana (5/21/03, NIOSH); see fact sheet (or PDF file)

World Health Assembly Adopts Historic Tobacco Control Pact (5/21/03, WHO)

National Consumer Awareness Campaign Launched on Vermiculite Insulation Used in Some Home Attics (5/21/03, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Whitman, Proud of Accomplishments as She Prepares to Return Home to New Jersey, Resigns as Administrator of EPA, Effective, June 27, 2003 (5/21/03, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

BSE Disease Investigation in Alberta (5/20/03, Canadian Food Inspection Agency)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary's Statement Regarding Canada’s Announcement of BSE Investigation (5/20/03, USDA)

Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on Raising the National Threat Level (5/20/03, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

One Thousand Brazilian Babies Poisoned by Mercury (5/20/03, Environment News Service)

International Atomic Energy Agency Calls for Urgent Action on Nuclear Situation in Iraq (5/19/03, IAEA)

California Autism Diagnoses Double (5/19/03, National Academies)

Webcast of Symposium on Electronic Publishing's Effects on Scientific Research To Continue Tuesday (5/19/03, National Academies)

British Public "Duped" Over Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Fears (5/19/03, New Scientist)

Angry Kids at Greater Risk of Heart Disease (5/19/03, New Scientist)

Study Warns of Health Risk from Nonstick Cookware (5/16/03, Environment News Service); read report Canaries in the Kitchen

Toxic Substances Put One in Five European Union Workers at Risk (5/16/03, Environment News Service)

Webcast of Symposium on Electronic Publishing's Effects on Scientific Research Will Begin Monday (5/16/03, National Academies)

The Big Undo: A Time Machine for Corporate Computing (5/16/03, University of Michigan)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Awards $2 Million To Seven States for New Brownfields Job Training Grants in Ten Communities (5/16/03, U.S. EPA)

EWG Finds Heated Teflon Pans Can Turn Toxic Faster than DuPont Claims (5/15/03, Environmental Working Group); read report Canaries in the Kitchen

A New Roadmap for U.S. Greenhouse Gas Reductions (5/15/03, Environment News Service)

Aerosols' Effects Could Change Current Understanding of Global Climate Change (5/15/03, University of Washington)

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Selects Fair Isaac's Payment Optimizer To Detect Fraud and Abuse (5/15/03, Fair Isaacs Corporation)

U.S. Sues Over Ban on Genetically Modified Foods (5/15/03, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Denali Fault Quake Offers Clues for Hazards in Future Quakes, Science Magazine Reports (5/15/03, U.S. Geological Survey)

Deputy Commissioner of Social Security Administration: Delays in Strengthening Social Security Mean More Difficult Choices in the Future (5/15/03, SSA)

Health Canada Statement on Release of Health Canada and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Preliminary Report (5/15/03, Health Canada); preview report titled Cluster of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Cases Among Protected Health Care Workers - Toronto, April 2003

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Issues Draft Guidance on Use of Material from Deer and Elk in Animal Feed (5/15/03, FDA)

National Quality Forum Finds Consensus on 30 Patient Safety Practices (5/15/03, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

"Tornado Week" Timeline (May 4-12) (5/15/03, Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Algorithm Tweaks Could Boost Google's Speed (5/15/03, New Scientist)

More than 300 New Risk Abstracts Online. The best of the world's recent research on a wide gamut of risk topics is available in RiskWorld's library of risk abstracts, with more than 300 new abstracts published online today. (5/14/03, RiskWorld)

SARS Database of Daily Outbreaks by Country Available Online (5/14/03, World Health Organization)

First World Congress on Risk Convenes in June (5/14/03, Society for Risk Analysis)

Breakthrough Treatment for Most Common Ailment in Men Over 50 Is Safe and Effective, Weill Cornell Study Shows (5/14/03, Cornell University)

U.S. Department of Energy: "Government Accounting Office Report on Recovery of Radioactive Sources Flawed" - DOE-NRC Releases Joint Report on Improving Security of Radioactive Materials, Which GAO Failed To Consider (5/14/03, DOE); read GAO report (PDF file)

U.S. Department of Energy Forwards Joint DOE-NRC Report on Recovery of Radioactive Sources To GAO; Urges GAO To Read It (5/14/03, DOE); read DOE-NRC report (PDF file)

CDC Calls for Meeting Plans Involving International Visitors to Continue (5/14/03, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Former International Monetary Fund Director: 1.1 Billion People in World Are Without Clean, Safe Water - Increased Spending of $100 Billion a Year Needed To Provide Safe Water in Developing Countries (5/14/03, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)

Children Should Have First Oral Health Risk Assessment at Six Months (5/13/03, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)

U.S. Unveils New $20 Note with Background Colors - The New Color of Money: Safer, Smarter, More Secure (5/13/03, Federal Reserve Board)

Computer Worm Fails to Fizzle Out (5/13/03, New Scientist); see Win32/Fizzer Worm information from CERT^® Coordination Center

United States and Cooperating Countries File WTO Case Against EU Moratorium and Biotech Foods and Crops - EU's Illegal, Non-Science based Moratorium Harmful to Agriculture and the Developing World (5/13/03, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

European Commission Regrets U.S. Decision to File World Trade Organization Case on GMOs as Misguided and Unnecessary (5/13/03, EU)

Closer Cooperation on Climate Change to Environmental Education (5/13/03, United Nations Environment Programme)

Changing Epidemiology of Polio Prompts Tactical Shift in World's Largest Public Health Initiative - Supplementary Polio Immunization To Be Narrowed to Key Countries (5/13/03, UNICEF)

Sticky Plant Sap Linked to African Child Cancer (5/13/03, New Scientist)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Mineta Launches Massive Law Enforcement Mobilization for Traffic Safety (5/12/03, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)

Study Confirms Safety of Placing Infants to Sleep on their Backs - Infants Who Sleep on Back Have Fewer Fevers and Ear Infections (5/12/03, National Institutes of Health)

"TOPOFF 2" - Week-Long National Combating Terrorism Exercise Begins May 12, 2003 (5/12/03, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

New Publications Show Injuries Kill More Than Five Million People a Year - Road Crashes Account for 1 of 5 Injury-related Deaths (5/12/03, WHO); see The Injury Chartbook - A Graphical Overview of the Global Burden of Injuries and Injury: A Leading Cause of the Global Burden of Disease

Europe's Environmental Progress At Risk from Unsustainable Economic Activities (5/12/03, European Environment Agency)

Kyrgyz Officials Fear Radioactive Spills (5/12/03, Environment News Service)

Patient Benefits from Controversial vCJD Drug (5/12/03, New Scientist)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency STAR Research Grants Program Judged Excellent (5/12/03, U.S. EPA)

Fewer Tests on Animals and Safer Drugs: New European Union Tests Save 200,000 Rabbits per Year (5/12/03, EU)

Indonesia Must Act Now To Avoid a Worsening Aids Epidemic, Says UNAIDS Executive Director (5/9/03, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS); read full speech at launch of Indonesian National AIDS Strategy 2003-2007

UK Health and Safety Commission Publishes New Guidance on Unloading Petroleum (5/9/03, HSE)

World Health Organization Director-General Begins Dialogue with Food Industry on Diet and Chronic Diseases - Roundtable Meeting Launches High-level Consultation with Private Sector as WHO Prepares Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health for Member States (5/9/03, WHO)

Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Crackdown on Internet Marketers of Bogus SARS Prevention Products (5/9/03, FDA)

Radiation Doses of Atomic Veterans Underestimated, But No Significant Increase in Those Eligible for Compensation Foreseen (5/8/03, National Academies); read full report or listen to archived briefing (requires free RealPlayer)

Live Webcast at 11:00 AM, EDT, May 8, on Veterans and Radiation Exposure (5/7/03, National Academies)

European Commission Publishes Draft New Chemicals Legislation for Consultation (5/7/03, European Union); read questions and answers on new chemicals policy--the REACH system--and remarks by commission member responsible for enterprise and the information society at press conference

European Commission and WHO - A Healthy Partnership Continues and Strengthens Collaboration (5/7/03, European Union)

Breakthrough in Fight Against Infection Misery (5/7/03, EurekAlert)

Canadian Health Minister Announces Membership of Advisory Group on SARS and Public Health (5/6/03, Health Canada)

National Public Radio's "Living on Earth" Series Launches New Segments on Environmental Research - "The Secret Life of Lead" Begins Series That Highlights NSF-Funded Research (5/6/03, National Science Foundation)

Conscientious People Less Likely To Experience Vehicle Crashes, Study Says (5/6/03, Texas A&M University)

Pesticide Safety Education Materials Available (5/6/03, U.S. EPA Office of Pesticide Programs)

EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rise for Second Year Running (5/6/03, European Environment Agency); read report

Water Transfers Are Increasing the Water Crisis - The Case of the Tagus-Segura Transfer in Spain (5/6/03, European Environmental Bureau)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Issues Final Two Proposed Food Safety Regulations (5/6/03, FDA)

Crash Test Results for Model Year 2003 Vehicles Available on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Web Site (5/6/03, NHTSA)

$1.6 Million To Improve Safety at Railway Crossings Across Canada (5/6/03, Transport Canada)

Advisory Committee for Construction Safety and Health Public Meeting Scheduled for May 22-23 in Washington (5/6/03, Occupational Safety and Health Administration)

Bed Sharing with Siblings, Soft Bedding, Increase SIDS Risk (5/5/03, National Institutes of Health)

European Commission Orientation Debate on Reform of EU Chemicals Policy, 7 May 2003 (5/5/03, European Environmental Bureau)

"TOPOFF 2" - Week-Long National Combating Terrorism Exercise Begins May 12, 2003 (5/5/03, U.S. Department of Homeland Security); see remarks by DHS secretary and others

Earthquake in Central Virginia (5/5/03, U.S. Geological Survey)

No Evidence That SARS Stems from Farm Animals (5/5/03, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary To Release $100 Million To Assist States with Smallpox Vaccination Programs (5/5/03, HHS)

Shrink-Proof Sheep (5/2/03, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization)

Severe Immune Response Kills SARS Victims and Face Masks Are Best Protection Against SARS (5/2/03, New Scientist)

A Simple but Ambitious Plan: $20 Million to Jump Start the Iraqi Health System (5/2/03, World Health Organization)

Horrific Venereal Disease Strikes African Baboons (5/2/03, New Scientist)

Starting Marijuana Use During Teens May Result in Cognitive Impairment Later in Life (5/2/03, EurekAlert)

Intel To Release Machine Learning Libraries (5/2/03, New Scientist)

Livermore Researchers Discover Uncertainties in Climate Satellite Data Hamper Detection of Global Warming (5/1/03, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

UK Food Standards Agency Advises Parents to Limit Number of Soft Drinks Containing the Sweetener Cyclamate Given to Young Children (5/1/03, FSA)

War May Be Over, but Battle to Protect Iraqi Children Is Far from Won (5/1/03, UNICEF)

Agricultural Pesticide Use May Be Associated with Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer (5/1/03, National Cancer Institute); see Agricultural Health Study fact sheet and homepage

New Look at Satellite Data Supports Global Warming Trend (5/1/03, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research); see related editorial The Climate Alarmist Two-Step from director of the Fraser Institute Centre for Studies in Risk and Regulation and Global Warming Will Alter Character of Great Lakes Region (4/8/03, Union of Concerned Scientists)

Web-based Attacks Could Create Chaos in the Physical World (5/1/03, Johns Hopkins University)

First Peer-reviewed SARS Genome Sequence Appears in Science (5/1/03, American Association for the Advancement of Science)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Lincoln Technologies, Inc., To Collaborate on Developing Tools for Safety Data Mining (5/1/03, FDA)

Common Gene Variant Increases Risk of Atherosclerosis (5/1/03, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute)

April 2003

U.S. Department of Energy To Compete Contracts at New "Idaho National Laboratory"; Focus on New Lab Mission and Accelerating Environmental Cleanup (4/30/03, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Updates Interim U.S. Surveillance Case Definition for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (4/30/03, CDC)

Genetic Test Blunders Risk Needless Abortions (4/30/03, New Scientist)

Traffic Pollution Damages Men's Sperm (4/30/03, New Scientist)

Shuttle Safety Recommendations Will Ignore Cost (4/30/03, New Scientist)

WHO Welcomes ASEAN Unity Against SARS (4/29/03, World Health Organization)

Physical Activity Reduces Risk for Heart Attack and Death in Men with Diabetes (4/29/03, American Heart Association)

72 New Members Chosen by Academy (4/29/03, National Academies); new members include Roger E. Kasperson, executive director of Stockholm Environment Institute and former Society for Risk Analysis president

Game Theorist Sandler Describes Unintended Consequences of U.S. Counter-Terrorism Policies - Economists Are Building New Theoretical Models To Enlighten Policymakers (4/28/03, National Science Foundation); for example, read Sandler's recent paper with Walter Enders, An Economic Perspective on Transnational Terrorism (PDF file)

Viet Nam SARS-Free (4/28/03, World Health Organization)

At Least One Third of Iraq's Spring Crop Unscathed (4/28/03, U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization)

UK Health and Safety Executive Focuses on Site Transport Safety Risks at SED 2003 (4/28/03, HSE)

Finalists Compete in INFORMS^®Technology World Series (4/28/03, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences); see background on competitor papers, including "Opti-Money at Bank Hapoalim: A Model-Based Investment Decision Support System for Individual Customers"

National Academy of Sciences President Speaks on "Harnessing Science for a More Rational World" at Annual Meeting (4/28/03, National Academies)

Metastatic Prostate Cancer Is Common, Deadly and Costly, Multi-center Study Shows (4/27/03, EurekAlert)

Climatologists Give Waterworld Warning for Earth (4/27/03, New Scientist)

SARS Much More Deadly Than First Estimated (4/25/03, New Scientist)

Malaria Is Alive and Well and Killing More Than 3000 African Children Every Day (4/25/03, World Health Organization)

Tokyo's Cracked Nuclear Reactors May Power Up Again (4/25/03, New Scientist)

Patients Who Have Multiple Potential Causes for Fainting Have a Higher Risk of Death (4/25/03, EurekAlert)

Decline in Human Fertility Linked to Global Warming, Columbia Presbyterian Study Shows (4/25/03, Cornell University)

Pilot Program Examines Modifications for Pesticide Emergency Exemptions (4/24/03, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency); click here and scroll down to title

U.N. Environment Programme Outlines Strategy for Protecting People and the Environment in Post-war Iraq (4/24/03, UNEP); also see Environmental Cleanup a Humanitarian Need in Iraq (4/24/03, Environment News Service)

Gene Variation Raises Risk of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia (4/24/03, EurekAlert)

U.S. Food Safety Standards Should Be More Clearly Linked to Public Health Outcomes (4/24/03, National Academies); read the report Scientific Criteria to Ensure Safe Food; also read USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service's news release

Pew Initiative Report Finds Genetically Altered Fish Have Promise If the Technology Is Reviewed Appropriately (4/24/03, Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology)

550 Sickened from Quorn Fungus-based Foods (4/24/03, released 4/23/03, Center for Science in the Public Interest)

Carbon Monoxide Emissions Controls Achieving Results (4/23/03, National Academies); read Managing Carbon Monoxide Pollution in Meteorological and Topographical Problem Areas

World Health Organization Extends Its SARS-related Travel Advice to Beijing and Shanxi Province in China and to Toronto, Canada (4/23/03, WHO); also read teleconference briefing transcript

Interim Travel Alert: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (4/23/03, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention); see CDC's Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Web page for more information

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Launch Expert Report on Diet, Nutrition, and Prevention of Chronic Diseases (4/23/03, FAO); read report (PDF file)

U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission To Hold Regional ATV Safety Hearing in West Virginia; ATV Injuries Double in Five-year Period, Deaths Continue To Climb (4/23/03, CPSC)

Blood Lead Concentration and Delayed Puberty in Girls (4/23/03, U.S. EPA National Center for Environmental Assessment)

U.S. Department of Transportation Releases Preliminary Estimates of 2002 Highway Fatalities (4/23/03, NHTSA)