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Royal Visitor for Camlab
Camlab Ltd, the laboratory supplies company based at Over, Cambridge, today received a Royal visitor HRH the Duke of Kent. The visit was arranged by UKTI (UK Trade & Investment), the UK Government organisation formed to promote innovation and export growth by UK companies, as part of a tour of companies in the Cambridge area. The Duke toured the Camlab facility and saw the modernisation that ...
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Benchmarking and exchange for good practices in OSH
EU-OSHA and its official Campaign partners met on 5 -6 June 2013 in Brussels to exchange good practices, as well as performance and process indicators to promote better safety and health practices. Issues discussed included: (1) Learning from incidents and accidents, including training of workers to report hazards, (2) Leadership training and OSH competence of all responsible actors, (3) How to ...
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COVID-19 Statement
As a company we continue to closely monitor developments with respect to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), taking guidance from the British Government and the World Health Organisation. We have been taking steps to ensure the safety and wellness of our employees including travel restrictions, reviewing business continuity plans, and working to implement visitor guidelines for those coming to our ...
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Download our FREE Guide: Benzene Related Health Issues
ION Science has published a new FREE Guide, An Introduction to Benzene Related Health Issues. The Guide has been created to ensure you understand the specific worldwide concerns over benzene and make you aware of benzene related health issues and why benzene should be monitored. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) there is no safe level of exposure. Regular exposure can lead to ...
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Searching for noise solutions on awareness day
To mark the International Noise Awareness Day on 27 April, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Noise Abatement Society (NAS) seek submissions for the new European Soundscape Award which will recognise innovative solutions to noise problem. Exposure to unwanted noise can cause stress and interfere with basic activities such as sleep, rest and study. Prolonged exposure can also trigger ...
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BioDiem Board Change
Australian vaccine technology company BioDiem Ltd (“BioDiem”) announced that effective today, Mr Hugh Morgan AC, will step down from his non-executive director roles on the boards of BioDiem and its subsidiary, Opal Biosciences Ltd (“Opal”). Mr Hugh Morgan AC has been chairman of BioDiem since 2005 and is a major shareholder of the company. He is actively involved in many ...
By BioDiem Ltd.
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How 24 Developing Countries are Implementing UHC Reforms From the Bottom Up
The World Bank Group has published a new book, titled “Going Universal: How 24 Developing Countries are Implementing UHC Reforms From the Bottom Up”. The foreword describes UHC as a “triple win: It improves people’s health, reduces poverty, and fuels economic growth”. The World Health Organisation describes the goal of universal health coverage (UHC) to ...
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The Fab’entech biopharmaceutical company Fab’entech is launching the production of its treatment against Ebola.
Recognised for its production capacities, its short development lead times and the quality of its products, Fab’entech has accelerated its project to develop a treatment against Ebola, in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and with the support of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). These highly-purified antibodies for use in humans aim to specifically and immediately ...
By Fab’entech
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ESA supports efforts to protect public health and safety
A consortium of Portuguese and Italian companies, led by the Portuguese National Health Institute and with the support of ESA, is developing a Health Early Warning System designed to enable timely detection and tracking of emerging threats to public health and safety via satellite. The Health Early Warning System (HEWS) system is being developed as an integrated management platform devised to ...
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Governments agree to reduce use of persistent chemicals (POPs)
Government delegates to the United Nations' Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have added nine new chemicals to its list of substances that governments must control. Environmental NGOs have welcomed the move but are disappointed by the inadequacy and inconsistency of control measures approved for three the listed chemicals. Delegates at the meeting, held in Geneva in ...
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ESA joins the fight for health and safety
The European Space Agency is throwing its full support behind an initiative spearheaded by the Portuguese National Health Institute for the development of a Health Early Warning System (HEWS). This system will enable the timely detection and tracking of emerging threats to public health and safety via satellite. Originally the brainchild of the Portuguese National Health Institute (INSA), the ...
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Coronavirus: guidance from IOSH and the World Health Organization
IOSH is working closely with the World Health Organization (WHO) to share latest information and guidance on the coronavirus and how to stay healthy at work. Coronavirus (COVID-19) affects the lungs and airways. The main symptoms of coronavirus are coughing, a high temperature and shortness of breath. WHO has declared the coronavirus a public health emergency of international concern, with the ...
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Optos wins Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award to support the early detection of diabetes in NHS patients
Optos, a Fife based company and a world-leader in the design and manufacturing of advanced retinal imaging technology, has been awarded NHS funding to accelerate the implementation and validation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support the early detection of Diabetes related eye-disease into NHS Diabetic Eye Screening practices. The technology uses a machine learning algorithm to analyse ...
By Optos, Inc.
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Superbugs: MEPs want to curb use of antibiotics in farming
To fight the growing resistance of bacteria to today’s antibiotics, the use of existing antimicrobial drugs should be restricted, and new ones should be developed, said the European Parliament on Thursday. In a vote on draft plans to update an EU law on veterinary medicines, MEPs advocate banning collective and preventive antibiotic treatment of animals, and back measures to stimulate ...
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Over 2,400 medical device manufacturers sign up for GMDN
Over 2,400 medical device manufacturers from around the world have signed up to use the Global Medical Device Nomenclature (GMDN), the de facto global standard for identifying the world’s millions of medical devices, since April 2019. The GMDN is now used by over 5,200 registered member organisations around the world, which is an increase of 86%, in just 5 months. The surge in use follows ...
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A revolutionary test result in the fight against COVID-19 – new scientific study proves Genano technology is 99.999 per cent effective in eliminating the airborne virus
The air purifier manufacturer Genano commissioned the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland to carry out a study on how effective its air purifiers are against viruses like COVID-19 in indoor air. This new study is the first of its kind in Finland, and the results have exceeded all expectations: in no more than 15 minutes, nearly 90 per cent of airborne virus particles had been removed, and ...
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Zinc industry announces new commitments in fight against child mortality
Today, the International Zinc Association (IZA) announces new commitments to fund UNICEF programmes in Brazil against zinc deficiency, a public health threat that contributes to the deaths of more than 450,000 children each year. At the beginning of 2011 IZA and UNICEF will identify an additional programme in the African continent, where zinc deficiency is also affecting children. IZA support ...
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European NGOs Call On European Commission To Follow Through On Their Promise To Address The Problem Of Pharmaceuticals In The Environment
Yesterday, five NGOs, representing hundreds of environmental and health organisations in all 28 European Union Member States, sent a joint letter to European Commission (EC) President Jean-Claude Junker, Vice-President Frans Timmermans, Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, and Commissioner for Health & Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis, calling for ...
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One herd test can help cut antibiotic use on-farm
That was the message from Dr John Penry who spoke to the Herd ’19 conference in Bendigo, recently, about ways dairy farmers can reduce the use of antibiotics on-farm. The newly appointed Dairy Australia manager of technical and innovation, Dr Penry outlined four management methods for dairy farmers to replace blanket dry cow therapy which involves treating the entire herd with ...
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Campaign launched to reduce cancers due to pesticide exposure
Two health and environment groups have come together to launch a campaign to prevent cancers that are associated with exposure to pesticides. It will be known as the Pesticides and Cancer Campaign. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) based in Brussels and the Mouvement pour le Droit et le Respect des Générations Futures in Paris believe that stricter regulation on the use of herbicides, ...
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