Delaney clause heads for the history books

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The Delaney Clause in the US Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act bans the use of carcinogenic pesticides in food production but the government and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) feel that the law is too strict to be enforceable. Therefore, the EPA implemented a negligible risk standard instead of the zero-risk standard. However, the Natural Resources Defence Council and environmental agencies have won a court battle against the EPA which has been forced by the court to implement the zero-risk standard. Congress is attempting to reform the Clause because of concerns by the agricultural and agrochemical industries.

Cases, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental policy, Pesticides policy, Pesticides regulation

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Medical lobby seeks cuts in US health research agency

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Republicans in both the houses of the Congress, under pressure from a lobby of spinal surgeons, are demanding cuts in the budgetary expenses of the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR). These spinal surgeons are irked with AHCPR over its guidelines, which claim that surgery is not necessary for patients suffering from back pain for less than 3 months. A majority of medical groups including orthopaedicians support the works of AHCPR. AHCPR has launched its own promotional campaign to counter the lobbying aimed at reducing its research funding.

Finance, Social policy, Political aspects, Lobbyists, Federal aid to medical research, Medical research assistance, United States. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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HIV-blood scientist defends reporting delay

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Alfred Prince, a consultant virologist hired by Armour Pharmaceuticals, has defended himself against the charges for not revealing the inadequacies in a procedure to remove AIDS from blood products, by suggesting that the delay in the announcement of research results was due to the uncertainty at that time about HIV. Alfred was working on a heat treatment method for killing HIV. Reports indicates that company executives were also unwilling to invest in a more costly heat-treating procedure, which could have avoided the inadequacies.

Production management, Prevention, HIV infection, HIV infections, Contamination, Blood products, Armour Pharmaceutical Co.

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