US set to endorse human pesticide testing

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The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to publish its policy on the use of human subjects in tests to access the safety of pesticides. Pesticide manufacturers are advocating that data from toxicity tests on people be used in license applications for their products.

United States, Product information, Government domestic functions, Pesticides & Other Ag Chemicals, Pesticide Preparations, Predator Control Products, Predator Poisons, Testing, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental policy, Pesticides, Toxicity testing, Toxicity tests

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Ban on triazine herbicides likely to reduce but not negate relative benefits of GMHT maize cropping

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The effects of applications of triazine herbicides in conventional maize regimes on key indicators, using Farm Scale Evaluations (FSE) data is analyzed. Weed abundances in post-triazine herbicide regimes are forecasted.

Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Herbicides, Sugarbeet Herbicides, Herbicide Preparations, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Cropping systems

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Foreign students face extra UK security checks

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The security checks faced by foreign students, post 9/11 terror attacks which have affected both the research enterprise and the financial situation at the UK universities are reviewed.

United Kingdom, General services, Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Colleges and universities, Safety and security measures, Universities and colleges, Education, Students, Foreign, Foreign students, Security clearances, School safety

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