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259[UK] Fish eat plastic like teens eat fast food, researchers say (2016-06-02)Young fish become hooked on eating plastic in the seas in the same way that teenagers prefer unhealthy fast food, Swedish researchers have said. Their study, reported in Science, found exposure to high concentrations of polystyrene makes perch larvae favour the particles over more natural foo...2016-06-07
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258[UK] Anti-obesity campaigners resign over low-fat diet report (2016-06-03)Two leading figures in Britain’s leading anti-obesity campaign have resigned after it published a report which suggested that urging people to follow low-fat diets and to lower their cholesterol is having “disastrous health consequences”. The National Obesity Forum’...2016-06-07
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257[USA] EPA Releases Draft Triazine Ecological Risk Assessments for Comment (2016-06-02)EPA is releasing the draft ecological risk assessments for atrazine, propazine and simazine, which evaluate risks to animals and plants including, amphibians, birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, aquatic invertebrates, aquatic plant communities, and terrestrial plants. All three pesticides are in the ...2016-06-07
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256[USA] USDA Publishes Guide to Help Convenience Stores Sell Healthier Foods (2016-06-02)PHILADELPHIA, June 2, 2016- Today U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services Kevin Concannon announced a new publication that will help enhance access to healthy foods for residents of low-income neighborhoods. The Healthy Corner Stores Guide p...2016-06-07
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255[USA] Halted in bird flu outbreak, federal egg inspections resume (2016-06-02)DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has resumed inspections of egg-handling facilities in 21 states more than a year after they were suspended due to the nation's worst bird flu outbreak. State veterinarians were concerned about further possibly spread of the de...2016-06-07
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254[USA] FDA warns Horizon Air about lack of sinks on planes (2016-06-03)Airline passengers have one more thing to worry about when they fly? unsanitary practices by flight attendants. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to Horizon Air, citing lack of facilities for hand-washing as insufficient for employees who handle food and ice, The Seat...2016-06-07
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253[USA] Niger confirms bird flu outbreak in poultry (2016-06-03)Niger has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus among poultry, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Friday, as the disease continues to hit flocks across West Africa. Niger's veterinary services submitted a notification to the OIE on Thursday ...2016-06-07
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252Medical devices for Creative economy and Public safetyMedical devices for Creative economy and Public safety - 9th Medical Device Day Ceremony - □ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister Sohn, Mun-gi) announced that it will host a ceremony to celebrate the ‘9th Medical Device Day’ under the theme of “Medica...2016-06-03
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251[Canada] Health Canada to stop issuing new conditional registrations for pesticides (2016-06-01)June 1, 2016 - Ottawa - Health Canada Effective June 1, 2016, Health Canada will no longer grant new conditional registrations for pesticides. This is an important step to improve the openness and transparency of Canada's pesticide regulatory system, by providing the public with an opport...2016-06-03
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250[Canada] Manitoba Has First Case Of PED Virus In Over A Year (2016-06-01)After over a year of being free of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in Manitoba, the hog virus has infected a sow barn in southeastern Manitoba as of May 26. Manitoba Pork general manager Andrew Dickson says this isn't a huge shock because of the volume of trucks going to and from t...2016-06-03