Coke under attack from Indian activist in US.
Byline: Ratna Bhushan NEW DELHI: It is the second recent example of a US-based Indian causing trouble for an MNC giant. After Seattle-based attorney Harish Bharti made McDonald's Corp cough up $10 million as compensation for lacing its french fries with beef tallow, now California-based Indian activist...

'No valid basis for CSE sampling'.
NEW DELHI: An expert committee constituted by the government has questioned the competence of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) labs. The committee has pointed out that the tests carried out by CSE were done in an ISO 9001:2000 laboratory. However, according to testing regulations, only an...

A Simple Romp in the Garden Can Be Dangerous for Your Pet.
PETsMART Offers Tips to Ensure a Safe and Enjoyable Outdoor Experience For Pets and Their People PHOENIX, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Most pet owners believe their yard is a safe place for a pet to explore and spend time unattended. But the fact...

Flight Attendants Tell Congress: Airplane Cabin Air May Be Toxic.
Ask Help in Removing Toxins From Cabin Air And in Cleaning Poisonous Pesticides from Aircraft WASHINGTON, June 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Flight attendants from more than 20 United States based airlines, represented by the Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO, are lobbying on Capitol Hill...

Growing Attention to Biological Pesticides.
Present status of the pesticides structure China has nearly 2000 registered pesticide producers. There are around 250 pesticide varieties and the annual output is nearly 400 000 tons, holding the second place in the world. The output of chemical pesticides accounts for more than 90% of the...

Lax implementation of law on toxic substances deplored.
In filing Senate Resolution 486, Legarda lamented the discovery that the capsized MV Princess of the Stars had among its cargoes the pesticide endosulfan known to be a highly toxic environmental pollutant. Legarda's resolution directed the Senate Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources to probe the...

Romblon fish ban ordered.
Director Dr. Eric Tayag of the National Epidemiology Center (NEC) said they have not seen any signs of pesticide contamination such as fish kill but avoiding the consumption of fish and mussels in the area is a precautionary measure against the harmful effects of Endosulfan, an insecticide known to...

Duque says no signs of pesticide contamination.
"Negative but that's only the baseline date so we would make daily monitoring of the water where the pesticides are located," Duque said. MV Princess of the Stars was found to be carrying a load of the pesticide Endosulfan when it sank, prompting the government to suspect...

Romblon fish ban dislocates many Mimaropa fisherfolk.
The DoH, through the National Epidemiology Center (NEC), has enforced a temporary ban on harvesting and eating fish and mussels from the waters of San Fernando town, in Romblon, the site of wreckage of the ill-starred MV Princess of Stars. The fishing ban was enforced in the...

DAM PLAN CONFRONTS FORMIDABLE OBSTACLES.
Byline: Susan Palmer The Register-Guard LOWELL - The rotary screw trap at a fish-counting apparatus at the base of Lookout Point Dam looks part giant metal funnel, part sieve. How many salmon make it through unscathed is of particular interest to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,...