| Consumer groups push for label for modified salmon By MARY CLARE JALONICK 2010-09-21T18:08:22ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer advocates urged the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to ensure that salmon engineered to grow twice as fast as the conventional variety are labeled in the grocery store as genetically modified.... hosted.ap.org |
US restricts, EU bans controversial diabetes pill By MATTHEW PERRONE 2010-09-23T20:18:17ZEuropean regulators ordered the diabetes drug Avandia off the market and the Food and Drug Administration placed stringent restrictions on its use in the United States, saying heart attack risks associated with the former blockbuster are too great a safety concern to continue its use for most people.... hosted.ap.org |
Hungary sludge flood called 'ecological disaster' By BELA SZANDELSZKY 2010-10-05T20:15:54ZDEVECSER, Hungary (AP) -- Hungary declared a state of emergency in three counties Tuesday after a flood of toxic red sludge from an alumina plant engulfed several towns and burned people through their clothes. One official called it "an ecological disaster" that may threaten the Danube and other key rivers.... hosted.ap.org |
Maternity leave Brussels wants to change things, but will the situation improve? bbc.co.uk |
Cholera fears spark anti-clinic protest in Haiti By JONATHAN M. KATZ 2010-10-27T00:11:32ZPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Protesters threw rocks at a cholera treatment center as it was preparing to open in the city of St. Marc on Tuesday, highlighting the fear surrounding a disease that was almost unknown in Haiti before it began spreading through the countryside, aid workers said.... hosted.ap.org |