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Argentina's Santa Fe Government Reducing Lead Ammunition for Sports Hunters
September 1, 2011 The Wildlife Conservation Society applauds the government of Santa Fe Province for taking steps to reduce the amount of lead ammunition used in hunting of waterfowl, the first such action of its kind ... > full story -
New Tests for Dangerous 'Legal Marijuana,' 'Bath Salts' and Other Emerging Designer Drugs
August 30, 2011 Scientists report the development of much needed new tests to help cope with a wave of deaths, emergency room visits and other problems from a new genre of dangerous designer drugs sold legally in ... > full story -
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Public Disclosure of Clinical Trial Results by Health Canada Should Be Mandatory, Expert Argues
August 29, 2011 Health Canada is not prevented by law from publicly disclosing safety and efficacy data from clinical trials, pharmaceuticals, biologics and medical devices and should be more transparent, states a ... > full story -
Government Subsidies to the US Film Industry Promote Youth Smoking, Argue Researchers
August 23, 2011 Governments in the UK, US and Canada are undermining tobacco prevention campaigns by subsidizing top-grossing US films that contain smoking, a report by public health researchers ... > full storyMore: -
Handsome Annual Reports Cause Investors to Value Company Higher
August 23, 2011 As firms begin the 2011 annual report process, they may want to pay closer attention to the way those reports look. A recent study found that investors, regardless of their experience, place a higher ... > full story -
Majority of Pharmaceutical Ads Do Not Adhere to FDA Guidelines, New Study Finds
August 18, 2011 A new study of 192 pharmaceutical advertisements in biomedical journals found that only 18 percent were compliant with Food and Drug Administration guidelines, and over half failed to quantify ... > full story -
Consumers Willing to Pay More for Sustainable Apparel If Business Is Transparent, Study Finds
August 17, 2011 Researchers have found that consumers are willing to support apparel companies that do have employ sustainable and ethical practices; but those businesses have to prove ... > full story -
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Can Stock Markets Regulate Themselves? History of Markets Offers Insight Into Effects of Regulation on Success of Initial Public Offerings
August 17, 2011 Whenever crisis threatens the financial markets, voices are loud in calling for greater control. It is dubious, however, whether tighter regulation would actually offer investors better protection ... > full story -
Reducing Drug Funding to U.S. Medicare Patients Will Lead Many to Stop Taking Their Medications, Researchers Say
August 16, 2011 The lack of financial assistance to cover the cost of drugs to Medicare beneficiaries (the U.S. government's health insurance program for people aged 65 or over, which currently covers 50 million ... > full story -
GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Should Be Used as Tool, Not Control Mechanism, Researchers Find
August 8, 2011 The use of GPS technology to monitor sex offenders should be viewed as a tool rather than a control mechanism, a team of researchers found in a recent ... > full story
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