Cancer vaccines ready for trials by 2003
Vaccines against at least two kinds of cancer will be ready for clinical trials within three years, according to leading Canadian research scientist Rafick-Pierre Sekaly. A professor of microbiology
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Company offers HIV resources to SA
A Virginia-based biotechnology company said on Monday it had offered to give South Africa all the information and technology it needed to test its Aids vaccine. Cel-Sci, based in
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Iscor spill sparks river water alert
Contaminated industrial water from Iscor's Newcastle plant was accidentally spilled on Saturday and the South African company has warned that water in the Ngagane River should not be used for four
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Air pollution being tackled with urgency, insists Tung
Air pollution was being tackled with "great urgency" to boost tourism and make Hong Kong a world-class city, Tung Chee-hwa told travel industry representatives yesterday. Speaking at the opening of
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Asthma rates rise close to industry
An Adelaide study has linked substantially higher than normal asthma rates in children with exposure to industry in the heavily industrialised suburb of Port Adelaide (Australia).A paper to be
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Atomic site clean-up 'a success'
The Australian Government has declared the clean-up of the Maralinga test site a success but would not say the process used was the most secure storage option available.Industry, Science and
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Disease risk was avoidable
expert : The Melbourne Aquarium could have avoided the risk of legionnaires' disease by using an air-based cooling system instead of a water-based system, an expert said yesterday.Clive Broadbent, an
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SC ruling on unwanted child raises several issues
The recent Supreme Court ruling confirming that a woman is entitled to claim damages for bringing up an "unwanted child born due to the doctor's negligence in performing sterilization operation on
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14 cows yield five quintals of polythene
Vets removed over five quintals of polythene from the stomachs of 14 cows during a state animal and husbandry department-sponsored "save cow" campaign on Saturday. According to a rough estimate, at
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Indiana auto parts maker sued for polluting river
A large auto parts maker and its environmental consultant were responsible for releasing toxic chemicals into an Indiana river late last year, killing a million fish, federal and state lawsuits
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Drought claims 15 lives in Baluchistan
Drought conditions in Baluchistan have claimed 15 lives so far, Mr. Syed Abbas Shah, relief commissioner of the Pakistani province, was quoted as saying in Quetta on
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Steps on to bring down birth rate
Tamil Nadu, the eleventh most populous State in the Country, is working to widen the scope of its voluntary family welfare programme to further reduce its crude birth
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AIDS crisis may fuel war, says study
The AIDS epidemic is now so widespread globally that it could contribute to the destruction of governments and contribute to ethnic wars, according to the US Government."At least some of the
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Pipeline plan to tackle salt build-up
A pipeline along the Murray River bed and running out to sea in South Australia may solve the issue of salt disposal resulting from rising groundwater in the Murray Darling Basin.The Pipe Salt
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India's drought fails to live up to hype
Some experts have cast doubt on the scale of India's "national disaster" drought, saying that politicians and local contractors are exaggerating conditions to profit from relief funds. One scientist
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New theory on epidemic
The legionnaires' disease epidemic linked to the Melbourne Aquarium could have been caused by soil disturbed during construction on an adjacent site, investigators have suggested.Two workers from the
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Romanian pollution 'extensive'
Romania's Environment Ministry has published an audit report that gives a bleak account of the extent of the country's problems with industrial pollution. The report was requested by the European
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Mexico asks Indians to move from area
Mexico has appealed to squatters, mostly Indians, in a jungle reserve to move away from the area, where their slash-and-burn farming has stoked a rash of fires that threatens to become a major
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U.S. body criticizes gene researcher
The U.S. Food and Drug Aministration harshly criticized a prominent gene-therapy researcher for what it termed serious violations in experimental studies, including the treatment of a cancer patient
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U.S. body refuses Aventis bid for broader use of blood drug
A U.S. federal advisory panel refused to recommend that use of blood-thinning drug be broadly expanded to stave off imminent heart attacks. Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Refludan wasn't effective