European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

additional information about a product 's safety, efficacy, or optimal use. The Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (FDAMA) amended the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act signed into law on November 21, 1997 by adding a new section 506B (21 U.S.C. 356b). FDA issued a draft guidance related to this rule in April 2001. This section provides…

engineered for two main applications which is agricultural production and scientific research. There are many negative effects of genetically modified organisms as in the impact it has on the environment, and the health and wellbeing of animals and humans. Some of the different types of health effects are allergens, toxicity, and the risk that they bring with them. The Federal Government mandating genetically modified food to be labeled as well as monitor the environment are ways to slowly rid…

toxicity of chemicals and then use them on animals would be the humane option of animal testing, which several people in between the two extremes of the animal testing issue reside with. This approach would reduce animal testing, but still provide agencies the option of their current method of testing (Doglin 1). Others also believe that animal testing opponents take these issues too far, and believe the idea of saving the lives of humans is more essential than saving the lives of an animal…

Workplace health and safety (WH&S) is one major area of concern for all the industrialists, public health and social activists. Almost every day there are many occurrences of work place injuries and fatalities which results in unfathomable pain and agony to employees and their families. These work place injuries and fatalities cost a large amount to a country’s economy . The safe work Australia in 2012-13 financial year estimated the economic cost of work related injuries to $61.8 billion…

What is GLP (Good Laboratory Practice)? Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) is defined in the OECD Principles as “… a quality system concerned with the organisational process and the conditions under which non-clinical health and environmental safety studies are planned, performed, monitored, recorded, archived and reported”. The aim is to ensure the quality, reliability and integrity of studies allowing the reporting of verifiable conclusions and the traceability of data. It must be noted that GLP…

of fresh water; island gets its water supply from a dam in Horn Island. TI has a tropical humidity and has two seasons wet season begins around November and ends around May and dry season begins around June to October. The island had its first European settlement in 1877 and has since then became the administrative and commercial ‘capital’ of Torres Strait…

carcinogen in laboratory animals and a neurotoxicant in humans, this finding created outrage around the world and brought focus to the matter of food processing safety (Council 2006). In the years following the first findings of high acrylamide levels, 3-MCPD and Furan were also among the main toxic agents identified as posing health concerns by health organizations around the world. Acrylamide and furan in food have become significant issues for the FDA,…

recent outbreak of Ebola is not only a concern for the citizens living in West African countries, but it also poses a threat to global health. With no known cure, Ebola is a brutal and fatal disease that is spread through the contact of bodily fluids. For the last seven months, Liberia,…

liberalism is the only contemporary ideology that is both viable and promotes the betterment of the people through political and economic systems by its emphasis on the will of the people. Liberalism provides society with security, freedoms and economic safety, such as Canada’s Anti-terrorism Act of 2015, the United Nations’ Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People or the United States’ Marshall Plan. One of the essential aspects of liberalism is the security that comes with it. In Canada we…

recognized that nurses need to have the specialist practitioner’s qualification in order to meet the challenges of both leadership and management that the role entails (Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety 2011, Longstaff…