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Mars recalls chocolate bars
After a small piece of red plastic was found in one Snickers bar purchased in Germany, Mars Inc. has made a precautionary decision to voluntarily recall a selection of Snickers, Mars, Milky Way and Celebrations products produced in its Netherlands […]
Pope Francis okays contraception to cope with Zika virus
In his in-flight interview from Juarez to Rome, Pope Francis answered questions from the press, including his thoughts on contraception and the Zika virus. The virus is linked to babies born with too small heads. Paloma García Ovejero asked the […]
Chinese people eat too much salt.
Yongning Wu, Ph.D., of the China National Centre for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, China, and colleagues compared salt and sodium consumption in China in 2000 with 2009-2012. The study appears in the February 16 issue of JAMA. he World […]
Air pollution kills 5.5 million every year
Air pollution kills 5.5 million people worldwide every year. More than half of these deaths are from India and China. The new study, presented today at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), […]
Professional midwives lessen maternal death in South Asia
To increase the survival rate to mothers in South Asia, a doctoral candidate suggests that midwifery should be established as a profession. In several South Asian countries, midwifery is not an established profession. Doctoral candidate Malin Bogren has been commissioned […]
Ultra runner sets new world record
Ultra runner Susie Chan set a new world record by running in a treadmill for 12 hours. The 40 year old, ran a total distance of 68.54 miles (110.3km) in the human performance laboratory at the Kingston University’s Penrhyn Road […]
Chinese, Koreans spend least time on grooming
A recent 22-country study found that over three in five (63%) consumers across five Asia Pacific countries put in between one to four hours weekly on personal grooming, with 60 percent from this group saying the time they spend is […]
Samsung starts blood donation drive amid low reserves
South Korea’s top conglomerate the Samsung Group said Thursday it has kicked off an inhouse blood donation campaign in an effort to help the country tide over a shortage of blood reserves. The campaign will be carried out at key […]
Pelican BioThermal offers pallet shipper rental service
Pelican BioThermal, a packaging solutions company for the life sciences industry, now offers Crēdo on Demand for pallet shippers. The rental service, which uses passive Crēdo Xtreme pallet shippers, provides options such as pre-conditioning and end of rental drop-off at […]
Clariant breaks ground in healthcare packaging plant in India
Executive Committee, along with Marco Cenisio, Business Unit Head Masterbatches, and Ketan Premani, Head Clariant Healthcare Packaging Sales, India, performed the groundbreaking ceremony. Clariant performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a new manufacturing plant in Cuddalore, India. The plant is slated […]
