Safe and sound?

Article Abstract:

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued a bulletin on Risk Assessment, outlining proposed changes to the way the government conducts the scientific studies that quantify the risks to human health, safety and the environment, to attain a standard of risk assessment across the government. Environmental and consumer groups charge that its real aim is to weaken the Environmental protection Agency (EPA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), thus moving regulations in industry's favor without the knowledge of the public.

Reports, Environmental impact analysis, Environmental law, United States. Office of Management and Budget

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A firm response to AIDS

Article Abstract:

The Product Red is the private sector's campaign to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. AIDS activists and officials want the private sector's expertise in logistics and financial management as the campaign rolls out across the United States and the rest of the world.

Financial management, Services information, Finance, Services, Prevention, Private sector, AIDS (Disease), Wellness programs, Company financing, AIDS education

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Silicon down to the wire

Article Abstract:

Jack Kilby, a Texas instruments engineer has invented the integrated circuit in 1958 due to which he won the noble prize in physics for it in 2000. Details on the various changes taken place in the semiconductor industry after this invention are discussed.

Semiconductors and related devices, Executive changes & profiles, Semiconductor industry, Innovations, Officials and employees, Achievements and awards, Kilby, Jack

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