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- Pandemic proposal: the government says the private sector should play a part in a flu strategy
- In its National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, issued November 2005, the federal government cited the important role of the business community, noting that the private sector "should play an integral role in preparedness before a pandemic begins, and should be part of the national response." The U.S. Department of Health...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- World shifts chemical disarmament focus onto rogue attackers
- THE HAGUE AFP — The nightmare scenario of a mass-scale chemical attack by extremists and the panic which would ensue has created a new role for the body set up to rid the world of chemical weapons. Diplomats at the 10-day Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW...
- Research articles 2008-04-20
- US accelerates nuclear stockpile cuts: White House
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States has accelerated the scrapping of its nuclear weapons, approving a "significant reduction" in the stockpile by the end of the year, the White House said Tuesday. "The president has approved a significant reduction in the US nuclear weapons stockpile to take effect by...
- Research articles 2007-12-18
- Plywood firm refuses fine.(GUYANA)
- A Malaysian timber company refused to pay a US$480,000 fine to the government, which accused it of under-reporting the number of logs harvested from local firms, reports AFP (Oct. 26, 2007). Barama Co. Ltd chief executive Peter Ho. The company has a stockpile of logs, but Ho...
- Research articles 2007-12-01
- US touts 'excellent record' on complying with disarmament obligations
- UNITED NATIONS AFP — Top US disarmament officials briefed a UN General Assembly panel here Monday on Washington's efforts to sharply reduce its nuclear stockpile in line with its obligations under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty NPT. "By the time we are done in 2012, we will have reduced the...
- Research articles 2007-10-15
- Rockville-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. boosted
- Emergent BioSolutions Inc., of Rockville, which develops and manufactures products that harness the immune system to treat and prevent disease, said it completed on Sept. 28 an initial delivery of its BioThrax anthrax vaccine to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for inclusion into the strategic national stockpile....
- Research articles 2007-10-03
- U.S. beats nuke-dismantling schedule
- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is dismantling unneeded nuclear warheads at a faster pace than forecast as it substantially reduces its atomic arsenal under terms of an arms control treaty with Russia, government officials said Sunday. The Bush administration planned to announce Monday that it has taken apart...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Warhead dismantling ahead of schedule
- WASHINGTON -- The United States is dismantling unneeded nuclear warheads at a faster pace than forecast as it substantially reduces its atomic arsenal under terms of an arms control treaty with Russia, government officials said Sunday. The Bush administration planned to announce today that it has taken apart...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- U.S. beats nuke-dismantling schedule
- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is dismantling unneeded nuclear warheads at a faster pace than forecast as it substantially reduces its atomic arsenal under terms of an arms control treaty with Russia, government officials said Sunday. The Bush administration planned to announce Monday that it has taken apart...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- U.S. beats nuke-dismantling schedule
- WASHINGTON -- The U.S. is dismantling unneeded nuclear warheads at a faster pace than forecast as it substantially reduces its atomic arsenal under terms of an arms control treaty with Russia, government officials said Sunday. The Bush administration planned to announce Monday that it has taken apart...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Congress gives warhead proposal cool reception
- WASHINGTON -- An administration proposal to build a new generation of more reliable nuclear warheads to replace the stockpile met with skepticism last week from key lawmakers who will decide how much money to give the program. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Ind., chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee...
- Research articles 2007-04-02
- Newer and fewer; Reliably replacing warheads.(America's "reliable replacement warhead")
- But Congress may still have doubts about modernising America's bombs WHEN George Bush first took office, he said he wanted to reduce the size of America's stockpile of nuclear warheads to the lowest number consistent with America's security and that of its allies. ...
- Research articles 2007-03-10
- Chemical weapons' disposal delayed
- WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has extended its timeline to destroy its aging chemical weapons arsenal until 2023, despite concerns by Congress and watchdog groups that the stockpiles raise the risk of an accident or theft by terrorists. The new schedule, outlined in Pentagon documents obtained by USA TODAY, means the...
- Research articles 2006-11-21
- Audit finds backlog in reliability testing of nuclear warheads
- WASHINGTON AFP — An audit has found a "significant backlog" in surveillance testing of nuclear warheads, resulting in a lack of vital information about the reliability of the US stockpile, the Energy Department said. The Energy Department conducts tests of randomly selected weapons and components as part of an effort...
- Research articles 2006-11-03
- UN trade body rules out African ivory sale
- GENEVA AFP — The United Nations body on trade in protected species rejected a request by three southern African countries to be allowed to sell stockpiles of ivory, in an exception to a 17-year-old global ban on the trade. "The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna...
- Research articles 2006-10-05
- Environmental protection agency releases tire cleanup guide.(Brief article)
- In an effort to reduce scrap tire piles around the country, the Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with the State of Illinois, has created the "Scrap Tire Cleanup Guidebook, A Resource for Solid Waste Managers Across the United States." More than 290 million tires...
- Research articles 2006-07-03
- Tooele disposal site is success
- For nearly a decade, EG&G Defense Materials Inc. has safely and successfully operated the U.S. Army's Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility TOCDF at Deseret Chemical Depot. Our proud workforce has destroyed more than half of what began as the nation's single- largest stockpile of aging, obsolete and deteriorating chemical weapons....
- Research articles 2006-05-31
- EU pressed over bird flu drug stockpile
- BRUSSELS AFP — The European Commission called on EU governments to decide this week whether to build a joint stockpile of anti-viral drugs to prepare for a feared flu pandemic later this year. The European Union's executive arm said EU ministers should consider such concerted action -- to add...
- Research articles 2006-05-31
- Roche put on alert for Tamiflu stockpile after Indonesia bird flu outbreak
- GENEVA AFP — The World Health Organisation WHO said that it had alerted the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche in case it needed to call on a stockpile of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu to fight a new bird flu outbreak in Indonesia. "At the beginning of last week the situation...
- Research articles 2006-05-28
- US experts cut by half size estimate of China nuclear arsenal
- WASHINGTON AFP — China's nuclear arsenal is about half the size previously estimated by US experts, even as the Asian giant modernizes its atomic forces in a secret fashion, a new study shows. China's nuclear stockpile appears to have leveled out at about 200 warheads compared with 400 as...
- Research articles 2006-05-02
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