Pesticide Study Using Children Postponed
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WASHINGTON Nov 11, 2004 - A planned government study into how children&#39;s bodies absorb pesticides and other chemicals has been temporarily suspended due to ethical concerns.
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Emeryville&#39;s Chiron Corp. said Thursday that it will delay shipments until early October of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin, after the company identified a small number of lots that do not meet product sterility specifications.
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The World Anti-Doping AgencyÃÂ holdsÃÂ off on banning the use of hypoxic chambers, but asks that studies look further into health implications.
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Tests that determine whether toxic chemicals accumulate in food may be missing some hazardous materials and need to be updated, a Canadian researcher said Thursday.
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A glitch in a massive study on the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt &amp; Whitney will delay the release of the final report, researchers said Wednesday.
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ST. LOUIS _ An independent panel of scientists evaluating the safety of a chemical found in plastics failed to reach a conclusion Wednesday.
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The House committee is postponing a hearing featuring Roger Clemens and other players until Feb. 13.
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Demands by the United States and other wealthy nations to delay the phasing out of a pesticide that depletes the ozone layer threaten to unravel a key global environmental treaty, experts said on Thursday.
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A billion dollar court case is delayed in Nigeria against a US pharmaceutical giant over a drug trial in which 11 children died.
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Gardeners join boxers on at-risk list Researchers from the University of Aberdeen have found an increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease among those exposed to pesticides.â¦
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A U.S. congressional panel investigating steroids in baseball on Wednesday postponed until next month an appearance by pitching great Roger Clemens, who denies claims he used performance-enhancing drugs.
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A nonprofit group that plans to produce  low-cost computers for poor children has delayed production and  raised the laptops' price as it works out flaws in the product,  a spokesman for the foundation said on Friday.
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ATLANTA Doctors have halted a study on children with sickle cell anemia because two of the young patients have suffered strokes. The study was designed to determine whether children with the disease could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland : Doping cases of world 100m record holder Tim Montgomery and Chryste Gaines have been postponed, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said.
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Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou get a delay from the panel that will say whether they should be banned for missing a drug test.
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A controversial new law that could signal trouble ahead for independent programers is delayed again.
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Harris County health officials raised concerns last week when they suggested pesticides that are safe enough to spray in residential neighborhoods might no longer kill mosquitoes within a decade.