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Standards Alliance Hosts Orientation for 16 Colombian officials.
2016-01-29 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As public-private partnership between ANSI and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Standards Alliance hosted Colombian officials – representatives of trade ministry, national standards bodies, accreditation bodies, regulators, and private sector – in Washington, D.C. Meetings held from November 30 to December 4, 2015 provided Colombian delegation with detailed orientation regarding public-private nature of U.S. system and served as forum for future collaboration.
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Health officials probe tie between Zika, paralyzing syndrome
2016-01-22 23:14:31| Biotech - Topix.net
Health officials say they're trying to determine if an unusual jump in cases of the rare Guillain-Barre Syndrome is related to the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in El Salvador. Fears the illness might cause birth defects already has led authorities in the Central American nation to warn women against becoming pregnant.
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County Officials Explore Renewable Solution to Landfill Problem
2016-01-20 00:15:00| Waste Age
Murfreesboro Post Rutherford County is in the early stages of planning for a waste-to-energy facility. read more
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Officials: Animal health lab upgrades would protect industry
2016-01-18 08:45:23| Livestock - Topix.net
Due in part to the avian influenza virus that led to the death of millions of turkeys and chickens across the country last summer, South Dakota is laying the groundwork to upgrade its only animal health laboratory, a move that veterinary officials say is crucial in helping the state's big agriculture industry weather future outbreaks. Veterinary and agriculture officials say though the Animal Disease Research and Diagnostic Laboratory in Brookings responded quickly and effectively to the bird flu - even helping labs in Minnesota and Iowa - the nearly 50-year-old facility lacks the space and design to handle new outbreaks and the security measures to effectively protect researchers.
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Did Michigan officials hide the truth about lead in Flint?
2016-01-15 01:04:00| Waste Management - Topix.net
Michigan officials may have altered sample data to lower the city of Flint's water lead-level reports, according to official documents and a researcher who conducted extensive tests there over the last six months. Documents and emails show discrepancies between two reports detailing the toxicity of lead samples collected by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the city of Flint between February and June 2015, Professor Marc Edwards from Virginia Tech University said.
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