Onset of kids' food allergies linked to infant wipes

Title of documentProposal for Amendment to Legal Inspection of Children's Raincoat (1 page(s), in English; 2 page(s), in Chinese)DescriptionThe Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection is proposing to adopt the most recent version of standard, CNS 15503 “General requirements for safety of children’s products,” published on 18...

Several recent epidemiological studies examined associations between exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and various human health outcomes.Richard Christian Jensen and colleagues from the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, investigated “association between five serum PFASs and glucose-related outcomes in pregn...

The Department of Health together with mining houses that operate hospitals in Bojanala District have established a Health Forum to attend to teething healthcare challenges in mining communities. This emerged during a meeting called by Health MEC Madoda Sambatha in Rustenburg yesterday.The meeting was convened to discuss how mining houses can be ab...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), and Susan Collins (R-Maine) reintroduced the Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act, a bipartisan bill that would establish a national mercury monitoring network to protect human health, s...

EFSA has taken a major step towards becoming a fully open data organisation by committing to publish the scientific data it uses for EU-wide monitoring programmes and surveys and many of its risk assessments.In a report published today, EFSA lays out how it intends to share data collected in areas such as: food consumption habits; pesticide residue...