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Claims about the relationship between caffeine and alertness and caffeine and increased physical endurance were accepted.

EU Food Safety Agency Rejects Most Health Claims

When the European Food Safety Authority published its opinions April 8 on 442 proposed health claims for food products, it rejected 80 percent of them.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard

Australian Federal Police Cross Oceans

When the agency opened its Los Angeles office April 8, representatives of the FBI, Secret Service and LAPD were present.

Treatment Center Cited for Workplace Violence Following Employee's Death

OSHA initiated an investigation in October 2010 following the death of one employee and the wounding of another, allegedly committed by a client at the addiction treatment facility.



The goal of SyNAPSE is to develop biological-scale neuromorphic electronic systems that mimic key functions of a human brain.

DARPA Developing Brain-Modeled Machines

A "new generation of intelligent electronic machines" would have applications in robotics and manned systems and in sensory and integration applications such as image processing, it says.

DOL Seeks Comments on Electronic Disclosure by Employee Benefit Plans

The Department of Labor recently announced it is soliciting public comments to assist in determining whether and possibly how to expand or modify current rules regarding the electronic distribution of employee benefit plan information.

OSHA, NIOSH Highlight Safe Practices for Handling Hazardous Drugs

Irreversible effects from work-related exposures even at low levels, without taking appropriate precautions, can include cancer, reproductive and developmental problems, allergic reactions, and others.

Four EMS Dispatchers Honored in Washington State

Awards ceremonies April 8 and April 13 coincided with National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week (April 10-16).

Anyone may petition the HHS secretary to propose regulations to amend the Vaccine Injury Table.

HHS Awaiting IOM Report on Vaccines' Effects

Expected to arrive in early summer, it will review the evidence for adverse health events associated with vaccines covered by the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

Study Finds Welders May be at Increased Risk for Brain Damage

Workers exposed to welding fumes may be at increased risk of damage to the same brain area harmed by Parkinson's disease, according to a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Virtual Reality May Lead to Real-World Improvement for Stroke Patients: Study

Studies indicate that training designed to maximize the brain’s remodelling potential should be challenging, repetitive, task-specific, motivating, and novel. All of those are qualities of video-gaming.

MSHA Launches Online Pattern-of-Violations Monitoring Tool

The newly developed tool permits mine operators, miners, the media, and the public to determine, based on the most recent data available, how a specific mine matches up with the criteria for a potential pattern of violations.

USFA Announces the 2011 Arson Awareness Week Theme

The U.S. Fire Administration recently announced the theme for the 2011 Arson Awareness Week: Working Together to Extinguish Serial Arson.

FRA said it will soon increase its inspections focused on compliance with railroad operating rules, particularly those related to leaving rolling equipment so it is clear of adjacent tracks.

Track Fouling Deaths Bring First 2011 FRA Advisory

One death occurred in September 2010 in New Jersey, the other in February 2011 in Illinois.

Amputation at Beef Manufacturing Facility Carries $45,500 in Penalties

Serious and repeat citations were issued for failing to ensure that lockout/tagout devices were used by authorized employees to de-energize a machine.

NIOSH Reaches Twitter Milestone, Wants Nano Input

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Twitter page has passed 100,000 followers. Until April 15, NIOSH is accepting comments on how to enhance current nanotechnology research.

FDA Launches Consumer-Friendly Web Search

Consumers can now search for food and other product recalls easier and quicker on the Food and Drug Administration's website as search results now provide data from news releases and other recall announcements in the form of a table. That table organizes information from news releases on recalls since 2009 by date, product brand name, product description, reason for the recall and the recalling firm.

Hepatitis B Vaccine's Inventor Memorialized

The vaccine was created in 1969 and patented three years later. It has saved millions of people around the world. Dr. Baruch Blumberg, who discovered the hepatitis B virus, died April 5 in California.

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