Nuffield Council invites public to join genetics debate

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HCHO Emissions Debate Invites Scrutiny of Lab Tests, Economics

F or longevity, few issues in the forest products industry rival the formaldehyde (HCHO) debate. The issue came to the fore in the mid-1970s as increased use of HCHO-emitting board products in more tightly constructed homes led to numerous complaints. As a result. U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency (HUD) ruled in 1985 that the HCHO level of air in mobile homes would be limited to 0.4 par...

Care home provider invites debate on camera use.

SIX OUT of ten staff working for one of the UK's largest care home providers have said they would welcome the installation of visible cameras in its homes to help safeguard residents.

Nuffield Council on Bioethics Report: Novel Techniques for the prevention of mitochondrial DNA disorders: an ethical review London: Nuffield Council of Bioethics 2012

From the first reading I liked this report because it does what all good reports should do: it takes a complex subject – pronuclear transfer (PNT) and maternal spindle transfer (MST) explains it clearly (chapter 2), considers the ethical pros and cons for its use (chapter 4) in a particular context – the prevention of debilitating mitochondrial disease (chapter 1) in a measured way and, finally...

The ethics of research related to healthcare in developing countries NUFFIELD COUNCIL BIOETHICS ON