Regulation of New Chemicals

Regulation of pertussis toxin and lipopolysaccharide levels of Bordetella pertussis 134 in response to modulators

  Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious disease of the human respiratory tract, which is caused by Bordetella pertussis. Reemerge of pertussis in some highly immunized populations and divergency in gene order among several B. pertussis strains promoted this research to study the change of pertussis toxin (PT) and lipopolysacharide levels in response to the different environments. Th...

Effect of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) Doty ex silva. extract on grain quality, yield and some yield components of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

A pot experiment was conducted in rabi season 2004-05 to study the effect of Kappaphycus alvarezii extract applied as a foliar spray at 0.25%, 0.50% and 1.0% on wheat. Compared to control the yield of grain increased by 80.44% when, the plants were sprayed with 1.0% K. alvarezii extract. The nutritional quality of grain such as carbohydrate, protein and minerals also improved under the influenc...

Implications of the new EU legislation on chemicals for Poisons Centres

In the last 5 years, the legislation on chemicals was rigorously updated in the European Union (EU). The CLP (Classifi cation, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures) Regulation 1 and REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Regulation 2 completely renew the rules on (risk) management of substances and mixtures. They will gradually replace a large...

Implementing New Regulation Promotes Health but May Increase Inequality

Vitellogenin assay by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) as a biomarker of endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDCs) pollution

There are increasing evidences that show many xenobiotic chemicals (called as endocrine disruptorchemicals EDCs) through interfering with endocrine system, have the capability to induce developmentaland reproductive abnormalities in humans and animals. The yolk protein precursor vitellogenin (VTG) hasproved to be a simple and sensitive biomarker for assessing exposure of fish to EDCs especially...

The New Regulation on Establishment, Procedures, and Duties of the Research Ethics Committees in the Islamic Republic of Iran

More than two decades have passed since the establishment of research ethics committees in Iran. With many years of experience of research ethics committees, Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education revised previous regulations and developed “Regulation on the Establishment, Leveling, and Duties of the Biomedical Research Ethics Committees”. Following publish and notification of “Regulatio...