Update on REACH in the European Parliament
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007Update on REACH in the European Parliament
Tony Nottingham England 25 January 2007 TO: All People Who Care A new European Chemical Testing Policy called REACH has now been finalised by the
A Predator From East Africa That Chooses Malaria Vectors As Preferred Prey
In choice tests using live prey as well as dead prey mounted in a life-like posture on cork discs, we found an East African jumping spider, Evarcha culicivora, to choose blood-fed female mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles as its preferred prey. Mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles are best known as the vectors of malaria and E. culicivora is the first predator that has been found to single out Anopheles as prey. In a sated condition, E. [click link for full article]
Bird Flu Reappears In Europe On A Hungarian Farm
The Hungarian authorities have reported to the European Union an outbreak of avian flu that is suspected to be the deadly H5N1 strain in the south east part of the country. The part of the country affected is Csongrad County, where the virus has been found in 40 geese on an isolated farm. The last reported case of avian flu in a European Union country was in August last year in a wild bird in Germany. [click link for full article]