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  • ...er its name. Formaldehyde has been classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and as a probable human carcinogen by the EPA ...), possible synergistic effects of chemicals, whether there are less toxic alternatives, and whether people are informed of the risks they are exposed to so they c
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  • This was the same day that an international team of scientists published the first comprehensive study into the effect ...NGO that dares speak against Bush administration policies or in support of international treaties opposed by the White House." Its launch, Klein noted, coincided wi
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  • ...ernational Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), the reports ...rnational Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development: Global Summary for Decision Makers (IAASTD); Beintema, N. et al., 2008. ht
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  • ...alternative theories and the suppression of funding for research into such alternatives. Whatever the scientific merits of Duesberg's case, which are certainly deb He also laments the rise in vegentarianism as contradictory to human development and suggests it is no surprise that a one of the leading proponents of BSE/
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  • ...ww.warwickhri.ac.uk/ Warwick HRI], is the UK government's main testing and development arm for market gardening, fruit and related crops. It is said to have the l ...bridge House had pioneered biological pest control, hydroponics and 'other alternatives to genetic adaption of plants.' The article quoted a former director of St
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  • ...lture Research International]] (HRI), the UK government's main testing and development arm for market gardening, fruit and related crops, which is now part of War ...fic promotion of GM crops". It noted that Stockbridge House had pioneered "alternatives to genetic [manipulation] of plants". A leading horticulturalist told MPs t
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  • ...-power-companies-with-offices-around-the-globe.html Areva website:Balanced International Implementation], undated, accessed August 2012. </ref> ...perational mines (Canada, Kazakhstan and Niger), as well as projects under development in Africa. The group generated 14 per cent of Areva’s consolidated revenu
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  • ...onally as a lobby group, promoting, amongst other things, trade unions and international co-operation between Social Democrat interest groups in Europe and North Am ...or selected German students and the somewhat vague aim of "contributing to international understanding and co-operation". The party was banned by the Nazi's prior t
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  • Private pharmaceutical companies control the development of new medicines. Profit margins, not global health needs, are what determi ...<ref>Medecins Sans Frontieres, Fatal Imbalance: The Crisis in Research and Development for Drugs for Neglected Diseases, Sep. 2001</ref> So, instead of doing rese
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  • ...e stepped down from the Board of [[Advantage West Midlands]], the regional development agency, to take on the appointment of Non-Executive Director of [[Severn Tr ...ust and managed the [[Foreign Policy Centre]]'s programme on International Development and acted as an advisor to the FCO Global Opportunity Fund's Emerging Marke
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  • ...curity Policy. He formerly acted as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy during the Reagan Administration, following four years of s *[[Dominic J. Monetta]], President, [[Resource Alternatives, Inc.]]
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  • International by design, we have deep roots in many countries. By the very nature of our ...own 100 percent of its overseas subsidiaries. But as a seasoned sailor in international waters, it knows how and when to tack to the winds of change [57].
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  • International law, established at the end of World War 2, ‘holds individuals and corpor ...Goil, Scotland, because the threat or use of Trident is an infringement of international and customary law.[46] This was subsequently successfully challenged by Sco
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  • negative impacts of the growing recession, what alternatives sources exist?" ...> <ref> IMF [http://www.imf.org/external/np/fad/2004/pifp/eng/031204.htm International Monetary Fund Public-Private Partnerships] (March 12, 2004) Accessed 9th De
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  • ...se a significant risk. These groups of chemicals must be replaced by safer alternatives, but their use is permitted for a limited period of five years if it can be ...to be involved in high-level policy development with a strong emphasis on international affairs.'
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  • ...et propellants, chemical warfare and the atomic bomb. {{ref|5}} The 1996 [[International Defence Directory]] cites DuPont as providing synthetic plastics, rubber an ...wsuit against DuPont and other GM seed producers, on behalf of both US and international farmers who purchased genetically modified (GM) corn and/or soybeans, as we
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  • ...ustainable Development]] (now the [[World Business Council for Sustainable Development]], of which DuPont is still a member), the lobby group responsible for wrec *[[International Chamber of Commerce]] (ICC) – This organisation claims to be the world's
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  • ...fits are justified due to the unusual nature of the business: research and development costs for new drugs require huge investments (sometimes upwards of $300 mil ...y profits, which are higher than all other industries, exceed research and development expenditures; and that drug companies provide lavish compensation packages
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  • ...ms and business associations, and claims to provide unparalleled access to international policy makers and regulatory authorities.’[46] ...are responsible for following international environmental and sustainable development policies that have an impact on US business.’[47]
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  • ..."Plan Global, Win Local" by John Millen, Vice President, Customer Business Development at Procter & Gamble ( www.kamcity.com/library/global.htm, source: Kamcity, ...ter, Judith (2001) ‘Holding Corporations Accountable, Corporate Conduct, International Codes, and Citizen Action’, Zed Books, London and New York, pg. 98</ref>
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