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The Cadbury Cocoa Partnership initiative is now active in 100 Ghanaian communities, Chief Executive Officer of Cadbury plc, Todd Stitzer, has said in Accra. Mr Stitzer was in the country last week to check on progress made since the launch…

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Drugmakers’ push boosts ‘murky’ ailment

Two drugmakers spent hundreds of millions of dollars last year to raise awareness of a murky illness, helping boost sales of pills recently approved as treatments and drowning out unresolved questions _ including whether it's a real disease at all.…

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Experimental breast cancer drug unethically tested on Indian women

People in developing countries run health risks from pharmaceutical companies testing drugs on them for the Western market. An Indian research report published today again shows several pharmaceutical companies’ disregard for ethical rules. ‘The Indian Centre for Studies in Ethics…

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Green chemicals of the month

2009 started with a lot of new green chemical offerings ranging from the cleaning industry, to automobile and construction. Here are some of the selected ones mostly in the plastic arena. Hint: If you want your newly launched green chemicals/technology…

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Unilever blocking deforestation for palm oil

The word came last spring at a climate change conference here. Unilever, the world's largest buyer of palm oil, would publicly call for a moratorium on deforestation by Indonesian growers of the coveted oil used in food, soaps, detergents, cosmetics…

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