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Babies are being weaned on to a high-sugar diet from as young as 4 months, a leading child health and obesity researcher is warning.

• Baby
• Food

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) commissioned a report which calls for "radical steps" on the way food is displayed and promoted.

• Scottish
• Food

About 20 percent of baby food samples tested over a decade-long period had detectable levels of lead, according to a new report from Environmental Defense Fund, a nonprofit group.

• Baby
• Food

Austrian researchers have been looking into the uses of indigo pigment in electronics. This is because of the pigment possesses special semi-conductor properties.

• Pigment
• Electronics

With effect from June 1 2017, the Medicines and Related Substances Amendment Act, No 72 of 2008, came into force by proclamation by the President of the Republic of South Africa.

• Regime
• Medicine

THE World Health Organization has added anti-HIV drugs to its list of essential medicines, in a move that turns the spotlight on the UK’s rationing of such drugs.

• Medicine
• HIV
• Drug

Schenectady County is picking a legal fight with one of the biggest industries in the United States.

• Pharmaceutical
• Opioid
• Crisis

State Attorney General Tom Miller announced Thursday that his office is part of an ongoing multi-state investigation into whether certain opioid manufacturers have unlawfully marketed and sold the powerful painkillers

• Probe
• Pharmaceutical

Slow trading was witnessed on the cotton market on Tuesday as buyers remained away from the market and only a few deals took place. The Karachi Cotton Association cut its spot rate by Rs50.

• Cotton
• Pakistan

East West Copolymer has sold its synthetic rubber manufacturing facility in Baton Rouge, apparently ending the plant's 74-year run.

• East
• West
• SR

The sprawling 3,800-sqm Michelin India’s research and development laboratory in Haryana seeks to expand the French major’s research and innovation capacity and strengthens its commitment to the mobility industry in the region.

• Tire
• Michelin

India’s spice exports increased 12 per cent to record an all-time high in value as well as volume in 2016-17, according to Spices Board.

• Spices

Aarti Industries Ltd (AIL), a speciality chemicals company, today said it has entered into a Rs 4,000 crore multi-year contract with a global agriculture company for supply of high value agro-chemical intermediary.

• Agro-Chemical

It's convenient and a staple in most kitchens, but a lot of canned food still contains a chemical linked to birth defects and cancer, CBS San Francisco reports.

• Canned Food

Beauty and personal care (BPC) market in the country is expected to touch USD 10 billion by 2021 growing at an annual rate of 5-6 per cent on the back of evolving consumer awareness and aspirations, according to a report by IBHA.

• Beauty

With consumers increasingly preferring ayurvedic and natural products, the natural segment accounts for 41 percent of the total Rs 44,790 crore personal care market, according to market research firm Nielsen.

• Natural

The new research report on Spray Polyurethane Foam Market offered by DecisionDatabases.com provides Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast Till 2023.

• Polyurethane

The global polyurethane foam market is expected to reach an estimated $60.5 billion by 2022 and it is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.0% from 2017 to 2022.

• Polyurethane

Adhesive is the substance applied on to different surfaces to bind them together. Use of adhesives has eliminated the demand for welded parts, rivets, and other mechanical parts in many equipment.

• Polyurethane

Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI), the premier apparel body, in association with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)