Product liability litigation has made important contributions to tobacco control, especially by uncovering incriminating industry documents and publicizing product dangers and industry misconduct. WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 19 encourages Parties to strengthen legal procedures to facilitate these lawsuits and to establish mechanisms for mutual assistance. Creative lawyers will continue to find ways to bring the tobacco industry to justice in forums around the world.
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Breastfeed Med
December 2024
Division of Neonatology, Evanston, Hospital, Endeavor Health, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Recent litigation against the two major U.S. formula manufacturers regarding their products liability, in Gill v Abbott Laboratories and Watson v Mead Johnson, juries in two U.
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December 2024
University of Liverpool Management School, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping mobility through autonomous vehicles (AVs), which may introduce risks such as technical malfunctions, cybersecurity threats, and ethical dilemmas in decision-making. Despite these complexities, the influence of consumers' risk preferences on AV acceptance remains poorly understood. This study explores how individuals' risk preferences affect their choices among private AVs (PAVs), shared AVs (SAVs), and private conventional vehicles (PCVs).
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December 2024
Department of Medicine - Ophthalmology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
Purpose: the aim of the present study is to analyse the composition of the currently available topical antiseptic products and the related scientific evidence, and to discuss the implications of their use in the prevention of endophthtalmitis.
Methods: products available on the market until February 2024 were considered. Information provided on the illustration leaflet of each product were analysed.
J Environ Manage
December 2024
Department of Geotechnical Engineering, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, 13560-970, Brazil. Electronic address:
Contamination with potentially toxic metals and metalloids (PTMs) in mining areas poses significant environment and human health risks. Using biochar as an amendment can be a cost-effective and eco-friendly method to reduce PTM bioavailability in contaminated soils, thus lowering plant uptake. This study investigated biochar derived from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) at three pyrolysis temperatures (300, 500, and 700 °C) and two application rates (1% and 5%, w/w) for the remediation of slag-contaminated soils from an old environmental liability in the Ribeira Valley (Brazil).
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December 2024
Analytical Research & Development, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address:
Biotherapeutics occupy a significant portion of the pharmaceutical pipeline and are projected to continue growing in sales and scope. Further, the field is advancing novel and more complex molecules beyond monoclonal antibodies including multi-target proteins, engineered proteins and bioconjugates. In this aspect, the development of increasingly advanced and challenging therapies necessitates a commiserate degree of innovation to develop automated methods for resin screening, purification, and analytics in the discovery space to quickly identify liabilities and rank candidates with minimal impact on developmental resources.
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