Evidence from: Managing Injuries of the Neck Trial (MINT): a randomised controlled trial of treatments for whiplash injuries. Health Technol Assess 2012;16(49). People were diagnosed at ED assessment with whiplash grade I to III. They were randomised to receive the Whiplash Book (deve

Evidence from: Neutral Citation Number: [2012] EWHC 2936 (QB) Case No: HQ09X03547 JEFFREY JONES AND OTHERS – and – THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE – and – COAL PRODUCTS LIMITED The claimants failed to establish that carcinogenesis is a cumu

A group of six scientists and a government official are facing six years in jail for manslaughter after providing “an incomplete, inept, unsuitable and criminally mistaken” assessment of risks posed by what turned out to be the devastating L’Aquila earthquake. They had met  a few days

Most of the Nanomaterials that come into direct contact with consumers and workers are produced in  quantities exceeding 1 tonne per annum. The so called REACH regulations (relating to chemical hazards)  have a reporting threshold of 1 tonne. EC considers therefore, that most of the p

Dr Michael Maran, Chief Science Officer, Catlin, was recently welcomed to the Radar subscriber group as from 1st September 2012. Dr Andrew Auty, Director of Re: Liability (Oxford) Ltd, explained that the Radar service is growing in strength within the Lloyd’s market.   For more d

The author was asked to prepare an IMC lecture, to be presented in Cambridge. The lecture began with some good advice before moving on to examples of emerging risk: phosphates, carbon nanotubes, diesel exhausts and breast cancer. Subscribers to the Radar service can get the technical

Nano fibres were injected into the pleural cavity of lab mice. Fibre length was a key factor in determining the strength of inflammatory reaction. Given the short time-scale, the full biological significance of this length dependence was not determined. However, the same pattern of le

Two years since the consultation closed, the Government has announced new measures to ensure that more people are compensated for occupational mesothelioma. Essentially the problem is that the latency of this disease is so long that records of insurances are often lost by the time the

Alex Hindson, Head of Group Risk, Amlin plc, has confirmed that Amlin will take up the Radar service from 1st September 2012. Dr Andrew Auty, Director of Re: Liability (Oxford) Ltd describes the Radar service as an essential complement to all systems of liability risk management. The

There is uncertainty surrounding the long term health effects of added phosphates in foods and beverages; though they have been used in processed foods for a very long time. The intended uses are many, varied and highly prevalent. These are the right conditions to register as an emerg

Two key starting points: In a well managed system, the decision-maker will know how close to the wind he is sailing. He will know how big  a chance change in wind speed needs to be to give him that extra reward, or risk toppling the ship. Appetite for risk plays an important part; the

Some of our most talented minds and the vast computing resources at their disposal have been devoted to climate modelling. This has been a huge academic exercise producing an array of approximate solutions which now seem to converge on a view about anthropogenic effects. Man has had a