Approaches for Controlling Illicit Tobacco Trade — Nine Countries and the European Union by Ross, Hana, Husain, Muhammad Jami, Kostova, Deliana, Xu, Xin, Edwards, Sarah M., Chaloupka, Frank J., Ahluwalia, Indu B.

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Assessment of the European Union's illicit trade agreements with the four major Transnational Tobacco Companies by Joossens, Luk, Gilmore, Anna B, Stoklosa, Michal, Ross, Hana

“…To address the illicit cigarette trade, the European Union (EU) has signed agreements with the four major Transnational Tobacco Companies (TTCs) that involve establishing extensive systems of cooperation. …”
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Systemic trade risk of critical resources by Klimek, Peter, Obersteiner, Michael, Thurner, Stefan

“…We identify significant strategic shortcomings in the management of systemic trade risk, in particular in the European Union.…”
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Global Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production for Biomass Consumption in the European Union, 1986–2007 by Kastner, Thomas, Erb, Karl‐Heinz, Haberl, Helmut

“…In this article, we discuss the eHANPP related to the European Union's (EU) consumption of biomass products in the period 1986–2007, based on a consistent global trade data set derived from bilateral data. …”
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An assessment of the impact of climate adaptation measures to reduce flood risk on ecosystem services by Verburg, Peter H., Koomen, Eric, Hilferink, Maarten, Pérez-Soba, Marta, Lesschen, Jan Peter

“…Therefore, it is likely that adaptation measures may result in synergies and trade-offs between a range of ecosystems goods and services. …”
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What’s in a word? The framing of health at the regional level: ASEAN, EU, SADC and UNASUR by Amaya, Ana B, Rollet, Vincent, Kingah, Stephen

“…The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the European Union, the Southern African Development Community and the Union of South American Nations have increasingly been involved in health diplomacy in the past decade, yet little is known about how they frame health as a foreign policy issue and how this has an impact on their prioritisation of policies. …”
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Fishing for Space: Fine-Scale Multi-Sector Maritime Activities Influence Fisher Location Choice by Tidd, Alex N., Vermard, Youen, Marchal, Paul, Pinnegar, John, Blanchard, Julia L., Milner-Gulland, E. J.

“…The European Union and other states are moving towards Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management to balance food production and security with wider ecosystem concerns. …”
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Biosurveillance in Central Asia: Successes and Challenges of Tick-Borne Disease Research in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan by Hay, John, Yeh, Kenneth B., Dasgupta, Debanjana, Shapieva, Zhanna, Omasheva, Gulnara, Deryabin, Pavel, Nurmakhanov, Talgat, Ayazbayev, Timur, Andryushchenko, Alexei, Zhunushov, Asankadyr, Hewson, Roger, Farris, Christina M., Richards, Allen L.

“…The region has a unique infectious disease burden, and a history that includes Silk Road trade routes and networks that were part of the anti-plague and biowarfare programs in the former Soviet Union. …”
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Reducing the risk of invasive forest pests and pathogens: Combining legislation, targeted management and public awareness by Klapwijk, Maartje J., Hopkins, Anna J. M., Eriksson, Louise, Pettersson, Maria, Schroeder, Martin, Lindelöw, Åke, Rönnberg, Jonas, Keskitalo, E. Carina H., Kenis, Marc

“…Intensifying global trade will result in increased numbers of plant pest and pathogen species inadvertently being transported along with cargo. …”
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Mycotoxin Contamination in the EU Feed Supply Chain: A Focus on Cereal Byproducts by Pinotti, Luciano, Ottoboni, Matteo, Giromini, Carlotta, Dell’Orto, Vittorio, Cheli, Federica

“…Mycotoxins represent a risk to the feed supply chain with an impact on economies and international trade. A high percentage of feed samples have been reported to be contaminated with more than one mycotoxin. …”
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The Hague Recommendations: Improving Nonlegislative Responses to Trafficking in Human Beings for the Purpose of Organ Removal by Ambagtsheer, Frederike, Weimar, Willem

“…Over the years, the trade in human organs has become an object of international concern. …”
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Structure and Genetic Variability of the Oceanic Whitetip Shark, Carcharhinus longimanus, Determined Using Mitochondrial DNA by Camargo, Sâmia M., Coelho, Rui, Chapman, Demian, Howey-Jordan, Lucy, Brooks, Edward J., Fernando, Daniel, Mendes, Natalia J., Hazin, Fabio H. V., Oliveira, Claudio, Santos, Miguel N., Foresti, Fausto, Mendonça, Fernando F.

“…In 2014, the species was protected globally under Appendix II of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), limiting and regulating trade. …”
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Associations Between the Macroeconomic Indicators and Suicide Rates in India: Two Ecological Studies by Rajkumar, Anto P., Senthilkumar, P., Gayathri, K., Shyamsundar, G., Jacob, K. S.

“…We assessed the correlations of annual national and state-wise suicide rates with macroeconomic, health, and other indices using ecological study design for India, and for its different states and union territories. RESULTS: We documented statistically significant associations between the suicide rates and per capita gross domestic product, consumer price index, foreign exchange, trade balance, total health expenditure as well as literacy rates. …”
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Babbar Rug: Cultural Heritage in The Service of Sustainable Development by Brahim Benarfa, Mabrouk Boutagouga

“…However, tourism and fair trade initiatives provide new opportunities to protect this craft. …”
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Economic impact of new active substance status on EU payers’ budgets: example of dimethyl fumarate (Tecfidera(®)) for multiple sclerosis by Toumi, Mondher, Jadot, Guy

“…CONCLUSION: NASs is a critical decision because it does have a major budget impact for payers, and it prevents generic competition. Current European Union (EU) regulations on that topic are unclear and open up too many interpretations thus distorting fair trade and affecting payers’ bills. …”
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The global metabolic transition: Regional patterns and trends of global material flows, 1950–2010 by Schaffartzik, Anke, Mayer, Andreas, Gingrich, Simone, Eisenmenger, Nina, Loy, Christian, Krausmann, Fridolin

“…In this article, we present a long-term global material flow dataset covering material extraction, trade, and consumption of 177 individual countries between 1950 and 2010. …”
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Revisiting GMOs: Are There Differences in European Consumers’ Acceptance and Valuation for Cisgenically vs Transgenically Bred Rice? by Delwaide, Anne-Cécile, Nalley, Lawton L., Dixon, Bruce L., Danforth, Diana M., Nayga, Rodolfo M., Van Loo, Ellen J., Verbeke, Wim

“…The current regulation in the European Union (EU) on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) treats cisgenic plants the same as transgenic plants and both are mandatorily labeled as GMOs. …”
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Addressing the impact of economic sanctions on Iranian drug shortages in the joint comprehensive plan of action: promoting access to medicines and health diplomacy by Setayesh, Sogol, Mackey, Tim K.

“…Embassy hostage crisis in Tehran, and since then the scope of multilateral sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations Security Council have progressively expanded throughout the intervening years. …”
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Determination of primary aromatic amines in cold water extract of coloured paper napkin samples by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry by Yavuz, Oguzhan, Valzacchi, Sandro, Hoekstra, Eddo, Simoneau, Catherine

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Concerns over use of glyphosate-based herbicides and risks associated with exposures: a consensus statement by Myers, John Peterson, Antoniou, Michael N., Blumberg, Bruce, Carroll, Lynn, Colborn, Theo, Everett, Lorne G., Hansen, Michael, Landrigan, Philip J., Lanphear, Bruce P., Mesnage, Robin, Vandenberg, Laura N., vom Saal, Frederick S., Welshons, Wade V., Benbrook, Charles M.

“…The broad-spectrum herbicide glyphosate (common trade name “Roundup”) was first sold to farmers in 1974. …”
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