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Expert Reactions

A round-up of comment from experts on breaking stories and ongoing issues in science and technology.

Are ultra-high caffeine drinks bad for children?

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 October 200922 October 2009

Controversy has met release onto the market of several brands of ultra-high caffeine ‘energy shot’ drinks. The shots contain as […]

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Food production will have to rise by about 50% in 40 years

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 21 October 200921 October 2009

British scientists are calling for billions to be invested in crop research and for the development of genetically modified crops […]

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Proposed restrictions to accessing cold tablet ingredient

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 October 200916 October 2009

Following the announcement last week of the Prime Minister’s action plan on methamphetamine, some confusion has arisen over how tightly […]

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Red meat and fortified milk combat toddler anaemia

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 15 October 200915 October 2009

Researchers from the University of Otago have discovered that increasing red meat or fortified milk intake can combat falling iron […]

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Advancing nanotech, despite uncertainties

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 12 October 200916 October 2009

Nanotechnology is a rapidly advancing field, with hundreds of products containing nanomaterials already on the shelves and largely unknown health […]

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NZ scientists comment on earthquakes near Vanuatu

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 09 October 200909 October 2009

GNS Scientists comment on yesterday’s earthquake activity near Vanuatu, whether the earthquakes are in any way linked to last week’s […]

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PM announces strict pseudoephedrine controls

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 October 200908 October 2009

Prime Minister John Key announced a new Government action plan on methamphetamine today, which includes plans to reclassify pseudoephedrine (a […]

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Pseudoephedrine to be hospital prescription-only

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 08 October 200908 October 2009

The Government has followed up the recommendation of the Chief Science Advisor Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, signaling that it will […]

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Cough and cold medicine out for under six year-olds

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 07 October 2009

The New Zealand Government has followed through on a proposal, foreshadowed in August, to ban giving cough and cold medicines […]

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Australian wins Nobel Prize

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 05 October 2009

Hobart-born scientist, Dr Elizabeth Blackburn is one of three scientists to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for […]

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