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Abbreviations: ANEC, European consumer voice in standardization; CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
The General Assembly of the European consumer voice in standardization (ANEC), has appointed Professor Dr Lothar Maier as president for the term 2007–2009. Dr Maier is Professor of Consumer Policy at the University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg. He also has a long history of involvement with various German consumer information centres and is the chairman of the Consumer Council of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN). He succeeds Benedicte Federspiel, who served as ANEC president from November 1996.

Dr Christine Branche, of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, has been appointed Principal Associate Director of the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). She took up her new position at NIOSH in July 2007.

CANADA UPHOLDS BABY WALKER BAN
In June, Canada’s Minister of Health published the report of the board reviewing the ban on the supply of baby walkers. He announced his acceptance of the . . . [Full text of this article]