Tag: tests-carried
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Car emissions campaigners turn sights on Renault
BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Renault's flagship Espace minivan released toxic diesel emissions 25 times legal limits in a Swiss study, despite complying with EU tests carried out at unrealistically low engine temperatures, a German environmental group said on Tuesday. The tests commissioned by the DUH group, which have not been independently verified, follows Volkswagen's admission that…
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For teens and tobacco, out of sight might mean out of mind
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – – Keeping tobacco products out of sight in convenience stores may make teens less likely to smoke, a U.S. study suggests. To test the power of store displays to sway adolescent smoking habits, researchers created three different experimental convenience stores, sent teens shopping without telling them the true purpose…