Travel Health & Environment Watch

Feb 25, 2008

Virgin Atlantic, Boeing

Virgin Atlantic carried out the world's first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel on Sunday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels. Some analysts praised the jumbo jet test flight from London to Amsterdam as a potentially useful experiment. But others criticized it as a publicity stunt and noted scientists are questioning the environmental benefits of biofuels. Sunday's flight was partially fueled with a biofuel mixture of coconut and babassu oil in one of its four main fuel tanks. The jet carried pilots and several technicians, but no passengers. Virgin Atlantic spokesman Paul Charles predicted this biofuel would produce much less CO2 than regular jet fuel, but said it will take weeks to analyze the data from Sunday's flight reported AP. Feb 24, 2008

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Gel Fails to Protect Women Against HIV. An Experimental gel meant to protect women against HIV infection failed to do so when a large-scale trial was conducted in Africa, the latest in a string of setbacks in finding new ways of stemming the spread of the virus. The results of the trial were released on Monday this week in South Africa where the study was carried out among 6 200 volunteers living in three regions of the country. Half the women were assigned the active ingredient, Carraguard, a gel-like substance derived from seaweed, while the other half received an inert material of the same look and texture. Feb 20, 2008

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