Monitoring treaty compliance is an important function for which the treaty signatories might actually look to a third party.

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Since 1993, USC researchers have been testing the lung function of 3, 000 children while monitoring levels of pollution in a dozen Southern California communities.

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For the stroke compound, dabigatran, the FDA has requested close monitoring of the use of this drug with regard to kidney function.

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Mr Morrison highlighted changes such as a new unit in Houston focused on monitoring wells being drilled offshore to watch for signs of trouble: a function that he said had no parallel in other companies.

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