"We have seen anaphylaxis in France with horse and goat meat as well, " Platts-Mills said.
"It is also worth noting that supply tightness is reflected across many markets, " Platts said.
"It's just another type of feeling--it's different, " says Platts, who works on Ford's racing and high-performance teams.
Platts, which compiles prices for energy markets, said the European Commission had visited its London operations on Tuesday.
It will be a substantial burden on international competitiveness and could result in significant job loss ( Platts).
Platts-Mills and Commins said the allergic reaction is specifically related to the common lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum).
Platts-Mills, who also suffers from alpha-gal, made the connection after receiving countless bites while hiking in the woods one August.
BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Norway's Statoil and the pricing agency Platts confirmed that they were working with the authorities in their inquiries.
"The answer to the allergy is sugar, " said Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, who discovered the allergy with his junior colleague Dr. Scott Commins.
Platts and three other leading PRAs have said they still believe in self-regulation, but recognise a code of conduct will be required.
And they rely on a handful of private companies, dominated by Platts.
And I also want to thank Congressman Platts for joining us today.
But BP, Shell, and Statoil, and also the oil pricing agency Platts, confirmed that they were working with the authorities in their inquiries.
Platts grew up working with his uncle on vintage Corvettes and Camaros, and he just ordered a grabber-blue 2011 Ford Mustang GT 5.0.
Platts tried to toss water on the report, saying it routinely reviews trading companies for a variety of reasons, but the damage was done.
According to Platts, there are some 13GW of thermal energy capacity, comprising mainly hard coal but some lignite and gas, already under construction in Germany.
That is when Platts-Mills concluded there is some relation to the number of tick bites one receives and how allergic one may become to alpha-gal.
"Platts is co-operating fully with the European Commission's review, " it added.
Platts, the oil-pricing agency that is part of McGraw-Hill Cos.
Statoil, which confirmed its Norwegian headquarters had been inspected, said the suspected violations "related to the Platts' Market-On-Close (MOC) price assessment process" and "may have been on-going since 2002".
Lehman Brothers sank 10% in trading Monday after a report that it had been shut out of trading some energy contracts by Platts, a pricing service, on counterparty concerns.
"Observing the uranium market today, one can see a growing discussion about exactly what trading tools the market participants want and need, " says David Stellfox, senior editor of Platts NuclearFuel report.
"Presumably something happened with the ticks, " said Platts-Mills.
Ross, in an interview with Platts over the weekend, recounted a conversation he had with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia a few years back in which he was discussing the potential fallout from Iran gaining nuclear weapons.
应用推荐