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WHO Regional Workshop on Chemical Safety
24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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3026. September 29, 2013 | KGMB and KHNL
Kauai pesticide measure passes council committee, Hawii
LIHUE, KAUAI - A controversial measure that would require industrial farmers on Kauai to disclose the chemicals in the pesticides they are using was approved by a county council committee after a marathon 12-hour hearing... 3027. September 28, 2013 | Discovery News
NASA Earth Map Shows Where Pollution Kills, NASA
Many of us would like to think that air pollution is a problem that can simply dissipate after a few days. But the health effects from it linger, and what we can’t see can kill us... 3028. September 28, 2013 | BBC
Health study call on dust from Tata Steel, Port Talbot, UK
People living near a steelworks issued with an enforcement notice to prevent pollution should have their health studied, say local councillors... 3029. September 28, 2013 | newsleader.com
Stubborn legacy: South River mercury pollution isn't going away, USA
WAYNESBORO — Stubborn mercury left by DuPont in the South River is still haunting the waterway the city pins its tourism and development dreams on... 3030. September 28, 2013 | BBC
Drinking water 'not at risk' from Mynydd Llandygai leak, UK
Drinking water was never at risk when aluminium leaked from a waste tank at a treatment plant in Gwynedd, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has said... 3031. September 28, 2013 | The Times
Sleepless in Stockholm as experts fight to save world, UK
Grey-faced with exhaustion, Thomas Stocker, co-chairman of the IPCC report, announced the conclusions agreed by 259 of the world’s top climate scientists and officials from 110 governments... 3032. September 28, 2013 | The Register-Herald
'Coal Caucus' formed to oppose new strict federal emission limits on coal plants, USA
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican Pennsylvania Congressman Tom Marino and a bipartisan group of state lawmakers have formed a “Coal Caucus” to oppose new strict federal emission limits on coal plants in Pennsylvania and other states... 3033. September 28, 2013 | ghanaweb.com
No specific regulations on PCBS in Ghana - Minister, Ghana
Dr Bernice Adiku Heloo - Deputy Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, has said there are currently no specific regulations pertaining to Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs) in Ghana... 3034. September 27, 2013 | newsleader.com
Toxic metal 'will be with us forever', USA
WAYNESBORO — Between 1929 and 1950, DuPont was using mercury in their plant. Nearly 25 years later in 1976, after the Clean Water Act was passed, experts discovered mercury had been polluting the South River... 3035. September 27, 2013 | Phys.org
Minamata convention treaty seeks to reduce mercury pollution
More than 140 nations recently agreed to a legally binding treaty on reductions in human uses and releases of mercury that will be signed in October of this year... 3036. September 27, 2013 | The Santa Barbara Independent
Parents Claim Wrong Pesticide at Schools Made Kids Sick, USA
During the public-comment portion of Tuesday’s Santa Barbara Unified School District board meeting, two parents claimed that several students and staff experienced headaches, nausea, malaise, and inability to concentrate after smelling a strong sulfur- or garlic-like odor in several classrooms at La Colina Junior High School on September 17... 3037. September 27, 2013 | IPS
CO2 Reshaping the Planet, Meta-Analysis Confirms, France
NANTES, France, Greenland will eventually truly become green as most of its massive ice sheet is destined to melt, the authoritative U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported Friday... 3038. September 27, 2013 | IPS
U.S. Projects 17-Percent Emissions Cut by 2020, USA
WASHINGTON, The United States has formally told the United Nations that it is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 17-percent by the end of the decade, assuming that currently proposed regulations are implemented... 3039. September 27, 2013 | Climate Center
The 5 Most Sobering Charts from the IPCC Climate Report,
The first installment in the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest scientific assessment on climate science came out on Friday, and it’s loaded with dense terminology, expressions of uncertainty, and nearly impenetrable graphics... 3040. September 27, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
IPCC confirms that human activity will further warm the Earth, with dramatic effects on weather, sea-levels and the Arctic, Sweden
The new report further states that greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would induce changes in the oceans, ice caps, glaciers, the biosphere, and other components of the climate system... 3041. September 26, 2013 | latimes.com
California to review toxic substances in consumer products, USA
SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of items found on supermarket shelves, such as shampoos, cleaning supplies, cosmetics and food packaging, could get chemical makeovers under new rules being put in force by California... 3042. September 26, 2013 | CNTV English
Beijing unveils 5-year plan contains 84 measures to tackle pollution, China
Beijing has unveiled a five-year plan to improve air quality, which includes measures such as cutting coal consumption and vehicle emissions and promoting clean energy use... 3043. September 26, 2013 | TODAY'S ZAMAN
Light pollution hazard to ecology and human health, Turkey
Light pollution in cities is a growing threat to the environment and ecology in addition to the well-being of urban residents, according to experts who spoke at a major symposium on the subject on Sept. 24... 3044. September 26, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
World leaders renew commitment to anti-poverty targets, agree to adopt new development Goals at 2015 Summit, USA
Countries are set to adopt a new set of Goals that will balance the three elements of sustainable development - providing economic transformation and opportunity to lift people out of poverty, advancing social justice and protecting the environment... 3045. September 25, 2013 | MiamiHerald.com
Miami workers scramble to test toxic soil in 112 parks, USA
A day after Miami announced it would begin testing soil at all its parks, workers scrambled to install a fence around the latest park to be tagged for contaminated soil... 3046. September 25, 2013 | burlingtonfreepress.com
Used electronics: opportunity or toxic waste?, UK
Robin Ingenthron has built an e-waste empire in Middlebury, processing about 13 million pounds yearly of discarded computers, televisions, stereos and miscellaneous electronic equipment in one of the largest operations in New England... 3047. September 25, 2013 | The Japan Times
Killer Sao Paulo pollution highlighted, Spain
RIO DE JANEIRO – Air pollution kills more people annually than road accidents in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most populous city and host of the opening game of the 2014 World Cup, a study found... 3048. September 24, 2013 | elpais.com
Reservoir filled with toxic waste left abandoned on the River Guadarrama, Spain
Around 300,000 cubic meters of mud contaminated with metals and organic material is currently lying at the bottom of the Aulencia reservoir, which is located in the Curso Medio Regional Park on the River Guadarrama, to the west of the city of Madrid. And for six years now, a clean-up operation has been pending... 3049. September 24, 2013 | PRNewswire
62 NGOs from 40 countries urge Dentsply: Stop toxic trade in dental amalgam, USA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With a treaty on mercury to be signed next month, concern is growing that toxic mercury fillings will be dumped into Africa, South Asia, and Latin America... 3050. September 24, 2013 | Xinhua
Beijing to invest heavily to treat air pollution, China
BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will invest nearly 1 trillion yuan (162.6 billion U.S. dollars) to treat air pollution in the next five years, a senior municipal environmental official said on Tuesday...
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