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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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3401. May 23, 2013 | Mlive.com
Amway confirms 2 employees injured by chemical leak at Ada headquarters, USA
ADA TOWNSHIP, MI -- Two Amway employees were treated for injuries related to the leak of a cleaning chemical at the company's headquarters, the Ada-based corporation confirmed... 3402. May 23, 2013 | Environmental Health News
Lead poisoning in Nigeria came from contact with dust, soil, Nigeria
Kids poisoned by lead in Nigeria’s gold-processing villages were primarily exposed by breathing dust or coming in contact with contaminated soil, according to a new study by U.S. scientists... 3403. May 22, 2013 | NYPOST.com
Greek yogurt's half a supertanker per year toxic waste problem, USA
Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffit eating her curds and the toxic by-product of Greek yogurt. The production of the smooth, creamy and protein-packed breakfast food that has made brands like Fage and Chobani household names creates massive amounts of a toxic by-product called acid whey... 3404. May 22, 2013 | Grist
Gulf Coast refineries accidentally belch out a lot of chemical pollution
Gulf Coast oil refiners and chemical processors say that a lot, but regulators are doing precious little to rein in what the industry euphemistically calls “upset” emissions... 3405. May 22, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Champion Crosses United States in Solar Aircraft, Kenya
A solar-powered aircraft piloted by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Champion of the Earth Dr. Bertrand Piccard and his colleague André Borschberg today embarked on the second leg of a coast-to-coast flight across the United States, aimed at highlighting the every growing possibility of a clean-energy future... 3406. May 21, 2013 | NY Daily News
Kids playing on toxic soil in Bronx park, residents claim, USA
Pugsleys Creek Park hasn't had dirt cleaned. But tests showed toxic levels of mercury, cadmium... 3407. May 21, 2013 | Haringey Independent
Tiverton Primary School pupils learn to reduce air pollution as part of Bubble Day, UK
Parents were asked to leave their cars at home and walk children to school in order to teach them about reducing air pollution... 3408. May 21, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Launches Knowledge and Cooperation Platform for a Sustainable Future, Kenya
In the face of economic crises, increasing environmental degradation and the menace of climate change, the global community needs to do more and better with a more-efficient use of the Earth's natural resources... 3409. May 21, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Traditional Cultures Can Show Wasteful World How to Preserve Food, Kenya
Ahead of World Environment Day, UNEP Showcases Methods such as Condensing Cows, Storing Seabirds in Sealskins and Freeze-Drying Potatoes in the Open Air... 3410. May 21, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Pavan Sukhdev, UNEP Goodwill Ambassador, wins 2013 Gothenburg Award, Sweden
Recognized for his role in promoting the economic benefits of biodiversity... 3411. May 19, 2013 | Al Jazeera
Hong Kong dolphins at risk from pollution, Hong Kong
Environmentalists fear Hong Kong's pink dolphins are in danger as pollution rises in their habitat... 3412. May 19, 2013 | Manchester Evening News
Chemical incident closes part of Manchester's Northern Quarter, UK
Fire fighters were called to Underground Complex on Tariff Street at around 7.15am today after a member of staff mistakenly put cleaning fluid in a drum of chemicals commonly used in the sauna industry... 3413. May 19, 2013 | Times of Malta
Baby on the way: Chemical beats rare sperm defect, India
MUMBAI: The joy of impending parenthood is sweeter for NRI engineer Shreekant and wife Simi because he suffers from one of the rarest forms of infertility. Shreekant's sperm are too abnormal in shape to ensure a pregnancy, or so doctors in West Asia, where he works, had told him... 3414. May 19, 2013 | The Columbud Dispatch
Pesticide ‘drift’ cause of sudden tree devastation, USA
WEST JEFFERSON, Ohio — The trees and shrubs that dot Teresa Horstman’s 3-acre Madison County property look fine, but only from a distance... 3415. May 19, 2013 | South China Morning Post
Guangzhou reveals details on cadmium tainting as public pressure mounts, China
Guangzhou's food-safety authorities have revealed some details about the sale of rice and rice noodles contaminated with cadmium, a heavy metal, in the face of enormous public pressure... 3416. May 19, 2013 | The Sydney Morning Herald
Asbestos verdict in two years, Australia
A Sydney judge has taken more than two years to make a decision in a case against the founder of the Clean Up Israel environmental campaign, who has been accused of causing land and water pollution by allegedly dumping asbestos-contaminated waste on his property in Wollondilly... 3417. May 19, 2013 | Herald Scotland
Pollution threat from Glasgow subway, Scotland
Environmentalists are demanding urgent investigations into air pollution on the Glasgow subway after a snapshot survey by the Sunday Herald's New Era magazine discovered passengers were breathing in tens of millions of tiny metallic particles that might damage their health... 3418. May 18, 2013 | 3 News
Plastic bottle kayaks highlight pollution, Newzealand
Youth leaders paddled down the Whanganui River this week in kayaks made out of recycled plastic bottles to raise awareness about pollution in New Zealand... 3419. May 17, 2013 | The China Post
Taiwan must contemplate meaning of latest food scare, Taiwan
Food safety has again become a major concern after chemical-tainted starch was found in a wide range of food products. It is likely not an accident that the starch was tainted with maleic acid... 3420. May 17, 2013 | NPR
Doctors Confirm Black Lung In Victims Of Mine Blast
The tragic deaths of 29 coal miners in a massive explosion in 2010 have provided new evidence of a resurgence of the disease known as black lung... 3421. May 15, 2013 | Times of India
Six die of toxic fumes while cleaning well at Kondhali, India
NAGPUR: Six persons, including four villagers and a couple of labourers, died on Monday while one was saved miraculously after an attempt to clean a well at Kachari Sawange village in Kondhali taluka went horribly wrong... 3422. May 15, 2013 | This is South Wales
Farmer fined over pollution of river, UK
A GWENDRAETH farmer has been ordered to pay more than £2,200 after slurry leaked into a tributary of the Afon Gwend- raeth Fawr... 3423. May 14, 2013 | www.aa.com.tr
150 girls get poisoned by toxic gas in Afghanistan, Turkey
Girls were poisoned by a toxic gas sprayed at their high school in Afghanistan's northern state of Balkh... 3424. May 14, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Observed Concentrations of CO2 Cross 400 parts per million Threshold at Several Global Atmosphere Watch Stations, UNEP
At the current rate of increase, the global annual average CO2 concentration is set to cross the 400 ppm threshold in 2015 or 2016... 3425. May 14, 2013 | BBC
Kidney problems linked to traffic fumes, UK
Living close to a busy road may increase your risk of developing kidney problems, research suggests...
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