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24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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4026. November 6, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
War & The Environment: New book examines how natural resources can spark conflict, but also create peace, USA/Switzerland
Washington, DC and Geneva 6 - A flagship book that documents and analyzes the devastating impact of war on the environment in 23 conflict-affected countries and territories across the globe was released today... 4027. November 5, 2012 | Thanh Nien Daily
Toxic emissions worsen on Ho Chi Minh City roads, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City's streets are being increasingly polluted by factory and vehicle emissions, including toxic gas, city public health doctors said at a recent meeting... 4028. November 5, 2012 | Pollution Engineering
Benzene: Nature’s Chemical, USA
Whenever groundwater is contaminated, environmental agencies at any level would do the responsible thing and require the culprit or culprits to clean it up to given standards... 4029. November 5, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Deforestation Costing Kenyan Economy Millions of Dollars Each Year and Increasing Water Shortage Risk, Kenya
Nairobi - Deforestation deprived Kenya's economy of 5.8 billion shillings ($US 68 million) in 2010 and 6.6 billion shillings in 2009, far outstripping the roughly 1.3 billion shillings injected from forestry and logging each year... 4030. November 5, 2012 | theage.com.au
Fears over toxic leaks from mine sites, Australia
Pollutants trapped in Queensland’s flooded mine sites would be released more readily under proposed new legislation, putting the public’s health at risk the State Opposition claims... 4031. November 5, 2012 | Scoop News
Project aims to tame toxic metal, New Zealand
A Massey University researcher has been awarded funding to research how to better deal with beryllium, the most toxic non-radioactive element on the planet... 4032. November 5, 2012 | The Sacromento Bee
Editorial: Romney and Obama offer clear choices on food and drug safety, USA
Americans should feel fortunate that, compared to much of the rest of the world, the food and drugs we regularly consume are safe and well tested... 4033. November 4, 2012 | DNA
Toxic gas in well kills 6 of a family in Dholka, India
In a tragic incident, six people of the same family died after inhaling poisonous gas coming out of a borewell in Dholi village of Dholka taluka on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city. The incident occurred on Friday... 4034. November 4, 2012 | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online
Public Warned On Lead-Laced Mugs, Philippines
MANILA, An environmental group based in Quezon City warned the public on buying cheap coffee mugs with decorative Christmas designs for their Yuletide gifts unless they are safe from lead and other hazardous chemical contents... 4035. November 4, 2012 | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online
Battling Pollution, Philippines
The government is battling pollution in our rivers and bays. It has trained its guns on cleaning the Pasig River, the main artery connecting Laguna Lake (more appropriately, Laguna de Bai) and Manila Bay... 4036. November 3, 2012 | The Asahi Shimbun
TEPCO admits 4th worker exposed to radiation in early days of disaster, Japan
A full one year and eight months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. has acknowledged that four workers, not three as it had maintained, were exposed to varying levels of radiation soon after the crisis unfolded... 4037. November 3, 2012 | Perth Now
Mining boom linked to pollution, sickness, Australia
MINING companies in WA have so much clout that even our top environment defender is powerless to rein them in when they're caught polluting in a big way... 4038. November 2, 2012 | terradaily.com
Air pollution, gone with the wind, Canada
As urban populations expand, downtown buildings are going nowhere but up. The huge energy needs of these skyscrapers mean that these towers are not only office buildings, they're polluters with smokestacks billowing out toxins from the rooftop... 4039. November 2, 2012 | China Daily
Reducing soil pollution, China
The emphasis Wednesday's State Council meeting placed on soil pollution, overdue to some extent, highlights an often-neglected potential threat to the national food chain and people's health... 4040. November 2, 2012 | Yahoo! New Zealand News
21 injured in Whanganui chemical spill, New Zealand
Two people remain in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital after breathing in hydrogen sulfide following a chemical spill at a tanning warehouse in Whanganui... 4041. November 2, 2012 | TVNZ
Tannery workers overcome by gas leak, New Zealand
Two workers were knocked unconscious after a gas leak at a tannery factory in Wanganui this afternoon... 4042. November 2, 2012 | MontereyHerald.com
Kentucky evacuation indefinite as chemical tanker burns, USA
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Hundreds of people will remain forced from their homes indefinitely as a massive effort continued Friday to move derailed train cars filled with hazardous materials away from a car holding chemicals that continued to burn for a third day, officials said... 4043. November 2, 2012 | abc2news.com
Several sent to hospital after chemical spill, USA
ESSEX, Md. (WMAR) - Police say several juveniles were taken to the hospital Saturday night after coming in contact with a formaldehyde spill... 4044. November 2, 2012 | SPIGEL ONLINE
China, Russia Block Plan to Protect Antarctic Waters, Antarctic
Proposals to establish marine reserves in two critical areas of the Southern Ocean were stymied by Russia, China and Ukraine at the end of a two-week international summit in Australia on Thursday... 4045. November 1, 2012 | TNN | Times of india
Pollution level up, visibility dips, India
NEW DELHI: The city experienced shallow fog for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as still air and high moisture levels arising from Cyclone Nilam resulted in low visibility conditions almost through the day... 4046. November 1, 2012 | Hindustan Times
Delhi cold brings pollution, illness, India
Onset of cold weather in the Capital has brought its adverse side --- air pollution five times higher than the national standard and worse that India’s most polluted hubs such as Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh and Ankleshwar in Gujarat... 4047. November 1, 2012 | ITV News
South Wales rail services suspended after 'chemical leak', UK
All train services between Cardiff and Newport have been suspended due to a 'chemical incident' at the Freightliner depot near the main south Wales railway line at Newland Road near Cardiff... 4048. October 31, 2012 | Bangkok Post
Judge backs bus pollution guilty verdict, Thailand
A Supreme Administrative Court judge has recommended that a 2006 lower court decision holding the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) liable for creating air pollution be upheld... 4049. October 31, 2012 | NBC-17.com
NBC-17 Investigates: Toxic vapors found on 2 Wake Forest properties, USA
WAKE FOREST, N.C. -- The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources says 12 of 14 homes tested in Wake Forest do not have dangerous levels of the toxic vapors TCE or PCE... 4050. October 31, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New UN Collaborating Centre for Energy Efficient Lighting Opens in Beijing, China
Beijing (China), 31 October 2012 - Efforts by developing countries to phase-out inefficient incandescent lamps received a significant boost today as the UN and partners announced the opening of the Global Efficient Lighting Centre (GELC) in Beijing, China...
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