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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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5051. March 14, 2012 | This is Cornwall
Residents fear health risk from chemical waste plant, UK
RESIDENTS living close to the proposed site of a new chemical waste treatment plant fear their health could suffer if the Newquay company's plans are given the green light... 5052. March 14, 2012 | The Daily Star
Rajuk asked to stop pollution, Bangladesh
The Directorate of Environment (DoE) yesterday asked the chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to send the identities of those responsible for encroachment and pollution of Uttara Lake... 5053. March 14, 2012 | Belfasttelegrph.co.uk
Northern Ireland Water's 30 pollution offences in three years, UK
Northern Ireland Water has been branded a “serial repeat offender” after it emerged that the water company has been convicted 30 times in three years for polluting waterways... 5054. March 14, 2012 | China Daily
Pollution a long-term challenge, China
Two days after the State Council adopted the revised pollution standards recommended by the environment ministry, which include smog-related pollutants such as fine particles, a senior environment official admitted... 5055. March 14, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Chemical exposures vary with social disparities, USA
Socioeconomic status and dependence upon food assistance are striking predictors of the levels of bisphenol A and four perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) found in urine samples gathered during a large U.S. survey... 5056. March 13, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Climate Change Adaptation Projects in Ethiopia Boosted by Major Donation from Norway, Kenya
Nairobi, March 2012 - The Government of Norway has delivered a major boost to efforts to protect vulnerable communities in Ethiopia from the impacts of climate change, with a donation of over $1.5 million to the Ethiopian Environment Ministry... 5057. March 13, 2012 | ThanhNien News.com
Pigs Made Heavier with Risky Chemical Use, Viet Nam
VIET NAM - Agricultural authorities in a southern Vietnamese province have asked police to investigate the use of an illegal chemical to produce super-heavy pigs, while inspectors have been accused of allowing culprits to continue... 5058. March 13, 2012 | Pakistan Observer
Health risks of using chemical hair dyes, Pakistan
IT IS almost impossible these days to have at least one day of not running into at least one lady who has not had her hair dyed at least once in her lifetime... 5059. March 13, 2012 | Bloomberg
Water Pollution Tied to Agriculture Increasing, Costing Billions, UK
Water pollution from agriculture is costing billions of dollars a year in developed countries and is expected to increase in China and India as farmers race to increase food production, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said... 5060. March 12, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Value Ecosystems - Not Just Crops - When Managing Water Use, says UN Report, France/Kenya
Services provided by forests, mangroves and other ecosystems should be taken into account when managing water use, says a new report from UNEP... 5061. March 12, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP's Green Up Campaign Hits New Note with Call for Water Awareness, Switzerland
Geneva, 9 March 2012 - This month, UNEP's Green Up campaign challenges residents in European cities and elsewhere to be more conscious of how much water they use by limiting their shower time to the length of their favourite song... 5062. March 12, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Future We Want: 100 Days to Rio+20, UNEP
The Green Economy: Does it include you? 100 days to go to a conference and a summit that UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon has described as a "once in a life time opportunity"... 5063. March 12, 2012 | wsws.org
Australia: Second inquiry whitewashes Orica’s toxic leak, Australia
Chemical corporation Orica was permitted to resume production last month at its Kooragang Island ammonium-nitrate plant, near Newcastle in New South Wales (NSW)... 5064. March 11, 2012 | Wicked Local Middleborough
Cleanup of Middleboro waste site nearing completion, USA
MIDDLEBORO — Officials from the state Department of Environmental Protection told town leaders Thursday the cleanup of the Rockland Industries hazardous waste site is in the home stretch and the land could be redeveloped in two years... 5065. March 11, 2012 | JamaicaObserver.com
Air quality report on Riverton fire still under wraps, USA
THE air quality report on the contaminants left in the air by the most recent Riverton City dump fire is complete, but has not yet been released to the public as the authorities hustle... 5066. March 11, 2012 | Herald Scotland
The hunt for gas ... and the threat to Scotland, Scotland
A boom in exploiting underground gas is facing mounting opposition from communities and environmentalists worried about the contamination of water supplies and climate pollution... 5067. March 11, 2012 | JamaicaObserver.com
Cancer in the soil - Farmers not aware of contamination, USA
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Scientists in central Jamaica say they have found dangerous levels of the potentially deadly heavy metals arsenic and cadmium in a number of farming communities in Manchester and St Elizabeth... 5068. March 11, 2012 | NorthJersey.com
Soil contamination hazards run deep for North Jersey towns, USA
In any other year, workers would have already begun patching up sod and draining ball fields at Votee Park in Teaneck and Veterans Field in Edgewater to get ready for the spring sports season... 5069. March 11, 2012 | The Nation/Asia News Network
Thai authorities consider evacuating children and the aged as air pollution in North worsens, Thailand
Air pollution in the Northern province of Chiang Rai has worsened to a dangerous level, prompting authorities to consider evacuating children and elderly people over the next few days... 5070. March 11, 2012 | The Observer
Sellafield: 'It was all contaminated: milk, chickens, the golf course, UK
Six decades after Britain's worst nuclear accident, an oral history of Sellafield reveals what it felt like to live near the plant... 5071. March 10, 2012 | The Hindu
Man dies after consuming chemical substance, India
A lorry driver who was convicted and sentenced to undergo seven years imprisonment by the Chief Judicial Magistrate in a robbery case caused a flutter by consuming some chemical substance... 5072. March 10, 2012 | The Daily Star
Check city air pollution: Bapa, Bangladesh
The government must make it a priority to take immediate measures to control air pollution to save Dhaka residents from serious health risks, said speakers at a human chain yesterday... 5073. March 10, 2012 | Portadown Times
Bann pollution is traced to station in Foundry Street, Ireland
NORTHERN Ireland Water has been fined £500 after a pollutant was found to be discharging from a sewage pumping station in Portadown into the River Bann... 5074. March 10, 2012 | NaturalNews
Toxic China: Widespread lead pollution is poisoning children, China
(NaturalNews) Though set to become the world leader in manufacturing within the next few years, China has one of the worst track records for rampant environmental pollution with industrial materials and chemicals... 5075. March 10, 2012 | Thanh Nien News
Vietnam polluter must compensate farmers: environmental agency, Vietnam
The official environmental agency for Dong Nai Province has recommended that a company be ordered to compensate victims for damages incurred by its discharge of untreated toxic waste into a local canal...
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