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5276. January 22, 2012 | InvestigateWest
Drug Companies Fight Take-Back Program for Unused Medicine, USA
Leftover medications are fueling an epidemic of prescription-drug abuse that is killing more Washingtonians than traffic accidents, say drug-addiction experts... 5277. January 22, 2012 | Alaska Dispatch
Russia makes progress cleaning up pollution, but hot spots remain, Russia
For the first time, three so-called "hot spots" (extremely polluted areas) have been removed from a list of 42 hot spots in northwest Russia... 5278. January 22, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias of Brazil Appointed New CBD Executive Secretary, UNEP
The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced, Friday, the appointment of Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, a national of Brazil, as Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity... 5279. January 21, 2012 | Xinhua
Cancer chemical found in river and reservoir, China
HIGH levels of a cancer-causing heavy metal and arsenic have been discovered in a river and reservoir in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region... 5280. January 21, 2012 | The Huffington Post
Beijing Pollution Data: Authorities Release Detailed Information, China
BEIJING -- Caving to public pressure, Beijing environmental authorities started releasing more detailed air quality data Saturday that may better reflect how bad the Chinese capital's air pollution is... 5281. January 20, 2012 | Bernama
Toxic Chemical Spills In Dresden Campus, Dozens Poisoned, Germany
BERLIN, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- Highly toxic chemical leaked in a building of chemistry department at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, leaving dozens of students and staff poisoned, police said on Thursday... 5282. January 20, 2012 | Mid Day
Workers at risk from toxic PFCs in office air, UK
Indoor air in offices is an important source of worker exposure to potentially toxic substances released by carpeting, furniture, paint and other items, a new study has revealed... 5283. January 20, 2012 | GlobalPost
Beijing pollution reaches hazardous levels ... again, China
Air pollution in Beijing reached hazardous levels again this week, but the push toward openness about what's in the air continues... 5284. January 20, 2012 | Limerick Leader
Water restrictions in West Limerick due to pollution incident, UK
A BOIL notice has been issued for parts of West Limerick after oil leaked into the River Deel affecting the public water supply... 5285. January 20, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Pessimistically, lead may taint your outlook, American Journal of Epidemiology
Lead - long known for its effects on the nervous system - may increase lifelong pessimism regardless of socioeconomic status... 5286. January 19, 2012 | The Republican
60-gallon chemical spill triggers haz-mat response at Solutia plant in Indian Orchard, USA
SPRINGFIELD - A spill involving 60 gallons of flammable chemicals at the Solutia compound in Indian Orchard triggered a hazardous materials response from the Springfield Fire Department, officials said... 5287. January 19, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Eating mercury-tainted fish affects essential stress hormones in children, Environmental Research
Eating fish can raise mercury levels that alter hormones and increase chronic stress and immune responses in children, despite the heart benefits of fish consumption... 5288. January 18, 2012 | The Himalayan Times
Toxic wastes dumped in Nepal, Nepal
KATHMANDU: Greenpeace, an international organisation working for environment conservation, has detected toxic wastes stored in two unsecured facilities in Nepal, “Bild am Sonntag” a German... 5289. January 18, 2012 | I Love Chile News
Chemical leak in Codegua leaves one dead and 122 injured, Chile
CODEGUA — An ammonia leak in a branch of Empresa Los Nobles S.A in Codegua, the O’Higgins Region, has left one person dead and caused the evacuation of nearly 150 workers... 5290. January 18, 2012 | The Daily Star
Tk 35 lakh fine to factory for pollution, Pakistan
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory in Gazipur Tk 35 lakh for polluting a lake of Shafipur Ansar Academy and the Turag River... 5291. January 18, 2012 | CNN
Pollution hits Hong Kong health, economy, Hong Kong
Hong Kong (CNN) - Hong Kong is one of the world's richest cities. Almost one in 10 households boasts a millionaire. The government sits on a cash pile of about $80 billion. Yet Hong Kongers are choking, sometimes to death, on their own success... 5292. January 18, 2012 | ENN
NASA GISS Identifies 14 Air Pollution Control Measures to Slow Global Warming, Improve Health and Increase Crop Yields, NASA
Fourteen air pollution control measures, if implemented today, could not only slow the pace of global warming, according to an intensive study by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)... 5293. January 18, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Launches Blogging Competition for World Environment Day, Kenya
Nairobi, 18 January 2012 - The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in partnership with TreeHugger, is pleased to launch the third World Environment Day (WED) blogging competition... 5294. January 17, 2012 | Express.co.uk
Italian Cruise Disaster: Pollution fear over leak, UK
THE Costa Concordia started to leak unidentified liquid into protected waters off the isle of Giglio, sparking pollution fears... 5295. January 17, 2012 | ABC News
Chemical spill alert, Australia
A man has been treated in hospital after a chemical spill at a seafood plant in the state's north-west... 5296. January 17, 2012 | Pakistan Observer
Most govts fail to see range of change: Amnesty, UK
London—Most Middle Eastern governments are failing to recognize the significance of the Arab Spring and are responding with repression or merely cosmetic change, Amnesty International said Monday... 5297. January 17, 2012 | hindustantimes.com
Yamuna pollution kills thousands of fish, India
An ailing Yamuna has proved fatal for aquatic life once again. Fish and other aquatic animals have bore the brunt of human irresponsibility after sudden release of contaminated water in River Yamuna near Agra... 5298. January 17, 2012 | Your Local Guardian
Polluted Putney branded a 'national disgrace', UK
Pollution in Putney has been described as “a national disgrace” after it emerged that levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exceeded EU regulations 18 times in the first three days of 2012 – more than is permitted for the whole year... 5299. January 17, 2012 | The Washington Times
Scientists want climate change in young minds, USA
Climate change subscribers say the fight against global warming will require younger soldiers... 5300. January 17, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News
LanzaTech Buys Range Fuels Facility, New Zealand
New Zealand-based biofuels start-up Lanza­Tech purchased a facility in Soperton, Ga.—previously owned by Range Fuels—at auction on Jan. 3 for $5.1 million...
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