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5751. August 22, 2011 | KOVR/CNN
Gas leak sends workers to hospital, USA
WOODLAND, CA (KOVR/CNN) – Dozens of people had to go to the hospital on Sunday due to a chemical gas leak at a tomato canning plant in Woodland, CA... 5752. August 22, 2011 | The Charlotte Observer
Ammonia leak at SW Charlotte business, USA
No injuries were reported Monday morning after an ammonia leak forced the evacuation of several employees from a business in southwest Charlotte... 5753. August 22, 2011 | Chemical & Engineering News
Protests Force Chemical Plant Closure In China, China
Municipal authorities in Dalian, a city in northeast China, have ordered the closure of a recently built p-xylene plant after protests by local residents... 5754. August 22, 2011 | ABC News
Fukushima zone likely off-limits for 'decades', Japan
The Japanese government says highly radioactive areas around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant will remain no-go zones for decades after the damaged complex is stabilised... 5755. August 22, 2011 | Reuters
Japan pins hopes on green power laws, risks abound, Japan
Japan's lawmakers have the opportunity to show how strong their support is for boosting renewable power supply to replace nuclear reactors with the passage of a green energy subsidy scheme likely within days... 5756. August 22, 2011 | AFP
Fresh oil spill, fire hits area of Nigeria, Nigeria
A fresh oil spill and a resulting fire has hit an area of Nigeria's main oil-producing region after suspected sabotage to a Shell pipeline, an activist and residents said on Sunday... 5757. August 22, 2011 | Reuters
Australia passes CO2 offset laws, carbon pricing next, Australia
Australia's parliament endorsed the world's first national scheme that regulates the creation and trade of carbon credits from farming and forestry on Monday, to complement government plans to put a price on carbon emissions from mid-2012... 5758. August 22, 2011 | Bombay Financial Express
Pesticide: Chilli’s burning issue, India
India's chilli farming industry is seeing an ever-increasing use of a cocktail of pesticides to keep production rising every year... 5759. August 22, 2011 | VietNamNews
Better pollution rules urged, Vietnam
HCM CITY — Experts have called for professionalising environmental management and protection and scrapping contradictory environmental regulations... 5760. August 22, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Investing in Ecosystem Services Vital to Improving Food Security, says UN, Kenya/Sweden
Nairobi/Stockholm, 22 August 2010 - Recognising healthy ecosystems as the basis for sustainable water resources and stable food security can help produce more food from each unit of agricultural land,... 5761. August 21, 2011 | BBC
Hospital workers treated after chemical spill in Essex, UK
Two workers from a hospital in Essex are being treated for the effects of a chemical spillage.... 5762. August 21, 2011 | The Province
Small-scale mines expose Nigerian children to lead poisoning, Nigeria
The village miners of northwestern Nigeria probably thought the road to happiness was paved with gold - until their children started dying... 5763. August 20, 2011 | BostonHerald.com
Toxic paint chips could delay two school openings, USA
The upcoming school year should be looking bright for Jamaica Plain school kids, but it won’t until flaking paint with trace amounts of a hazardous chemical is scraped from their school building... 5764. August 20, 2011 | Xinhua
Local gov't to probe toxic waste dumping in SW China, China
KUNMING, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- Authorities in southwest China's Yunnan Province said on Saturday that they will launch an investigation into corruption involving watchdog officials in the wake of the dumping of toxic waste... 5765. August 20, 2011 | nzherald
Police station evacuated after chemical smell detected, New Zealand
The top floors of Wellington central police station have been evacuated after a chemical smell was detected in the building this morning... 5766. August 20, 2011 | AAP/SMH
Orica management faces grilling after second chemical leak, Australia
Opportunities for Risk Management & Management Consulting Experts... 5767. August 20, 2011 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Second chemical leak at Australian plant, Australia
An Australian chemical company admitted Saturday that one of its sites had leaked toxic compounds for the second time in two weeks... 5768. August 19, 2011 | Ekklesia
Toxic waste survivors still awaiting compensation, five years on, UK
Amnesty International has today (19 August) called on the new government of Ivory Coast to ensure that the compensation paid out by the oil-trading corporate group Trafigura reaches the thousands of victims affected by a toxic waste dumping in 2006... 5769. August 19, 2011 | The Times of India (TOI)
2 women killed in chemical factory explosion in city, India
HYDERABAD: Two daily-wage workers died in an explosion at a chemical unit in Amberpet on Thursday morning... 5770. August 18, 2011 | BBC
Man dies after collapsing in Dundee chemical tank, UK
A man has died after collapsing in the chemical tank he was working in at an industrial estate in Dundee... 5771. August 18, 2011 | Dayton Daily News
Chemical vapors send one person to hospital, USA
HUBER HEIGHTS -- Vapors from a hazardous chemical sent one person to a hospital and prompted a hazardous materials response at Veolia Environmental Services on Thursday... 5772. August 18, 2011 | The Daily Star
2 factories fined for pollution, Pakistan
Environment officials fined yesterday a steel mill and a textile mill for air and water pollutions in Narayanganj and Gazipur... 5773. August 18, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Rangers say highway pollution killing trees, USA
The Pikes Peak Ranger District says highway pollution is killing evergreens on the Pikes Peak Highway... 5774. August 17, 2011 | China Daily/Asia News Network
Plant in China stored toxic waste, endangering residents, China
BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A chemical plant implicated in a major dumping investigation in South-west China has admitted to storing huge amounts of toxic waste for decades, authorities said on Tuesday... 5775. August 17, 2011 | World News Australian on SBS
Mercury-loving bugs to mop up toxic spills, Australia
Scientists say they have engineered bacteria that can mop up mercury, a step forward in the goal of using "bioremediation" to cleanse toxic chemicals from the environment...
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