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8501. January 8, 2010 | BBC
Residents return after gas leak, UK
More than 100 people who were evacuated from a nine-storey block of flats in Leeds following a gas leak two days ago have been allowed to return home...
8502. January 7, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
21 dead in China gas leak, execs admit cover-up, China
BEIJING — The death toll from a gas leak at a steel plant in north China has risen to 21, after executives admitted they had covered up the true scale of the accident, state media said Friday...
8503. January 5, 2010 | China Daily
Spill spread may affect drinking water supply, China
The diesel fuel leak into a tributary of the Yellow River has spread downstream into Shanxi and Henan provinces, contaminating and potentially affecting the drinking water supply of many local residents...
8504. January 5, 2010 | The Nation
Suspected gas poisoning kills 15 at China steel plants, China
Beijing - Suspected gas poisoning accidents killed 15 people at two steel plants in northern China, the government said Tuesday, highlighting the nation's concerns over work safety...
8505. January 4, 2010 | BBC
China water warning as oil spill hits Yellow River, China
Pollution from a broken oil pipeline in northern China has now reached one of the country's major water sources - the Yellow River, state media say...
8506. January 2, 2010 | The Nation
Gas leak in Ratchaburi factory, Thailand
Ammonia gas leaking from a fruit processing factory in Ratchaburi's Photharam district early yesterday morning caused panic among nearby residents and sent two girls to hospital with breathing problems...
8507. December 25, 2009 | Thanh Nien Daily
Forbidden chemicals in found in HCMC children’s rice gruel, Vietnam
Four samples taken from two common rice porridge brands targeting children in Ho Chi Minh City have been found containing an illegal chemical, local health department said on Monday...
8508. December 21, 2009 | Thanh Nien Daily
Power plant blames high treatment fees for toxic waste burial, Vietanm
Ho Chi Minh City-based Hiep Phuoc Power Plant on Thursday admitted burying untreated toxic waste over the past two years...
8509. December 20, 2009 | The Nation
Govt to compensate victims of gas leak, Saraburi, Thailand
The government will pay compensation to the family of the engineer killed by a sulphur gas leak at a textile plant in Nong Khae district on Friday night, as well as to the four sickened workers...
8510. December 13, 2009 | The Nation
50 students hospitalized following ammonia leakage in Khon Kaen, Thailand
Khon Kaen - Some 50 students who were attending a scout camp were hospitalized early Sunday after they inhaled ammonia leaked from an adjacent ice making shop...