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WHO Regional Workshop on Chemical Safety
24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management
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April 25, 2017 | CBC Canada
Air pollution levels in Toronto subways highest among country's 3 major rapid transit systems.
Toronto's subway stations and trains had the highest levels of air pollution of Canada's three major rapid transit systems, a newly released study co-authored by a university engineering professor has found.
April 24, 2017 | Scroll.in, India
Cancer has exploded in Bihar as people drink water poisoned with arsenic.
Arsenic levels in water have been as high as 3,880 parts per billion in parts of the state. Pollution standards cite 50 parts per billion as harmful.
April 24, 2017 | Allure
Your sunscreen could be endangering the world's coral reefs.
One of the most common ingredients found in chemical sunscreens could be threatening the health of the world's coral reefs.
April 21, 2017 | Reuters
Lead poisons children in Los Angeles neighborhoods rich and poor.
Lead poisoning afflicts hundreds of areas across Los Angeles County, from affluent hubs to low income or gentrifying areas, Reuters finds. The results surprised some local leaders, showing how lead hazards persist even in a health-conscious region.
April 20, 2017 | International Business Times
Trillions of plastic bits, swept up by current, are littering Arctic waters.
The machine removes toxic chemicals without creating any hazardous by-products and has a 99.99% success rate.
April 20, 2017 | The Guardian
Air pollution linked to year-round runny noses.
The effect on wellbeing of exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a gas mostly produced in diesel fumes, is comparable to the toll from losing a job, ending a relationship or the death of a partner, research suggests.
April 18, 2017 | Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom
New technology turns chemical warfare agents like sarin and mustard gas into harmless dirt.
Traffic pollution may increase the risk of heart disease by lowering levels of "good" cholesterol, a study suggests.
April 18, 2017 | United Press International
Air pollution as bad for wellbeing as partner's death, say researchers.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered a direct biological and molecular association between air pollution and chronic nasal symptoms.
April 14, 2017 | Environmental Health News
El Salvador bans metal mining.
Hog farm dust already hurts farmworker lungs—new research says elevated CO2 could make it worse.
April 14, 2017 | Chicago Tribune, Illinois
Traffic pollution may lower levels of 'good' cholesterol, study says.
Federal environmental officials scrambled to protect Lake Michigan from a cancer-causing metal spilled into a northwest Indiana tributary.
April 13, 2017 | Ecologist
Chromium spill near Lake Michigan brings new attention to cancer-causing pollutant.
Mining was imposed on the Salvadoran people as a dream industry to aid development. But the reality was a nightmare. After a long campaign, El Salvador has just become the first country to ban all metal mining.
April 11, 2017 | Times of London, United Kingdom
Carbon dioxide may worsen hog farmworkers’ breathing problems.
Scientists have warned that chemicals used to fireproof millions of British sofas could be linked to a surge in deadly thyroid cancer.
April 10, 2017 | Food Navigator
Toxic sofas linked to surge in thyroid cancer.
The herbicide glyphosate is to be added to the list of chemicals known to cause cancer under California's Proposition 65 legislation, which means companies producing products containing residues of the popular herbicide may in future have to feature warning labels.
April 8, 2017 | The Guardian
Glyphosate to join Proposition 65 list.
Virtually all farms could significantly cut their pesticide use while still producing as much food, according to a major new study.
April 7, 2017 | New York Times
Farms could slash pesticide use without losses, research reveals.
Groups asked to ban chlorpyrifos from food within 30 days if the Environmental Protection Agency cannot prove it is safe.
April 6, 2017 | Huffington Post
Advocacy groups ask for ban on common pesticide.
Concerns about the world’s most widely used herbicide are taking a new twist as researchers unveil data that indicates pervasive use of Monsanto Co.’s weed killer could be linked to pregnancy problems.
April 5, 2017 | Alabama Media Group
Moms exposed to Monsanto weed killer means bad outcomes for babies.
Certain man-made chemicals — believed to be in the bloodstream of nearly every person on Earth thanks to heavy use in consumer manufactured products — also build up in the brains, hearts, livers, bones and skin of mice according to a study.
April 4, 2017 | Chemical & Engineering News
Cancer-linked chemicals build up in 'every organ' in mice, UAB researchers find.
The $120 million incinerator—the first built in the U.S. in two decades—can handle industrial and laboratory chemicals, manufacturing by-products, medical waste, and other solid and liquid materials.
April 3, 2017 | MLive Detroit, Michigan
New hazardous waste incinerator comes online.
The EPA's decisions in the months and years ahead will influence the levels of toxic chemicals allowed in people's homes, communities and bodies for generations to come, says a former EPA scientist and policy advisor.
March 30, 2017 | Consumer Reports
Experts agree EPA review of dioxane, other toxic chemicals is needed.
New research suggests early exposure has an impact on adult IQ.
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