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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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May 10, 2016 | Phys.org.
Firefighters and the cancer connection.
A study appearing in Environmental Science & Technology has found that flame retardants used in the manufacturing of tents are released in the air within this enclosed space, which could lead to campers breathing them in.
May 9, 2016 | Albany Times Union, New York
Lung diseases rise on toxic air.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took its first tentative steps Thursday to study whether the six-year PCB dredging project done by General Electric was effective.
May 9, 2016 | Times of India, India
Air pollutants blamed for rising birth defects in South Korea: Study.
Experts attribute the rapid acceleration in the number of respiratory disease patients to increasing air pollution.
May 6, 2016 | Time Magazine
PCB work to get review.
"Microwave-safe" doesn't mean what you think. Several chemicals in pliable plastic can leach into your food when you heat it, and even if you’re diligent enough to transfer the food to a bowl or plate labeled “microwave-safe,” you still may not be protected. By and large, that label means they won’t melt or break when heated—but it doesn’t mean they’re safe.
May 5, 2016 | Reuters Health
Arsenic in New England well water tied to bladder cancer risk.
For elderly people in Hong Kong, long term exposure to fine-particle air pollution is tied to an increased risk of dying from many cancers, including breast, liver and pancreatic cancer, in addition to the expected lung cancer risk, according to a new study.
May 5, 2016 | Reuters Health
New study says excesses of modern life is cause of cancer; disease is man-made.
Low to moderate levels of arsenic in New England well water may be responsible for an increased risk of bladder cancer in that region, suggests a new study.
May 5, 2016 | International Business Times
That plastic container you microwave in could be super-toxic.
A new study review made by researchers at the University of Manchester in UK points to environmental factors such as diet and pollution, or the excesses of modern life as the cause of the ailment.
May 4, 2016 | Environmental Health Perspectives
Polluted air may up risk of many cancers.
A new study finds evidence that the association between prenatal air pollution exposure and reduced birth weight may be mediated in part by a decline in the mitochondrial content of the placenta.
May 2, 2016 | Environment Report
Air pollution linked to diabetes.
In 1973, a plant owned by Velsicol Chemical made a mistake and shipped a toxic flame retardant chemical to a livestock feed plant.
May 2, 2016 | Hindu, India
Prenatal air pollution and reduced birth weight: Decline in placental mitochondria as a potential mechanism.
Air pollution has been linked to an increased prevalence of diabetes, say doctors. Dangerously high levels of pollution can also cause cardiovascular and respiratory illnesses.
April 29, 2016 | The Telegraph, United Kingdom
This toxic pollutant infecting water supplies is raising concerns.
A leading UK cancer charity has written to major food manufacturers asking them to reveal details of their use of the controversial chemical BPA in food cans.
April 29, 2016 | Time Magazine
Fine-particle pollution linked to wider number of cancers, premature births.
Concern over the toxic chemical commonly known as PFOA has spread to communities across the country where locals worry that water polluted with the chemical may be harming their health.
April 29, 2016 | Washington Post
Michiganders still have elevated PBB levels in their bodies 40 years after chemical accident.
Fine-particle air pollution is linked to higher death rates from several kinds of cancer.
April 28, 2016 | Denver Post, Colorado
Does canned food cause cancer?
Animas River headwaters contamination exceeds state standards for cadmium, copper, lead and other toxic acid metals draining from inactive mines, officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and Sunnyside Gold Corp. revealed Tuesday.
April 27, 2016 | Johannesburg Times, South Africa
Cadmium, lead, copper levels in Animas headwaters exceed Colorado limits.
Great white sharks are being exposed to deadly chemicals as a result of the fight against malaria.
April 20, 2016 | Australia ABC News, Australia
Teflon toxic contamination has spread throughout the world.
A Senate committee will call for an immediate ban on microbeads and for single-use plastic bags to be off-limits nationwide to try and reduce pollution.
April 20, 2016 | The Intercept
DDT found in great whites.
Although the chemical was developed and long manufactured in the United States, it's not just an American problem. PFOA has spread throughout the world.
April 19, 2016 | Reuters Health
Restricting neonic pesticides is good for bees and the environment.
Authorities in China have launched an investigation after a report that hundreds of children attending a language school built near a polluted former industrial site developed health problems, including cancer, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday.
April 19, 2016 | Toronto Star, Ontario
Microbeads, single-use plastic bags to be recommended for ban by Senate pollution inquiry.
The Ontario government is on the right track with its plan to dramatically reduce the use of ‘neonic’ pesticides.
April 18, 2016 | Washington Post
China launches pollution probe after hundreds of students fall sick.
Researchers at George Washington University have linked fast food consumption to the presence of potentially harmful chemicals called phthalates, a connection which they argue could have “great public health significance.”
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