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November 20, 2013 | Xinhua
Air pollution puts the health of school children at risk, study found, Hong Kong
For those already choking in north China’s polluted air, the central heating season could mean more wheezy days to come...
November 20, 2013 | latimes.com
Toxic waste 'major global threat', UK
Gov. Jerry Brown announced new safety standards for furniture on Thursday, limiting the use of certain flame-retardant chemicals that have been found to be toxic...
November 19, 2013 | AAP
Chemical exposure linked to premature birth, US
Pregnant women who are exposed to chemicals known as phthalates found in plastics, lotions and food packaging may face higher odds of giving birth prematurely, a US study said Monday...
November 19, 2013 | Xinhua
7 sentenced over SW China river pollution, China
KUNMING, Seven people were sentenced on Monday in southwest China's Yunnan Province after they were convicted of polluting a local waterway, which was mocked as "milk river" in April, a court confirmed on Tuesday...
November 19, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Africa Climate Adaptation Costs Could Soar to USD $350 Billion Annually by 2070 if Warming Hits 3.5-4?C UN Report, Poland
Additional Adaptation Funding Imperative to Control Damage and Build Resilience 4 Degree World May Spell Extinction for Africa's Coral Reefs...
November 19, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Caring for Climate Hosts Inaugural Business Forum to Co-Create Climate Change Solutions, Poland
For first time, chief executives will join top Government officials to share solutions, commitments and plans towards climate action at COP, on the road to a 2015 global climate agreement...
November 18, 2013 | NYTime.com
Role of Smoking Cited in China’s Rising Lung Cancer Deaths, USA
As fears grow among residents of China’s cities that heavy air pollution is contributing to a rise in lung cancer, a major conference on the disease over the weekend in Beijing focused on a more familiar culprit: smoking...
November 18, 2013 | The Associated Press (AP) | SFGate
Russian court frees 2 Greenpeace members on bail, Russia
Russian freelance photographer Denis Sinyakov who worked on the board of Greenpeace International Arctic Sunrise ship listens in a cage during a court session in St. Petersburg on Monday, Nov. 18, 2013...
November 18, 2013 | Summit County Citizens Voice
Environment: EPA to boost reviews for pesticide impacts to endangered species
FRISCO — Endangered species may get more protection from pesticides under new guidelines that require federal agencies to better assess the risks posed by toxic chemicals...
November 18, 2013 | Your Houston News
The dirty side of clean gas
Ethanol, that wonderful ingredient added to our gasoline to make our vehicles emit less emissions by burning cleaner, has a dirty side — a side that our federal government will not discuss...
November 18, 2013 | 9News.com
Politics meets policy in Hickenlooper's air pollution proposal, USA
DENVER - Regulators in Colorado are proposing a set of rules aimed at detecting and repairing leaks in oil and gas drilling and storage equipment, which the state cites as a major source of air pollution...
November 18, 2013 | Xinhua
Pollution from medical waste remains strong, China
Although China has regulations on disposal of medical waste, the danger of pollution from such waste remains very real, experts said...
November 18, 2013 | medwireNews
Air pollution link to early childhood pneumonia, Environ Health Perspect 2013; Advance online publication
European research shows that exposure to elevated levels of air pollutants is associated with an increased risk for pneumonia before the age of 3 years, and particularly in the first year of life...
November 18, 2013 | The Associated Press (AP)
Report: California cannot find tons of shipped toxic waste, USA
LOS ANGELES, California cannot account for 174,000 tons of lead and other hazardous materials shipped for disposal in the last five years, but state regulators say public health is not threatened, a newspaper reported Sunday...
November 18, 2013 | medicalxpress.com
4,000 people die in Tehran each year because of air pollution, Iran
A recently completed study by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) on 310 children in 12 schools across the territory found the air pollution level along the travelling routes from home to schools and particulate levels outside school both at a very high level, and most of the school children have lung function weaker than the predicted levels...
November 17, 2013 | The Denver Post
Two miners dead in Colorado, 20 others injured after Ouray blast, USA
The two miners who were killed Sunday in Ouray died from carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. An explosion was ruled out as the immediate cause of the incident that sent 20 other miners to Western Slope hospitals...
November 17, 2013 | The Globe and Mail
China’s pollution woes fuelled by corruption, China
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s choice of China in response to the question, “Besides Canada, which nation’s administration do you most admire?” was astounding on many levels...
November 17, 2013 | The Sydney Morning Herald
Environment Protection Authority tests for toxic chemicals in Hillsdale park botched, Australia
The NSW government laboratory used by the Environment Protection Authority to test the levels of toxic chemicals and metals around a Hillsdale park area, made a series of embarrassing bungles that skewed the official results...
November 17, 2013 | Economic Times
Warsaw Climate Change Conference: Countries inch towards recognising devastation caused by climate change, Poland
WARSAW: The devastation caused by Typhoom Haiyan in Philippines, which left as many as 3200 dead continues to cast a shadow on climate talks in Warsaw...

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