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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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3461. July 10, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
West Africa Nations Agree to Phase Out Inefficient Incandescent Lamps, Senegal
By phasing out incandescent lighting, African nations together could save a total of 2.4 terawatt hours of electricity; equivalent to 6.7 per cent of total annual energy consumption. The savings would be enough to power over 1.2 million households... 3462. July 10, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Fisheries Reform: Time to Draw in the Net, UNEP
Achieving healthy fish stocks globally was a key challenge flowing from Rio+20 and will be a central litmus test for realizing an inclusive Green economy... 3463. July 8, 2013 | The Guardian
Interactive guide to pollution levels on London roads, UK
With the highest levels of nitrogen dioxide of any capital city in Europe, London's air pollution from traffic is linked to strokes, heart and respiratory diseases as well as some cancers and asthma... 3464. July 8, 2013 | Japan Today | AFP
Toxic radiation in groundwater at Fukushima plant: TEPCO, Japan
TOKYO (AFP) — Toxic radioactive substances have once again been detected in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said on Sunday, the latest in a series of incidents at the tsunami-battered complex... 3465. July 8, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Prototype Plane Piloted by UNEP Champion of the Earth Completes Solar-Powered Flight across USA, USA
The arrival of Solar Impulse in New York City marks the culmination of its ambitious journey Across America, which started on May 3rd in San Francisco, California... 3466. July 8, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Search Begins for Kenya's Young Green Leaders, Kenya
Nairobi, 08 July 2013 - Are you a young Kenyan aged between 18 and 24 years? Are you passionate about the environment? Here is a chance for you to become a UNEP-Bayer Young Environmental Envoy!... 3467. July 7, 2013 | The Sydney Morning Herald
Toxic substances found in reserve, Australia
The Environmental Protection Authority has been accused of covering up the discovery of some of the most poisonous substances on earth at levels well above health limits, alarming residents whose children use the tested area as a playground... 3468. July 7, 2013 | South Bend Tribune
Indiana in no rush to crack down on BP pollution, USA
The oil giant continues to dump nearly 20 times more toxic mercury into the lake than federal water quality standards permit. This may not lead to an environmental disaster of the type BP brought to the Gulf, but it is a threat to lake waters that are used by millions of people for drinking, waters that are a precious Midwest resource for recreation and fishing... 3469. July 7, 2013 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Toxic radiation again in groundwater at Fukushima, Japan
Toxic radioactive substances have once again been detected in groundwater at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, its Japanese operator said on Sunday, the latest in a series of incidents at the tsunami-battered complex... 3470. July 6, 2013 | Stuff.co.nz
Toxic inks in tattoos a concern, New Zealand
Risky levels of heavy metals - including arsenic and lead - have been found in tattoo inks imported to New Zealand, but tattooists are reassuring the public that the brands the Ministry of Health has warned them about are not in mainstream use... 3471. July 5, 2013 | CBC News
Man, 81, dies from chemical fumes in home, Canada
Toronto police are investigating the death of an elderly man who was overcome by fumes mixing chemicals in his home... 3472. July 5, 2013 | tcetoday
Smog-eating street reduces air pollution, The Netherlands
URBAN smog and its harmful effects on health and the environment may be a thing of the past, according to the researchers behind an ‘air-purifying’ pavement in The Netherlands. 3473. July 5, 2013 | thenews.com.pk
Toxic gas kills four in Silkot, Pakistan
SIALKOT: At least four people were killed after inhaling toxic gas Pasror Tehsil of Sialkot district, Geo News reported... 3474. July 4, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
African Nations Pledge Increased Efforts in Sound Management of Hazardous Chemicals, Kenya
Nairobi, July 4 2013 - Representative of 28 African countries today developed a draft roadmap aimed at driving the continent toward meeting the 2020 goal of the sound management of chemicals across their lifecycles... 3475. July 4, 2013 | Environmental Health News
Study finds no link between kids' obesity and DDT, PCBs, USA
U.S. children who were exposed in the womb to high levels of DDT, PCBs and other chlorinated chemicals in the 1960s were not more likely to be obese, according to new research. One substance, dieldrin, was linked to higher odds of obesity in children but the number of children studied was small... 3476. July 4, 2013 | ITV News
Chemical incident at Harwich International Port, UK
Firefighters are currently at the scene of a chemical incident at Harwich International Port in Essex... 3477. July 4, 2013 | wallstcheatsheet.com
Pepsi in the Doghouse: Still Has Chemical Linked to Cancer
Attention soda lovers: step away from the PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) products. A news report via Reuters illuminates that a chemical linked to cancer in animals is still showing up in Pepsi products... 3478. July 4, 2013 | Swidon Advertiser
Pollution kills river insects, UK
THE Environment Agency is investigating ‘serious’ pesticide pollution in the River Kennet, which supplies some drinking water to south Swindon, as campaigners fear an ecological disaster... 3479. July 4, 2013 | Pakistan Observer
Air pollution causing respiratory diseases, Pakistan
Thursday, July 04, 2013 - Quetta—Stakeholders were not playing their due role to reduce air pollution that making a large number of people suffering from respiratory and skin diseases in Quetta... 3480. July 3, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Report Shows Unprecedented Climate Extremes over Last Deca, Switzerland
2001-2010 was the warmest since the start of modern measurements in 1850 and continued an extended period of accelerating global warming...

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