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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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4261. December 6, 2012 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Asia air pollution deaths to rise: environment group, Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AFP) - Air pollution in Asia, which already kills at least 800,000 people each year, will likely lead to even higher death rates as the region's air quality worsens, an environmental group warned Wednesday... 4262. December 5, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Viet Nam, Norway and UN Announce US$30 Million for REDD+ in Viet Nam at UN-REDD COP18 Event, Qatar
Costa Rica, Mexico and Nigeria present their latest progress and lessons learned on developing REDD+ safeguards and legal preparedness... 4263. December 5, 2012 | afloat.ie
18 Injured as Toxic Gas Leaks from Irish Cargoship, UK
Eighteen people are being treated after toxic gas used to kill rodents escaped from an Irish flagged dry-cargoship docked at Warrenpoint, Co Down... 4264. December 5, 2012 | Trend.Az
40 industrial units shut down in Tehran due to air pollution, Iran
Some 40 industrial units including cement and tar production units were temporarily shut in Iran's capital Tehran due to alarming level of air pollution, Deputy Head of Iran's Environment Protection Organization (IEPO) Ali-Mohammad Shaeri said on Wednesday... 4265. December 3, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Indicators Can Support Transition to Inclusive, Resource-Efficient Green Economy, Says UNEP Report, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland - A new UNEP report launched today provides countries with a practical guide on how indicators can measure progress towards an inclusive, resource-efficient, green economy, and support new national policies to assess human well-being and quality of life... 4266. December 3, 2012 | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2 still hospitalized after school carbon monoxide leak, USA
Two adults remain hospitalized after a Monday morning gas leak at a southwest Atlanta elementary school sickened dozens of students... 4267. December 3, 2012 | Mail Online
Chlorine in tap water linked to increase in number of people developing food allergies, UK
Chlorine in tap water has been linked to the rising number of people developing food allergies, a study has revealed... 4268. December 3, 2012 | Forbes
5 caveats about the autism and air pollution study, USA
Did you read about it? Air pollution levels within a certain range during a woman’s pregnancy and her baby’s early months are linked to an increased risk for autism!... 4269. December 3, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)
Shifting Market For Repellency Chemicals, C&EN
Fluorine chemical companies have been selling short. To please the Environmental Protection Agency, the firms are pushing textile industry customers to change a key ingredient in water- and oil-repellent treatments from a toxic long-chain fluorinated compound to a shorter one... 4270. December 3, 2012 | WAtoday.com.au
Australia failing to dent emissions, UK
LONDON: Australia rates among the world's highest per capita carbon dioxide emitters in new figures released by British researchers... 4271. December 3, 2012 | The Daily Star Lebanon
Pollution shuts schools, agencies in Tehran, Lebanon
TEHRAN: Schools, universities and government agencies in Tehran will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday due to pollution, the province's governor Morteza Tamadon said on state television... 4272. December 3, 2012 | Hindustan Times
Toxic waste still sits in Bhopal, India
New Delhi, Twenty-eight years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the 346 tonnes of highly toxic waste of Union Carbide are yet to be disposed of... 4273. December 3, 2012 | NY Daily News
Household dust found to have unsafe levels of toxic chemicals, USA
Researchers from the based environmental research group Silent Spring Institute also found high levels of a carcinogenic chemical called chlorinated Tris that was banned from children's pajamas in the late 1970s in the US... 4274. December 2, 2012 | Telegraph
Pesticide exposure harms memory, UK
Exposure to even low levels of organophosphates in pesticides can cause lasting harm to the brain, scientists have concluded... 4275. December 2, 2012 | Edmonton Journal
Pollution to pristine? Syncrude set to test plan to turn tailing ponds into clean lakes, Canada
EDMONTON - For almost 20 years, thick, toxic sludge has poured into Syncrude’s tailings pond, the leftovers from the massive oilsands mine just off Highway 63, north of Fort McMurray. But not for much longer... 4276. December 2, 2012 | The Associated Press (AP)
New Zealand: forget Kyoto, write new climate deal, Qatar
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Highlighting a rift between the rich countries and emerging economies like China, New Zealand's climate minister staunchly defended his government's decision to drop out of the emissions pact for developed nations, saying it's an outdated and insufficient response to global warming... 4277. December 2, 2012 | Redwood Times
Carbon pollution up to 2 million pounds a second, USA
WASHINGTON—The amount of heat-trapping pollution the world spewed rose again last year by 3 percent. So scientists say it's now unlikely that global warming can be limited to a couple of degrees, which is an international goal... 4278. December 2, 2012 | Telegraph
With Carbon Dioxide Emissions at Record High, Worries on How to Slow Warming, World
Global emissions of carbon dioxide were at a record high in 2011 and are likely to take a similar jump in 2012, scientists reported Sunday — the latest indication that efforts to limit such emissions are failing... 4279. December 2, 2012 | The Frederick News
Toxins in well water investigated, USA
Cancer-causing toxins in water from some wells in a Monrovia neighborhood have not been found in high enough levels yet for the Maryland Department of the Environment or Frederick County Health Department to issue warnings... 4280. December 1, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
From Peru to the Philippines, UNEP Presents Grassroots Solutions to the Impacts of Climate Change, Qatar
Doha (Qatar), Grassroots projects can guide the policies needed to build climate resilience, reverse the loss of natural resources and contribute to an inclusive Green Economy...

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