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4321. November 19, 2012 | People's Daily Onlone
Rare birds poisoned by toxic pesticide, China
Police in North China's Tianjin Municipality confirmed that 20 rare birds were found dead and another 13 poisoned in the city's wetlands, after the area was tainted by highly-toxic pesticide, adding that the surviving birds were not in critical condition...

4322. November 19, 2012 | medwireNews
Geriatric health, lungs adversely affected by air pollution, USA
medwireNews: Elderly individuals living in highly polluted areas of the USA have higher levels of inflammatory markers in their blood compared with their counterparts who live in less-polluted regions, indicate the results of a study...

4323. November 18, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New Report Examines Risks of 4 Degree Hotter World by End of Century, USA
WASHINGTON, The world is barreling down a path to heat up by 4 degrees at the end of the century if the global community fails to act on climate change, triggering a cascade of cataclysmic changes that include extreme heat-waves...

4324. November 18, 2012 | SFGate
Group: Toxics linger after Chevron fire, USA
Cancer-causing chemicals linger around homes and in gardens over a 9-square-mile area more than three months after a catastrophic fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond, according to an environmental justice group...

4325. November 18, 2012 | Garowe Online
Somalia: Puntland captures North Korean flagged vessel dumping waste, Somalia
BOSSASO, Somalia - A vessel dumping 5 thousand metric tons of cement 13 nautical miles east of the Bossaso shore was captured by Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) on Friday, Garowe Online reports...

4326. November 17, 2012 | Messenger Newspapers
Cordon lifted after chemical leak at Trafford Park is contained, UK
A CHEMICAL leak in Trafford Park has been contained by the coordinated effort of company staff and emergency services working at the scene...

4327. November 17, 2012 | NYTime.com
Netherlands: Toxic Waste Case Is Settled, Netherlands
In an out-of-court settlement, the commodity trader Trafigura will pay $1.7 million in fines for illegally exporting toxic waste to Ivory Coast, Dutch prosecutors said Friday...

4328. November 17, 2012 | The New Indian Express
Air pollution levels shoot up post Diwali, India
As opposed to the notion of Diwali being a subdued affair this year, facts from the Pradesh Pollution Control Board reveal considerable deterioration of air quality levels, which stand as the “ugly truth” of human activities leading to environment degradation...

4329. November 16, 2012 | The Fresno Bee
Employee's face burned in chemical spill in Fresno, USA
An employee sustained facial burns Friday evening after hazardous materials spilled at the Lyons Magnus plant No. 1 facility in southeast Fresno, the Fresno Fire Department said...

4330. November 16, 2012 | BBC
Ambrosia factory workers hospitalised by chemical spill, UK
Eight people were taken to hospital after a chemical spill at the Ambrosia Creamery in Devon...

4331. November 16, 2012 | Business Recorder
Pollution can cause brain damage, depression, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Long-term exposure to air pollution could damage the brain and cause depression, besides triggering learning and memory problems...

4332. November 15, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Kyoto Protocols Clean Development Mechanism Marks 5,000th Project, Germany
Bonn (Germany), The Kyoto Protocol’s clean development mechanism (CDM), the international market-based tool that incentivizes greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in developing countries, has registered its 5,000th project...

4333. November 15, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Lead, poor food pose health risks for Karachi's kids, EHN
Children in Pakistan who are anemic have extremely high blood lead levels, according to a new study. In cities like Karachi, children have low amounts of iron in their diet, and it is exacerbated by chapati, a bread made of flour that interferes with iron uptake...

4334. November 15, 2012 | IOL News
Hazardous chemical leak a ticking bomb, South Africa
Durban - The eThekwini municipality and Transnet have come under fire for poor communication to the public after a large spillage of petroleum chemicals at the Island View chemical storage area in Durban Harbour, on the boundary of several densely populated residential areas...

4335. November 15, 2012 | AAP
Three affected by toxic fumes in West Ryde,
Three water workers have been taken to hospital following a toxic gas leak in northwest Sydney...

4336. November 14, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Press Conference: As Nations Head to Climate COP in Qatar Greenhouse Gas Emissions Gap Wider than Previously Thought, says UN Study, UNEP
UN Report Measures Growing Gulf between Current Pledges and Reductions Needed to Meet Key Climate Targets...

4337. November 14, 2012 | Brisbanetimes.com.au
Man dies after accidentally swallowing toxic chemical, Australia
A man has died in hospital a day after he accidentally swallowed a toxic herbicide in a tragic farm accident...

4338. November 13, 2012 | The Hindu
Slew of measures mooted to curb air pollution in Delhi, India
A slew of short and long-term measures including ban on entry of commercial vehicles not bound for Delhi, restriction on use of diesel generator sets during social functions, imposition of Rs.2,000 fine on polluting vehicles...

4339. November 13, 2012 | The Washington Post
California poised to begin ‘cap-and-trade’ system to limit greenhouse gas pollution, USA
SAN FRANCISCO — California’s largest greenhouse gas emitters will begin buying permits in a landmark “cap-and-trade” system designed to control emissions of heat-trapping gases and to spur investment in clean technologies...

4340. November 13, 2012 | The National
UAE scientist hopes to treat polluted water with bacteria in sludge, UAE
ABU DHABI // Bacteria living in the sludge produced by Abu Dhabi's oil refineries may hold the key to methods of treating polluted water...