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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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4361. November 10, 2012 | Jakarta Globe
Newmont Challenges Sulawesi Mercury Pollution Claim, Indonesia
Gold miner Newmont has rejected an accusation that it was involved in the dumping of tailings at a mine project in North Sulawesi... 4362. November 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNDP joins global Climate and Clean Air Coalition with call for urgent action to avert catastrophic impacts, USA
San Francisco, 8 November 2012 - Climate change threatens to undermine hard-won human development gains and the longer the world waits to act the more costly the damages and solutions will become, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark said today... 4363. November 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Swedish Duo Win First Place in Climate and Clean Air Coalition Film Contest, France
Paris - Two Swedish students today scooped a new award aimed at alerting the world to the huge benefits of fast action on crop, health and climate-damaging substances, known as Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs)... 4364. November 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Green Innovators Receive Young Environmental Leader Award, Germany/Kenya
Leverkusen (Germany)/Nairobi - Three students from Costa Rica, Kenya and Vietnam have received a major international youth award from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Bayer in recognition of their environmental efforts... 4365. November 9, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Cadmium exposure in the womb linked to lower IQ scores in 5-year-olds, EHN
Prenatal exposures to the metal cadmium -- even at low levels common in most countries -- can have long-lasting effects on children's IQ... 4366. November 9, 2012 | National Post
Terrified survivor found in rubble after Quebec chemical plant explosion kills two, injures 19, Canada
MONTREAL — Authorities were investigating three major fires that erupted within a single day in Quebec, while medical teams Friday dealt with serious injuries from two of them... 4367. November 9, 2012 | PR Newswire | CNW
Harper Government Introduces Proposed Regulations to Protect Children from Harmful Chemical, Canada
ETOBICOKE, ON - Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, introduced a proposed regulatory amendment to help protect infants and toddlers from unnecessary exposure to a harmful chemical found in some consumer products... 4368. November 9, 2012 | BBC
Body found in chemical incident in Fife, UK
The body of a 50-year-old local man has been found in the grounds of a cemetery in Fife where reports of a chemical incident are being investigated... 4369. November 9, 2012 | Stuff.co.nz
Chemical leak in central Wellington, New Zealand
A hazardous gas leak forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from a building on Cambridge Tce today... 4370. November 9, 2012 | The Hindu
26-year-old woman attacked with corrosive chemical, India
Mumbai Police are on the lookout for a businessman who attacked his 26-year old woman physiotherapist friend with a corrosive substance, injuring her eye and face. Police said on Thursday that the substance used by the accused was not acid... 4371. November 9, 2012 | ANN | Viet Nam News
Pollution taints Vietnam's national icon, Vietnam
Several areas of Ha Long Bay, the newly-voted world wonder in northern coastal Quang Ninh Province, are seriously polluted... 4372. November 8, 2012 | BBC
Blast prevented in van containing acetylene cylinders, UK
Buildings were evacuated and an exclusion zone set up in North Lanarkshire over fears that a van containing chemicals may explode... 4373. November 7, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New Constitution, Public Opinion Give Kenya Unique Opportunity to Reverse Deforestation that Costs Economy US$70 Million Each Year, Kenya
Nairobi - Kenya should seize a unique opportunity provided by the new constitution and public opinion to reverse deforestation in the nation’s water towers, which deprives the economy of almost six billion shillings ($US 70 million) annually and threatens more than 70 per cent of the water supply... 4374. November 7, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Leaders in Business, Government and Civil Society Join Forces in the Launch of Global Coalition for Valuing Natural Capital, Singapore
Singapore - International leaders from business, government and non-governmental organizations gathered in Singapore on Tuesday to launch officially the new TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity... 4375. November 7, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Higher PFCs when pregnant linked to smaller daughters at birth, ENH
A pregnant woman's exposure to chemicals that make consumer products stain and water resistant may affect the growth and weight of her daughter at birth and later in life as a toddler... 4376. November 7, 2012 | BBC
Impact of chemical waste dumped in Jersey 'not clear', EU
The environmental impact of industrial waste dumped in car parks along St Ouen's Bay in Jersey is not yet clear, the environment department said... 4377. November 7, 2012 | Daily Post North Wales
Three in hospital after Sandycroft chemical spill, UK
THREE men have been taken to hospital following a chemical spill at a drugs manufacturing plant... 4378. November 7, 2012 | The West Australian | AAP
Brisbane chemical spill sparks evacuations, Australia
Two people have been taken to hospital and an industrial area has been evacuated after a major chemical spill in Brisbane's south... 4379. November 7, 2012 | ABC News
Pollution probe at Seafish plant, Australia
Seafish Tasmania says it is co-operating with the Environment Protection Authority's investigation of complaints about odour and waste water discharge... 4380. November 6, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
War & The Environment: New book examines how natural resources can spark conflict, but also create peace, USA/Switzerland
Washington, DC and Geneva 6 - A flagship book that documents and analyzes the devastating impact of war on the environment in 23 conflict-affected countries and territories across the globe was released today...

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