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4421. October 27, 2012 | DNA
Major fire destroys paint unit in Thane, India
A major fire destroyed a paint factory in an industrial area at Boisar near here this afternoon, police and fire brigade officials said...

4422. October 27, 2012 | ColomboPage
Sri Lanka imports gas analyzers to monitor air pollution, Sri Lanka
Colombo: Sri Lanka, under its Vehicle Emission Testing Programme, plans to import gas analyzers to carry out comprehensive roadside inspections and to measure air pollution levels in the country...

4423. October 26, 2012 | UPI
EU on track to exceed Kyoto emissions goal, EU
The European Union is on track to not only meet but exceed greenhouse gas reduction goals set by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, an analysis indicated this week...

4424. October 26, 2012 | Mail & Guardian
Toxic waste costs poor their lives, USA
Waste from industrial dumps and other toxic sites affects the health of an estimated 125-million people in 49 low- and middle-income countries...

4425. October 26, 2012 | The Ecologist
Toxic chemicals used for leather production poisoning India’s tannery workers,
India’s tanning industry has started tackling environmental issues but its progress on worker safety is woeful. As Peter Bengtsen found out, illness and deaths linked to toxic tanning chemicals appear worryingly common...

4426. October 26, 2012 | Washington Business Journal
Toxic work environment threatens acquisition personnel gains, USA
Agencies have made progress in hiring talented acquisition professionals, but unreasonable scrutiny from all sides is encouraging risk avoidance and stifling innovation...

4427. October 26, 2012 | Democrat And Chronicle
Efforts continue to clean toxic contamination in Brockport, Australia
BROCKPORT — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is continuing its efforts to remove toxic contamination from a former canalside industrial site in the village...

4428. October 25, 2012 | WSJ.com
Texas City Shelter-in-Place Lifted After Chemical Spill; 9 Injured, USA
Nine people were injured after a chemical cloud emitted from a local petrochemical company tank in Texas City, Texas, late Wednesday night, a local emergency official said...

4429. October 25, 2012 | The Associated Press (AP)
9 Hurt In Texas City Chemical Leak, USA
TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) -- Officials say nine people have been hurt in a chemical tank leak that restricted outdoor activities in a Southeast Texas city for hours...

4430. October 24, 2012 | The Chosun Ilbo
Gov't to Cover Medical Cost for Toxic Leak Victims, Korea
The government will cover the treatment of those affected by a toxic leak in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province on Sept. 27. It is the first time the government is providing financial support for the medical treatment in a disaster zone...

4431. October 24, 2012 | CNN
A toxic tragedy in Bhopal, India
As Rashid Ali and his ex-wife had their three children in Bhopal, India, over the past decade, they say they had no choice but to give the children water contaminated by a 1984 gas leak...

4432. October 24, 2012 | prnewswire.com
17 Groups Petition EPA For Public Reporting Of Chemical Releases From Fracking, Other Oil And Gas Operations, USA
127,000 Tons of Undisclosed Hazardous Emissions: Oil and Gas Would Join Other Industries, Including Coal, That Already Report to the Toxics Release Inventory; Federal Disclosure for O&G Not Yet Required Despite Surge in Fracking Chemical Pollution...

4433. October 24, 2012 | South Yorkshire Times
M1 closed in both directions after chemical spill, UK
DRIVERS are advised to find alternative routes after a chemical spill has closed the M1 motorway. The M1 is fully closed in both directions between junctions J32 and J33...

4434. October 23, 2012 | ABC News
French panel rejects study linking GM corn to cancer, Australia
An investigative panel has rejected a contested French study that linked genetically modified corn to cancer in rats, but called for a "long-term, independent" probe into the issue to advise the public...

4435. October 23, 2012 | Mail Online
Could eating burnt toast stunt your unborn baby's growth?, UK
What’s odourless, tasteless, invisible, potentially deadly, and lurking in your food?...

4436. October 23, 2012 | timesfreepress.com
Lead levels on Chattanooga's Southside raise caution, USA
Crews in hazmat suits will be a regular fixture in the yards of Chattanooga's Southside for the next several months as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency works to remove toxic levels of lead from soil on 68 residential properties...

4437. October 23, 2012 | guardian.co.uk
US presidential debates' great unmentionable: climate change, USA
The Pentagon ranks it as a national security threat and, left unchecked, climate change is expected to cost the US economy billions of dollars every year – and yet it has proved the great unmentionable of this election campaign...

4438. October 23, 2012 | Tri-CityHerald.com
DOE officials confirm tank leaking radioactive waste, USA
The Department of Energy has confirmed that its oldest double-shell tank is actively leaking radioactive and hazardous chemical waste from its inner shell...

4439. October 23, 2012 | ABC News
Study suggests pesticides may threaten bees, EU
European researchers have shown common pesticides could be killing bees and reducing their ability to pollinate crops...

4440. October 23, 2012 | TNN | Times of india
India, China team up with developing nations at climate talks, India
NEW DELHI: In what could change the contours of climate change negotiations, India and China have successfully brought together a disparate group of developing countries to take on the EU and its new-found friends — small and least developed countries...