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4481. October 16, 2012 | webwire.com
Tyneside Firm Fined After Lack of PPE leads to Toxic Chemical Burns, UK
Mr Reid suffered serious chemical burns to his legs and body after the hose connecting the tank and the drum, came off. He then spent two weeks in hospital and had to endure several skin grafts to help repair the damage...

4482. October 16, 2012 | Gulf Times
Chemical accident at Kraft food factory, Germany
Around 1,400 people have been evacuated from their homes in Germany, authorities said yesterday, after a chemical accident at a factory run by US food giant Kraft caused a cloud of poisonous gas...

4483. October 15, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biodiversity Conservation can Improve Human Health in Worlds Growing Cities, says UN assessment, India
Hyderabad (India), Global urbanization will have significant implications for biodiversity and ecosystems if current trends continue, with knock-on effects for human health and development...

4484. October 15, 2012 | North Shore Outlook
Hundreds of litres of toxic oil spilled in West Vancouver waterway, USA
Hundreds of litres of industrial oil containing toxic PCBs spilled into a West Vancouver waterway Sunday, polluting a salmon creek and duck pond, after a BC Hydro utility pole was toppled in the wind...

4485. October 15, 2012 | Forbes
Are Pesticides A Key Driver Of The Autism Increase?, USA
An anti-pesticide manifesto [PDF] from the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) has recently made a few headlines in big papers and nabbed a feature on an NPR member station with claims that “children today are sicker than they were a generation ago” and that pesticides are a “key driver” of the increase in childhood disorders such as “childhood cancers...

4486. October 15, 2012 | NYTime.com
Q and A: Tracking a Worrisome Dead Zone, USA
For more than a quarter of a century, the marine ecologist Nancy Rabalais, the executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, has worked to understand and to spread awareness of the so-called dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico...

4487. October 15, 2012 | http://siouxcityjournal.com
Sioux City airport clean-up could top $64 million, USA
SIOUX CITY | Remains of the heavy fuel once used by Boeing B-17 and B-29 bombers stationed at what is now Sioux Gateway Airport during World War II could cost taxpayers millions of dollars to clean up...

4488. October 15, 2012 | Enniscorthyguardian.ie
Campaign to tackle toxic waste, UK
A campaign to tackle the dumping of toxic waste from fuel laundering plants has been launched...

4489. October 15, 2012 | WHDH
1 injured in BU chemical spill, USA
BOSTON (WHDH) -- One person was injured following a chemical spill at a Boston University building...

4490. October 15, 2012 | RTE News
Chemical leak at C&D factory in Longford, UK
The Health and Safety Authority is to visit the C&D Foods plant in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford on Monday, after an ammonia leak that led to the evacuation of the plant...

4491. October 14, 2012 | BBC
Fire at Queen's University's David Keir building,UK
There has been a fire at a chemical lab in a Queen's University building...

4492. October 14, 2012 | DNA Correspondent
2 die of chemical poisoning, India
Two Dharavi-based factory workers succumbed to a suspected case of chemical poisoning at Sion Hospital on Saturday...

4493. October 13, 2012 | BBC
Heathrow third runway may mean more pollution deaths, study says, UK
A third runway at Heathrow would lead to significantly more early deaths from pollution than a new airport built in the Thames Estuary, a study has warned...

4494. October 12, 2012 | ABC News
Toxic poisoning, Australia
One Hobart couple has been told to move after testing positive to heavy metal poisoning and they are now on a quest for answers...

4495. October 12, 2012 | WLTX
Highway 378 Reopens After Chemical Spill, USA
Sumter, SC (WLTX) -- Highway 378 near Shaw Air Force Base has reopened following a chemical spill Friday morning...

4496. October 12, 2012 | Pakistan Observer
Air pollution tied to lung cancer in non-smokers, Pakistan
PEOPLE who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude in a new study...

4497. October 11, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Afghanistan, UNEP Launch USD $6 Million Initiative to Help Communities Adapt to Effects of Climate Change, Afghanistan
Bamyan, Afghanistan, The Government of Afghanistan, through its National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), has launched a USD $6 million climate change initiative, the first of its kind in the country's history...

4498. October 11, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Beijing Olympics: Healthy adults benefit from lower air pollution, too, China
When factories in Beijing shut down for the 2008 Olympic games, air pollution declined sharply and heart disease indicators in healthy adults improved. New research has found that both trends reversed when the factories reopened...

4499. October 11, 2012 | Whitchurch Herald
Toxic chemicals found near airfield, UK
THE Environmental Agency has confirmed that around 60 drums of chemicals discovered in an abandoned lorry near an airfield were toxic...

4500. October 11, 2012 | Reuters
Italy police raid Italcementi plant over toxic emissions, Italy
Italian police seized a cement plant belonging to Italcementi, the world's fifth largest cement maker, over allegations of illegal toxic emissions, justice system officials said on Thursday...