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5161. May 19, 2012 | Hindustan Times
Traffic cops to get anti-pollution masks, India
Have you ever thought that the ones who ensure your safety on the roads are the most vulnerable to several diseases?...

5162. May 18, 2012 | Postmedia News
Canada cruising for a major oil spill crisis in the Arctic, academic warns, Canada
One of Canada's top experts on Arctic issues is warning of the "near-inevitability" of an Exxon Valdez-scale oil spill at a fragile choke point in Alaskan waters if Canada ends up shipping oilsands fuel to China via pipeline terminals on the British Columbia coast...

5163. May 17, 2012 | FM World
Legal Update: Chemical warning labels, UK
Hazard labels on commercial and household chemical products are changing as part of a United Nations drive for global standardisation...

5164. May 17, 2012 | China News Center
More Than 11000 Return Home After Chemical Truck Collision In Hangzhou, China
HANGZHOU, May 17 (Bernama) — More than 10,000 evacuated residents in east China’s Zhejiang province had returned home as of Wednesday evening after two vehicles carrying dangerous chemicals collided with each other late Monday, local officials said...

5165. May 17, 2012 | PTI
MP holds discussion with German co for disposal of toxic waste, India
Bhopal, May 17 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh government today held discussion with a German company over disposal of toxic waste lying in the defunct Union Carbide plant here...

5166. May 17, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP and Partners Back New Global Protocol for Urban Emissions, Germany
Bonn, Two UN agencies and the World Bank today expressed appreciation at the launch of a pilot version of a Global Protocol for Community-scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions, designed to harmonize emissions measurement and reporting process for the world's cities...

5167. May 16, 2012 | globalpost.com/
Air pollution causes heart problems, says a new study on Beijing smog effects, China
A study of Beijing residents before and after the Olympics shows that a dip in pollution during the games immediately improved cardiovascular health...

5168. May 16, 2012 | Hindustan Times
10,000 evacuated due to chemical threat in China, China
Two vehicles laden with dangerous chemicals collided in eastern China on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents of the area...

5169. May 16, 2012 | CNN
Avoid sunscreens with potentially harmful ingredients, group warns, UK
Twenty-five percent of 800 tested sunscreens are effective at protecting your skin without the use of potentially harmful ingredients, according to the 2012 Sunscreen Guide released Wednesday by the Environmental Working Group...

5170. May 15, 2012 | China Daily
Toxic gas kills 4 at C China paper mill, China
WUHAN - Four workers were suffocated to death Monday while cleaning a waste pulp sink at a paper mill in Central China's Hubei province, local authorities said...

5171. May 15, 2012 | The Seattle Times
Toxic substances of everyday life reach Columbia River, study finds, USA
A federal study has found more than 100 toxic substances from everyday life are making their way through wastewater-treatment plants into the Columbia River...

5172. May 15, 2012 | newsday.co.tt
Toxic fumes, Spain
FIVE Customs officers at the Container Examination and Storage Station (CESS) on the port in Port-of-Spain had to be hospitalised yesterday after inhaling fumes from the toxic chemical, toluene diisocyanate which is used in the manufacture of plastics. The chemical was stored at the west gate of the port in approximately 40 to 50 barrels in a 20 foot container...

5173. May 15, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Food Security Must be at Centre of Africa's Development: UN report, Kenya
Nairobi, Sub-Saharan Africa cannot sustain its present economic resurgence unless it eliminates the hunger that affects nearly a quarter of its people, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) argues in the newly released Africa Human Development Report 2012: Towards a Food Secure Future...

5174. May 14, 2012 | english.eastday.com
Dwindling stocks leave fishing high and dry, China
A SEVERE decline in stocks has nearly paralyzed the fishing industry in east China, leaving many boats anchored at harbor during what should be the prime fishing season...

5175. May 13, 2012 | The Guardian
Peru's coffee growers turn carbon traders to save their farms from climate change, Peru
Global warming threatens the future of Peru's poorest coffee farmers, but one brand thinks it has found an answer on the financial markets...

5176. May 13, 2012 | Express.co.uk
'GAS DRILLING WILL DESTROY GARDEN OF ENGLAND', UK
RESIDENTS fear that drilling for gas in one of the most picturesque corners of Britain will lead to water contamination and even an earthquake...

5177. May 13, 2012 | The National
Carbon capture fights its corner, Norway
Just as the nuclear industry has had to battle its many critics, efforts to reduce global warming have been denounced by environmentalists and residents where the technology is sited. Nonetheless the Norwegians are pressing ahead...

5178. May 13, 2012 | The Buffalo News
Radioactivity fear spurs survey, USA
LOCKPORT — Property owners around the former Guterl Steel plant have been sent surveys asking whether they have water wells...

5179. May 13, 2012 | delawareonline.com
Pollution cleanup brought more deals, USA
State has yielded to BPG on EPA rules, time frames...

5180. May 12, 2012 | The Economist
A shiny new pipe dream, Norway
Capturing the carbon dioxide from power stations is not hard. But it is expensive. A new project in Norway aims to make it cheaper...