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WHO Regional Workshop on Chemical Safety
24 - 26th June 2013
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August 30, 2011 | Environment Agency
Environment Agency tackles pollution in the Tottle Brook, UK
Environment Agency officers will be visiting 43 companies on the Dunkirk industrial estate near Nottingham to carry out pollution prevention and hazardous waste visits on 7, 8 and 9 September 2011...
August 30, 2011 | ABC News
Company raided over air pollution allegations, Australia
An Australian air testing company, contracted to test pollution from smoke stacks, has been raided following a year-long investigation into claims testers were fabricating pollution reports...
August 29, 2011 | WBTV
Employees back to work 2 weeks after ammonia leak shut down plant, USA
MARSHVILLE, NC (WBTV) - Employees at a poultry processing plant in Union County who have been unable to work due to an ammonia leak which closed down the facility nearly two weeks ago have now returned back to work...
August 29, 2011 | Xinhua
China launches special supervision in 15 companies for pollution control violations, China
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has launched special supervision programs for 15 companies that have failed to meet pollution reduction requirements set in a national pollution control plan...
August 29, 2011 | Xinhua
China meets pollution control targets for 2006-2010, China
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China met two major pollution control targets from 2006 to 2010, said the country's environment watchdog on Monday...
August 29, 2011 | The Times of India (TOI)
Factories release toxic waste in drains, India
KOLKATA: Even as pollution control norms are getting stringent and the noose is tightening around those who flout the rules, several iron and chemical factories at Badu in North 24-Paragans...
August 28, 2011 | TVNZ
Farmers admit role in river pollution, New Zealand
Federated Farmers has admitted New Zealand's growing dairy herd is posing problems for the environment and says farmers are doing something about it...
August 28, 2011 | WAtoday
Haircare company recalls toxic straightening product, Australia
SCORES of Australians may have been exposed to a toxic hair-straightening product that includes 50 times the safe level of formaldehyde - a chemical known to cause cancer...
August 27, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Why? Message by Steiner and Clark concerning the attack on the UN in Abuja, Nigeria, Kenya
Message from Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme Executive Director to Helen Clark, Chair of the UN Development Group (UNDG) Concerning the Abuja Bomb Blast...
August 27, 2011 | The Oakland Tribune
Plastic pollution motivated woman to rid San Francisco Bay of debris, USA
The first time Lorraine Palmer discovered the downside of our civilization, she was sailing around the world in 2004...
August 26, 2011 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Three hospitalized after ammonia leak, USA
An ammonia leak at a business in Westmoreland County sent three workers to the hospital Thursday, an emergency dispatcher said...
August 26, 2011 | WFSB
Ammonia leak forces ice rink evacuation, USA
HAMDEN, CT (WFSB) - An ammonia leak forced the evacuation of Louis Astorina Ice Arena Skating rink early Thursday evening...
August 25, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New UN Programme Aims to Tackle Water Scarcity in Jordan, Kenya
Nairobi, 25 August 2011 - A new Joint Programme to strengthen to the impacts of climate change on scarce water resources and to improve food security and health in Jordan is the focus of a workshop at the World Water Week in Stockholm today...
August 24, 2011 | Timeofmalta.com
Pollution from open animal farms, Malta
I refer to the article (August 4) in connection with the proposed construction of a cow farm and a pig farm at Magħtab...
August 24, 2011 | The Birmingham News
Study: Air pollution 37 times worse in smoky bars, restaurants in Jefferson County, USA
Bars and restaurants in Jefferson County that allow smoking have air pollution levels more than 35 times higher than those with no smoking and 14 times higher than the county's outdoor air, according to a study released Wednesday...
August 24, 2011 | This Is Local London
Gynaecology ward at University Hospital Lewisham evacuated due to refrigerant gas leak, UK
A GYNAECOLOGY ward at Lewisham Hospital had to be evacuated because of a chemical incident yesterday (August 23)...
August 24, 2011 | China Daily
5 detained over toxic waste dumping, China
KUNMING - Five suspects have been detained over a Chinese chemical company's dumping of carcinogenic industrial chemicals that could threaten the water sources for tens of millions of people, police in the southwestern Yunnan Province said Tuesday...
August 24, 2011 | Apparel News China
Toxic chemicals found in 14 top apparel brands products, China
The latest research into toxic water pollution released today by Greenpeace International reveals the presence of nonylphenol ethoxylates (1) in clothing items bearing the logos of 14 global brands (2), including Adidas, H&M and Abercrombie & Fitch...
August 24, 2011 | Thanh Nien News
Vietnam's minister pledges determination in major pollution scandal, Vietnam
A major pollution case in which a state-owned factory was recently found dumping untreated wastewater in southern Vietnam will be handled with “determination,” the environment minister said Tuesday...
August 23, 2011 | ABC News
Court hears bid to stop coal mine, Australia
A legal challenge is being heard over a proposed open cut coal mine at Wandoan, north-west of Toowoomba in Queensland's southern inland...
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