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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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August 9, 2011 | The Scotsman
Air pollution threat to Scotland's cities, Scottland
A FAILURE to meet targets to reduce air pollution is risking the lives of thousands of Scots, the Scottish Government has been warned...
August 9, 2011 | WebWire
Toxic Dangers in the Home: More Common than Most People Realize, USA
A recent article, “Seven toxic dangers to avoid in your home” discusses common environmental and health dangers in the typical home. It was published this week on EmaxHealth’s website... August 9, 2011 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Toxic spill averted as storm nears China, China
BEIJING: China said yesterday it had temporarily averted a toxic chemical spill at a plant on its northeast coast, but remained on alert as a tropical storm that has killed three people in South Korea approached... August 9, 2011 | Bangkok Post
Activists call for ban on toxic farm chemicals, Thailand
Farmers and consumer protection activists have called on the Department of Agriculture to ban the use of four toxic farm chemicals to protect farmers and consumers from cancer-causing substances... August 9, 2011 | Shanghai Daily
Toxic spill averted as storm hits N. Korea, North Korea
MUIFA, the typhoon now a tropical storm, skirted the Shandong Peninsula and landed on the coast of North Korea last night... August 8, 2011 | POLITICO.com
New York Times vs. natural gas industry, USA
The fight between The New York Times and the natural gas industry is going nuclear... August 8, 2011 | Reuters
U.S. more biased against smokers than the overweight, USA
Americans are biased against smokers and the overweight, but the United States saves its greatest disrespect for those who light up, according to a Gallup poll published Friday... August 8, 2011 | The Press-Enterprise
Feds to Help on Pollution, USA
People in Mira Loma and San Bernardino have been fighting for years to reduce air pollution that disproportionately affects children and poor neighborhoods in the Inland area... August 8, 2011 | BBC
India: Sinking ship causes oil slick near Mumbai coast, India
Indian coast guard ships and pollution control authorities are working to clean up an oil slick off India's western coast... August 8, 2011 | UPI
Heavy metals found in Mumbai lakes, India
THANE CITY, India, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Indian researchers say toxic heavy metal pollution has been measured in two lakes in the Thane City suburb of Mumbai... August 8, 2011 | Chicago Tribune
Toxic chromium found in Chicago's drinking water, USA
Chicago's first round of testing for a toxic metal called hexavalent chromium found that levels in local drinking water are more than 11 times higher than a health standard California adopted last month... August 6, 2011 | Columbus Indiana
Hazardous Material Spill in Columbus, USA
At 9:30 am Friday morning Columbus fire personnel responded to 940 Marr Road Columbus Surgery Center Suite B for a reported Hazardous material spill... August 5, 2011 | The Courier-Journal
Chemical vapor leak contained at American Synthetic in Rubbertown, USA
Fire crews responded to a minor chemical leak at a Rubbertown early Friday morning after a tank over-pressurized, venting vapors from a hazardous chemical into the air... August 5, 2011 | ITN.co.uk
UN report criticises Nigeria pollution, UN
A United Nations report has laid into Shell and the Nigerian government for contributing to 50 years of pollution in a region of the Niger Delta... August 4, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Several hundred remain evacuated in Eagle Lake after ethanol spill, USA
EAGLE LAKE, Minn. — Several hundred people have been forced from their homes in a small southern Minnesota community because train cars carrying highly-flammable ethanol have derailed and tipped over... August 4, 2011 | PakTribune
Pollution causes brain damage, depression, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Long-term exposure to air pollution could damage the brain and cause depression, besides triggering learning and memory problems... August 3, 2011 | NewScientist
UK nuclear fuel plant to close amid Japan's turmoil, UK
The 11 March earthquake and tsunami that crippled Japan's nuclear industry has claimed a commercial victim thousands of miles away: the Sellafield Mixed Oxide (MOX) plant in... August 3, 2011 | Lincon Times-News
Magnesium blaze forces Freightliner evacuation, USA
Lincoln County residents were among a number of employees who were forced to evacuate Tuesday morning from the Freightliner plant in Gastonia after a piece of machinery sparked, causing a small-scale magnesium blaze... August 3, 2011 | CBC News
Arctic pollution patrol watches for marine spills, Canada
Ships sailing in Canada's Arctic this summer are being watched by an aerial patrol crew that is making sure those vessels do not pollute the water with oil or other contaminants... August 3, 2011 | BBC
Jersey gets campaign to prevent water pollution, UK
Schools and businesses in Jersey are being asked to get involved in a campaign to prevent the sea and rivers being polluted...

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