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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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June 20, 2011 | The Morning Call
Westerly winds blow pollution into New Jersey, USA
As a result, critics say Pennsylvania is slow to enforce sulfur dioxide laws...
June 20, 2011 | STLtoday.com
Chemical plant fire in St. Louis forces 500 to flee, USA
ST. LOUIS • For the second time in six years, a massive fire forced widespread evacuations, brought interstate traffic to a standstill — and served notice that industrial dangers can lurk awfully close to home... June 20, 2011 | The New York Times
Flooding Brings Worries Over Two Nuclear Plants, USA
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As record floodwaters along the Missouri River drench homes and businesses, concerns have grown about keeping a couple of notable structures dry: two riverside nuclear power plants in Nebraska... June 20, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Chemical leak shuts down unit at Tyler Co. plant, USA
SISTERVILLE, W.Va. - Momentive Performance Materials has shut down a unit at its manufacturing facility in Tyler County following a chemical leak... June 20, 2011 | UPI
Marine pollution problem for China, China
BEIJING, June 20 (UPI) -- Explosive economic growth in China's coastal regions has led to levels of ocean pollution that threaten human and marine life, a government report concluded... June 20, 2011 | IPS
Pollution Rising Fast in China’s Seas, China
BEIJING, Jun 20, 2011 (IPS) - Rapid economic growth in China’s coastal regions has resulted in serious levels of ocean pollution, damaging marine life and posing a threat to humans. As much as half of China’s offshore areas are considered polluted... June 19, 2011 | Xinhua
Chemical spill on east China expressway, damages unknown, China
Half a tonne of cyanuric chloride spilled on an expressway in Zhejiang Province early Saturday after barrels of the chemical slipped from a trailer truck... June 19, 2011 | allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Government Moves Against Marine Pollution, Nigeria
The management of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has lauded the management of African Circle Pollution Management Limited (ACPML) for fulfilling the agreement it signed with the Federal Government on the control of marine pollution in Nigeria 's territorial waters... June 18, 2011 | Los Angeles Times
Mexican police tout new effort to fight crime, USA
MEXICO CITY - Police across Mexico have awakened in recent days to a bold new assignment: enforcing the law... June 18, 2011 | Xinhua
Toxic chemical leak in central China kills hundreds of animals, China
A truck leaking a toxic chemical in a central China county has caused the deaths of hundreds of livestock and poultry and polluted hundreds of square meters of nearby forests, local authorities said Friday... June 18, 2011 | Leigh Journal
Atherton fishery disaster, UK
HUNDREDS of fish have been killed after a pollution spill affected a lake on the Hulton Estate... June 17, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
75 percent of nuke sites have leaked tritium, USA
BRACEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows... June 17, 2011 | Thanh Nien Daily
Toxic gas attacks hundreds in southern Vietnam, Vietnam
Many people were hospitalized as hundreds of people ran away from an unidentified gas that attacked a residential area in the southern province of Binh Duong on Thursday... June 17, 2011 | Lansing State Journal
Testing reveals toxins in soil at city's former Red Cedar golf course, USA
The closed Red Cedar Golf Course in Lansing is contaminated with metals, including arsenic, cadmium, mercury and selenium, a recent environmental study shows... June 17, 2011 | NaturalNews
Health experts announce 5 ways to protect children from toxic chemicals, USA
(NaturalNews) Imagine parents who would put their children in danger, placing them in situations that could cause serious health problems... June 17, 2011 | Herald Scotland (HS)
Carbon dioxide pipeline could be vital tool in pollution battle, UK
A PIONEERING plan to pipe millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide cross country to an undersea store could help push Scotland to the fore in the race to find new ways to cut pollution... June 16, 2011 | The Economist
Food scandals in Taiwan Plastic unfantastic, Taiwan
Tainted products also poison the president’s chances of re-election... June 16, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Ammonia leak halted at Portland dairy after evacuation, USA
PORTLAND — A leaky valve that released ammonia at a Portland dairy briefly forced the evacuation of workers and neighborhood residents were warned to remain indoors... June 16, 2011 | The Courier-Journal
No chemicals or toxins found after report of Ohio River spill, USA
ests performed on tissue samples from fish and water Thursday revealed no toxins in the Ohio River after a report of a possible chemical leak near Rubbertown late Wednesday night... June 16, 2011 | Xinhua
Tiny amounts of toxic chemical found near US base, South Korea
Authorities in east China's Zhejiang Province said Wednesday they had arrested the driver of a truck which hit another causing the latter to leak a toxic chemical into a river...

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