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December 22, 2010 | Halesowen News
Chemical leak at Russells Hall Hospital, UK
EIGHT people were given medical treatment following a chemical leak at Russells Hall Hospital last night...
December 22, 2010 | The Hindu Business Line
Vizag port told to cut pollution, India
The Visakhapatnam port has been urged to take all steps to mechanise and modernise its facilities so that pollution is eliminated and the citizens of the port city can lead happy and healthy lives...
December 22, 2010 | edie.net
Canada must monitor oil sands pollution, Canada
The Canadian government has been criticised for failing to ensure satisfactory environmental monitoring of its Alberta oil sands...
December 22, 2010 | The Daily Star
A less addressed dimension of air pollution, Bangladesh
Among the environmental hazards, under the spotlight in the backdrop of climate change-centred concerns, brick kilns make for an issue that is perhaps the least attended to...
December 22, 2010 | UNEP
UNEP Report Highlights Role of Fisheries Subsidies Reform in Ocean Sustainability, Switzerland
Geneva, 22 December 2010 – In a new report, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) emphasises the urgency of advancing negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
December 22, 2010 | edie.net
Toxic chemicals found in Arctic wildlife, Pakistan
While the season may make us think of the Arctic as a place of sleighs, jingle bells and Santa's workshop, research has been published to turn our minds to land and water contamination instead...
December 22, 2010 | Chicago Tribune
EPA to review toxic metal in tap water, USA
The nation's top environmental regulator on Tuesday promised to complete a scientific review of hexavalent chromium by summer and consider ordering cities to start testing for the toxic metal in tap water...
December 22, 2010 | The Washington Post
Water officials question chemical risk, USA
Area water officials on Tuesday questioned an environmental group’s report that lists Buffalo as one of 31 cities that may have a risky level of a chemical thought to cause cancer...
December 22, 2010 | Xinhua
EU suggests reducing shipping pollution, Belgiu
BRUSSELS - Shipping pollution should be reduced to tackle climate change and prevent damage to human health, a report from the European Commission said Tuesday...
December 22, 2010 | The Canadian Press
16 ill after gas leak on ship near Port Colborne, Canada
Sixteen crew members on a foreign grain freighter were taken to Ontario hospitals early Wednesday after a phosphine gas leak made them violently ill...
December 22, 2010 | Xinhua
Five killed due to gas leak from heater in Turkey, Turkey
Five people were killed Wednesday due to carbon monoxide gas leak from a heater in Yolustu village in Turkey's northern Kastamonu province,...
December 22, 2010 | 3news.co.nz
Gas leak forces UN evacuation, New Zealand
UN security officials evacuated the buildings where the Security Council and the General Assembly had been scheduled to meet because of a suspicious odour apparently caused by a gas leak in the basement, UN officials said...
December 22, 2010 | AAP
Gas leak at India drug plant kills 2, India
Police say a suspected gas leak in a drug manufacturing plant in southern India has killed at least two workers...
December 22, 2010 | The Brunei Times
When a sleeping giant awakes..., Indonesia
A MAJOR earthquake struck off the coast of western Sumatra on October 25 killing over 400 people and leaving hundreds missing...
December 22, 2010 | The Brunei Times
Ecological danger threatens Gulf of Mexico, USA
THE Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded on April 20 in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers...
December 22, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
Dust Explosion at Vitamin Plant Injures Two, USA
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Fire investigators say dust in the air at an animal vitamin plant led to an explosion that damaged the plant and left two workers injured...
December 22, 2010 | The Republic
Industrial accident at Little Rock plant kills 1 man, leaves second person critically injured, USA
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Authorities have identified a Jacksonville man who was killed in an accident at an industrial plant in Little Rock...
December 21, 2010 | The National
Kuwait to clean up toxic oil lakes, Kuwait
Two decades after Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait and set fire to its oilfields, the emirate is finally coming to grips with the task of cleaning up the toxic oil lakes left behind...
December 21, 2010 | Business News Daily
Toxic toy recalls: an opening for US 'green' toys, USA
Because of recalls of toxic toys in recent years, small US firms are pushing nontoxic, organic toys for Christmas...

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