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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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December 20, 2010 | The New York Times
Could 9/11 Health Bill's Fate Hold Toxic Echoes for the Gulf?, USA
The parallel is grim enough to have caused a stir when President Obama drew it broadly in an interview. But the similarities between the Sept...
December 19, 2010 | Environmental Health News
Ski wax chemicals build up in people's blood, pose risks, USA
Ski wax can expose users to perfluorochemicals that build up in their bodies and carry potentially serious health risks. Racers, in particular, covet waxes with high amounts of fluorinated compounds because they make skis and snowboards go faster... December 19, 2010 | Thanh Nien Daily
Anxious farmers clueless as tons of fish die, Vietnam
Farmed fish have been dying in their thousands in the Mekong Delta’s Dong Thap Province since last week, but worried residents still don't know why... December 19, 2010 | CBS
Stubborn Warehouse Fire Causes Headache In Jersey, USA
BAYONNE, N.J. (CBS 2) — A stubborn warehouse fire made it a tough Saturday for emergency crews in New Jersey... December 18, 2010 | GLOBE-Net
Toxic chemical releases declining, USA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its annual national analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI),... December 18, 2010 | Environmental Protection UK
Lack of action on London Air Pollution a `threat to public health`, UK
National air pollution charity Environmental Protection UK (EPUK) has warned that continued inaction on air pollution will have a significant impact on the health of millions of Londoners... December 17, 2010 | Thanh Nien Daily
Vietnam yet to ban toxic feeding bottles: official, Vietnam
Vietnam is yet to decide the fate of babies’ feeding bottles that contain a compound recently found to have adverse health effects, an official from the Ministry of Health said... December 17, 2010 | News14.com
Chemical fire breaks out at west Charlotte plant, USA
CHARLOTTE -- Charlotte Fire Department officials are working to determine the cause of an overnight fire at a manufacturing plant in west Charlotte. The fire broke out just before 3 a.m. Friday at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry on South Clarkson Street... December 17, 2010 | Fast Company
Bayer: Bee-Toxic Pesticide Killed German Bees, But Is Safe in America. USA
As we have detailed in a number of stories, a pesticide (clothianidin) produced by Bayer may be responsible, at least in part,... December 16, 2010 | ANI
Plastics chemical 'can damage egg quality in women', USA
Washington, Dec 16 : Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may compromise the quality of a woman's eggs retrieved for in vitro fertilization (IVF), a small-scale University of California, San Francisco-led study found... December 16, 2010 | PhysOrg.com
City lights make air pollution worse, USA
PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by scientists in Los Angeles, California has found that bright city lights makes air pollution worse because the glare of the lights interferes with chemical reactions that clean the air of pollution during the night... December 16, 2010 | Mumbai Mirror Bureau
Seaweed to cure pollution, India
Researchers have discovered a method to fight water contamination by creating an aquatic ecosystem using seaweed and marine life to clean out excessive nitrogen and phosphorous dumped in by human activity... December 16, 2010 | National Post
Gas leak cause of hotel explosion: Mexico, Mexico
Mexican prosecutors are suggesting a leaking gas line is the culprit in an explosion last month at the Grand Riviera Princess Hotel in Playa del Carmen that killed five Canadians... December 16, 2010 | UNEP
Compliance on Multilateral Environmental Agreements Gets Educational Boost From UNEP and the IUCN Academy, Kenya/Canada
Nairobi/ Ottawa, December 16, 2010 - Over the past four decades the international community has developed and adopted Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs), which under international law are fundamental for assisting countries to work together on global environmental issues... December 15, 2010 | WDDTV
Food wrappers contain high levels of fire retardant chemical, UK
It’s enough that we have to worry about the chemicals they put into our food – but the wrappers could be every bit as deadly... December 15, 2010 | Burton News & Staffordshire Newspaper
Chemical spill leads to chaos, UK
WORKERS were evacuated and neighbours told to keep their doors and windows closed after a chemical spill at a Burton animal feed plant... December 15, 2010 | JoongAng Daily
Flock of vultures found dead, South Korea
A flock of vultures designated as Natural Monument No. 243-1 of Korea were found dead in Paju, Gyeonggi, yesterday morning... December 15, 2010 | UNEP
New hope for migratory grassland birds of South America, Paraguay
Asunción, Paraguay/Bonn, 15 December 2010 - The rich grasslands in South America, home to one of the world's most valuable ecosystems is fast disappearing and migratory grassland birds,... December 15, 2010 | Laurel Leader-Call
Spark causes fire at recycling yard, USA
LAUREL, Dec 15, 2010 (Laurel Leader-Call - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Jones County volunteer firefighters battled an acre-wide fire at Jarrell's Recycling in Moselle Tuesday... December 15, 2010 | SouthBendTribune.com
1 killed, 2 injured in South Bend recycling center fire, blast, USA
SOUTH BEND — A 45-year-old man is dead after welding materials sparked a small explosion Tuesday at a recycling center south of downtown...

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