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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 17, 2010 | Marketing Week
Toxic BP must stop spreading its poison, USA
BP’s disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is still unfolding. Even now as I write, 56 days after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in April, there is still a sense that we are at the very beginning of the story...
June 17, 2010 | Web MD
Air Pollution Linked to Sleep Breathing Problems, USA
Air pollution increases the risk for breathing problems during sleep, researchers have found... June 16, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
RI ozone depletion at ‘alarming’ levels, Indonesia
The ozone layer over the country continues to thin, increasing human exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays that cause skin cancer, cataracts and damage to the immune system... June 16, 2010 | UNEP
Phase out of Hazardous Chemicals in the Mediterranean by 2019, UNEP
Athens, Mediterranean countries adopted new concrete measures and mandatory timelines to limit the impact of dangerous chemicals and pesticides originating from industrial and agricultural activities on the marine environment in the region... June 16, 2010 | UNEP
Maldives is Walking the Talk: Phasing Out Ozone-depleting Substances, UNEP
The Maldives has strongly renewed its commitment to carbon neutrality with a declaration by its President Mohamed Nasheed to phase-out HCFCs (hydro-chlorofluorcarbons), the substitutes for... June 16, 2010 | BBC
Chemical leak shuts Berkshire sports centre, UK
A leisure centre in Berkshire had to be evacuated after a chemical leak... June 16, 2010 | AAP
Australia to send toxic waste offshore, Australia
Thousands of tonnes of toxic waste currently stored in Sydney will be exported to Denmark because Australia can't safely dispose of the hazardous material... June 16, 2010 | AFP
Stoves started toxic fire, Bangladesh
A toxic blaze that killed more than 120 people in the Bangladeshi capital this month was started by cooking for a wedding feast, a government probe said Tuesday... June 16, 2010 | People's Daily Online
Diesel oil spill causes severe pollution in Bolivia, Bolivia
A traffic accident of a tank truck loaded with 15,000 liters of diesel oil began affecting the natural reserve of Colorada Lagoon, located in Potosi department in the south of Bolivia, the Defense League of the Environment (Lidema) said on Tuesday... June 16, 2010 | The Dominion Post
Pollution 'choking' New Zealand rivers, New Zeland
Nearly two years after a national inquiry proposed sweeping changes to help clean up New Zealand's water, pollutants and toxic waste are still pouring into rivers... June 16, 2010 | Xinhua
China releases plan on drinking-water source protection, China
BEIJING - The Chinese government has released a plan on the protection of drinking-water sources in urban areas to guarantee the safety of drinking water and protect people's health... June 16, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Australia to send toxic waste to Denmark, Denmark
Denmark will allow Australia to ship thousands of tonnes of toxic waste to be disposed of since it does not have the technology to carry out the work, officials said... June 16, 2010 | ntnnews.com.au
Toxic algae found at beaches, Australia
LARGE amounts of the toxic blue-green algae have been found on Darwin's beaches. But it is not yet certain if the blue-green algae is the cause of the e-coli bacteria outbreaks that have closed all beaches around the city... June 16, 2010 | The Peninsula
Ten popular shampoo brands sent for toxic chemical tests, Qatar
DOHA: The Ministry of Environment, during an inspection campaign has identified 10 popular varieties of shampoo in the local market suspected of containing 1,4 Dioxane, a toxic chemical which is known to cause cancer... June 15, 2010 | Tameside Advertiser
River pollution kills hundreds of fish, UK
The discovery of hundreds of dead fish in the River Tame has prompted an investigation by the Environment Agency. The fish were spotted by a member of the public on Saturday lunchtime in and around the river in Mossley... June 15, 2010 | The Times of India
'Anti-pollution laws only on paper in Punjab', India
BATHINDA: The fertile state of Punjab now battles grave chemical toxicity. Gidderbaha, the constituency of finance minister Manpreet Badal, is known for high prevalence of cancer cases... June 15, 2010 | The Star Online
Deadly dust, USA
The people of Libby in Montana are dying one after another, after years of breathing in harmful asbestos fibres. GAYLA Benefield and Eva Thomson are sisters who have grown used to death... June 15, 2010 | The Times of India
Majority of toys in Indian market contain toxic chemical: Study, India
NEW DELHI: Be wary of providing those soft plastic teethers to your toddlers, they may contain chemicals dangerous to the child' health. Be careful of other plastic toys too as many of them, the Delhi-based NGO Centre for Science and... June 15, 2010 | The Times of India
Uranium, metals make Punjab toxic hotspot, India
BATHINDA: After discovery of high levels of uranium in hair samples of a large number of mentally retarded children in Punjab’s Malwa region last year, another study suggests Punjab has become a hotspot of environmental toxicity of multiple types... June 15, 2010 | BBC
Nigeria: 'World oil pollution capital', Nigeria
Visitors to the Nigerian village of Kpor, deep in the Niger Delta, are greeted by strange sights: silver frogs blink from gleaming puddles, sunlight bounces from an eerie black lake, and dragonflies hover over cauldrons of tar...

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