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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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May 1, 2010 | The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)
The Toxic Economic Mix of Oil and Seafood, USA
POINTE A LA HACHE, La.—The economy of this hard-working coastline is famous for two natural resources—petroleum and seafood—and they are colliding...
May 1, 2010 | The Newark Advocate
Columbia Gas fixes 100 feet of pipe from leak, USA
NEWARK -- Columbia Gas finished replacing about 100 feet of pipe Friday afternoon and returned service to five customers after a natural-gas line was struck during construction work at Waterworks Road and Deo Drive...
May 1, 2010 | The Island
Sustainability ‘is impossible if Lanka continues with current energy policies’, Sri Lanka
The use of renewable alternate energy sources, such as wind and solar energy is growing rapidly. These energy sources do not cause air pollution, health problems or climatic changes. They offer our best chance to replace fossil fuels and develop a sustainable energy policy...
April 30, 2010 | Common Dreams
EPA Cracks Down on Toxic Air Pollution, USA
WASHINGTON - Three years after environmental groups blocked the Bush administration’s attempt to deregulate toxic emissions from industrial incinerators, boilers and process heaters, the Obama administration has proposed strong new replacement rules today...
April 30, 2010 | Peticide & Toxic Chemical News
OSHA releases toxic exposure workplace measurements, USA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released a database detailing 15 years of hazardous chemical exposure measurements taken by the agency's compliance officers at workplaces. OSHA is also asking the public for help in interpreting the data...
April 30, 2010 | BusinessDay
Water warriors turn to WHO to tame pollution, Africa
ENVIRONMENTAL organisations have called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to appeal to the government to take action on the contamination of SA’s water resources, which they say could lead to environmental disaster and health problems for Witwatersrand residents...
April 30, 2010 | KSAT
Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations, Street Closures, USA
SAN ANTONIO -- A natural gas leak on the city's South Side prompted evacuations and street closures Friday morning...
April 29, 2010 | Reuters
Factbox: Possible environmental impact of Gulf oil spill, USA
A giant oil slick from last week's deadly offshore drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico threatens wide-scale coastal damage for four states...
April 29, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Radioactive material in scrapyard in India kills 1, India
A scrap dealer who dismantled a machine once used by the chemistry class of a major Indian university died of radioactive poisoning, police said Thursday, raising concerns about the country's ability to safely dispose of hazardous waste...
April 28, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Toxic food containers seized, China
BEIJING - AUTHORITIES in China have seized more than seven million toxic disposable food containers, state media reported on Wednesday, in the latest product safety scare to hit the nation...
April 28, 2010 | JustNews
Gulf Oil Spill Could Impact South Florida, USA
MIAMI -- As the U.S. works to clean away an oil spill from a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico to keep it from reaching the shoreline, South Florida could be affected in the next couple of days...
April 28, 2010 | JustNews
UM Researcher Tracks Oil Spill, USA
MIAMI -- New satellite images taken after last week's rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, put the resulting pollution in startling perspective...
April 27, 2010 | Evening Chronicle
Victims of toxic sofas land compensation, UK
VICTIMS of the toxic sofa scandal are set to finally receive compensation...
April 27, 2010 | The Daily Star
Are they free from mercury poison?, Bangladesh
AS an undergraduate student at Dhaka University in 1970, we were learning to measure vitamin A. As a corrosive antimony reagent was being added to the sample held by my lab mate, drops from a defective pipette in my hand were soaking her fingers...
April 27, 2010 | JoongAng Daily
GS invests in plasma waste disposal, Korea
GS Caltex has entered the waste-to-energy business, acquiring a local venture company that specializes in technology called plasma arc gasification, which can break down garbage into individual components that can then be used later as fuel, GS said yesterday in a release...
April 26, 2010 | KCRA Sacramento
Wal-Mart To Limit Toxic Cadmium In Kids' Products, USA
LOS ANGELES -- The world's largest retailer revealed Monday that it has started to crack down on the use of the toxic metal cadmium in children's jewelry and other kids' products...
April 26, 2010 | NZPA
Protest against toxic gas in Wellington, New Zealand
The Greens will today join a protest against the use of toxic gas methyl bromide near a residential area of Wellington...
April 26, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
Britons burned by Chinese 'toxic sofas', UK
LONDON — A British court says hundreds of people who received chemical burns from leather sofas will share 20 million pounds, or about $30 million, in compensation...
April 25, 2010 | BBC
Widnes homes evacuated in chemical alert,
A number of homes were evacuated after emergency services declared a chemical alert in Widnes...
April 25, 2010 | The Statesman
PCB unit for better monitoring of pollution levels, India
In order to pin down the cause of air pollution in the state, the state pollution control board will set up an Environment Compliance Assistance Centre (ECAC) for small and medium enterprises, including the tannery, petrochemical and bleaching sectors...
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