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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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March 24, 2010 | WSMV
Worker Taken To Hospital After Chemical Spill, USA
Chemical Spills From Drum At North Nashville Facility NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A 35-gallon drum of an unknown chemical spilled Wednesday evening, causing one worker to be taken to an area hospital...
March 24, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
Spill closes section of Mississippi River, USA
ST. LOUIS — A section of the Mississippi River was shut down in northeast Missouri on Tuesday after a cloud of sulfur trioxide gas was released from an industrial plant. The BASF plant and others nearby were evacuated... March 23, 2010 | NZ HERALD ONLINE
Hong Kong's toxic levels soar, China
Hong Kong's air pollution has soared to record levels, the Environmental Protection Department says, warning that a toxic stew enveloping the city was a danger to the public... March 23, 2010 | Bloomberg
Hong Kong Government Under Fire as Pollution Soars (Update3), China
Hong Kong’s government faces renewed calls to improve air quality as residents endure a second day of such sev... March 23, 2010 | iol
Pollution of Lake Victoria is worsening, Uganda
Kampala - Pollution in parts of Lake Victoria is worsening so fast that soon it may be impossible to treat its waters enough to provide drinking water for the Ugandan capital, a senior official said on Monday... March 23, 2010 | Reuters
Cruise lines hope to sink U.S.-Canada pollution plan, USA-Canada
Cruise companies are balking at a proposal to create a low-emissions buffer zone around the United States and Canada, saying it sets arbitrary boundaries based on faulty science that overstates the health benefits... March 23, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Coca-Cola hit by pollution claim, India
Coca-Cola contaminated water and polluted the environment at a south Indian bottling plant and should pay $US47 million ($A51.34 million) in compensation, local authorities say... March 23, 2010 | BBC
Boat made of plastic bottles sets sail across Pacific, Pacific
A boat made of 12,000 plastic bottles has set sail on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney to spread awareness about pollution in the world's oceans... March 23, 2010 | UNEP
Cities Get Common Standard for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions, UNEP
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) - The world's cities now have a common method for calculating the amount of greenhouse gases produced within their boundaries. UNEP, UN-HABITAT, and the World Bank... March 23, 2010 | WFLS News
Explosion in Colonial Beach Kills One, USA
During the removal of underground gas tanks The owner of a Colonial Beach coffee shop dies after being flown to MCV Hospital in Richmond. The injuries followed an explosion outside... March 23, 2010 | WIS
USC engineering building evacuated after reported chemical spill, USA
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The Columbia Fire Department is at the University of South Carolina after reports of a chemical spill in one of the classrooms... March 23, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
DEP: Chemical spill in Pa. 2nd time in month, USA
JEFFERSON HILLS, Pa. -The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says a chemical leak at a Marathon Petroleum Co. tank station south of... March 23, 2010 | Cape Cod Times
Accidental chemical spill injures one, UK
HARWICH — One man was taken to Cape Cod Hospital after a fire suppressant system accidentally discharged shortly before noon yesterday, leaving the man covered with a yellowish powder... March 23, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Chemical substances cause of Swallow fire: Police, Indonesia
JAKARTA: Kalideres Police have suspected chemical substances as the cause of a huge fire that razed Swallow sandal factory and claimed four lives on March 11... March 22, 2010 | oaoa.com
Gas leak, USA
A family of four was transported to Medical Center Hospital late Monday evening after experiencing a carbon monoxide leak in their home in the 2700 block of North Century Avenue... March 22, 2010 | The Orange County Register
Gas leak reported in Anaheim Hills, USA
ANAHEIM – Firefighters were responding Monday morning to reports of a natural-gas leak near a residential area in Anaheim Hills... March 22, 2010 | WTRF
Car Soars into House, Causes Gas Leak, USA
A car crashed into the side of a home in Weirton, causing a natural gas leak. WEIRTON -- There are no injuries to report after crews in Weirton responded when a car crashed into a home... March 22, 2010 | Cincinnati.com
Gas tank leak cleanup costly, USA
Ex-owner says he can't pay; stimulus money to help Neil W. Ritze owned a Columbia Township gas station when engineers removing his underground fuel tanks discovered a leak in 1997 - a release that has... March 22, 2010 | The Raw Story
Chinese consumed millions of gallons of toxic sewage oil: study, China
Chinese cooking oil siphoned from restaurants' waste tanks and stripped out of raw sewage is being resold on the cheap and has for years tainted approximately one out of every ten meals cooked in the eastern nation, according to a recent study... March 22, 2010 | Sri Lanka News
Laws to reduce toxic metals in paints, Sri Lanka
The Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry yesterday said it will introduce regulations aimed at limiting toxic metals, such as Lead and other metal compounds in paints to avoid health hazards...

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