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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 19, 2010 | China Daily
Old oil used in '1 in 10 meals', China
SFDA issues emergency warning to restaurants WUHAN: Immediately after a leading food expert revealed that one in every 10 meals in the country may be cooked with dirty oil...
March 19, 2010 | UNEP
New Chemicals Recommended for Listing Under the Rotterdam Convention, UNEP
Geneva - United Nations chemical experts have recommended that two pesticides - endosulfan and azinphos methyl - be included in the Rotterdam Convention's "Prior Informed Consent" procedure...
March 19, 2010 | Environmental Health News
Phthalates exposure may double breast cancer risk ... or not, Environmental Health Perspectives
Women with higher exposure to additives used in some personal care and food products may have an increased risk of breast cancer...
March 18, 2010 | NZ HERALD ONLINE
Gas leak near high school, New Zealand
A gas leak has sprung little more than a block away from Pukekohe High School. The leak occurred at the intersection of John St and Nelson St, in Pukekohe, south of Auckland...
March 17, 2010 | Upstream Online
Segat gas leak forces evacuation, Indonesia
A gas leak at Energi Mega Persada’s Segat field in Indonesia’s Bentu production sharing contract (PSC) has led to the evacuation of non-essential site personnel from the affected well location...
March 17, 2010 | The Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney homes evacuated after gas leak, Australia
More than 100 properties were evacuated in Sydney's Surry Hills after a backhoe at a work site ruptured a gas main today...
March 17, 2010 | The Seattle Times
Broken water main leads to gas leak in West Seattle, USA
About a hundred households in West Seattle remained without water Monday night after a water-main break turned into a natural-gas leak, authorities said...
March 17, 2010 | Reuters
ANALYSIS - Toxic waste weighs on revival of nuclear industry, USA
WASHINGTON - Reviving the U.S. nuclear industry could get hung up on the political minefield of how to handle the security, legal and environmental risks posed by a growing mountain of radioactive waste...
March 17, 2010 | NZ HERALD ONLINE
Toxic metals on rise in inner harbours, New Zealand
Shellfish planted to test contamination levels in Auckland's inner harbours have revealed rising levels of toxic metals...
March 17, 2010 | 3news
Aucklanders blamed for Great Barrier pollution, New Zealand
A conservation group is blaming Auckland City for spreading rubbish on Great Barrier Island. The Sustainable Coastlines group has just completed a second cleanup on the island, and they claim...
March 17, 2010 | Xinhua
India to lease Russian nuclear submarine for 10 years, India
NEW DELHI - India will soon have a Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine for 10 years under an agreement signed by the two countries during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi last week, local newspaper The Times of India said Wednesday...
March 16, 2010 | UNEP
Climate Change to Securing Sustainable Employment Key Issues Facing the Arab Region, UNEP
Multiple challenges are facing the Arab region from climate change and food insecurity to decreasing water availability and unemployment according to a new assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...
March 16, 2010 | Science Daily
Chemicals That Eased One Environmental Problem May Worsen Another, ScienceDaily
Chemicals that helped solve a global environmental crisis in the 1990s -- the hole in Earth's protective ozone layer -- may be making another problem -- acid rain -- worse, scientists are reporting...
March 16, 2010 | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Shiloh Road in Windsor closed by gas leak, UK
Shiloh Road, east of Highway 101, has been shut down because of a natural gas leak that was caused by construction work, officials said...
March 16, 2010 | Perthshire Advertiser
Toxic chemical spillage into River Tay, UK
COMPANIES and individuals handling chemicals were reminded by environment watchdog SEPA yesterday of the “devastating effect” they can have on watercourses...
March 16, 2010 | BBC
River Lea pollution 'caused illness', residents say, UK
Almost 100 people have reported feeling ill to Thames Water after the contamination of the River Lea in north-east London last month, it has emerged...
March 16, 2010 | The Journal Sentinel
Olympia Resort employee hurt in chemical explosion, USA
An employee at Olympia Resort & Conference Center in Oconomowoc suffered a burn and fractures to her hand and forearm in a chemical explosion Tuesday morning, police and medical officials said...
March 15, 2010 | Hindostan Times
Six of family hurt in gas leak fire, three critical, India
New Delhi, Six people of a family sustained serious burn injuries Monday when a fire broke out in their east Delhi house due to a gas leak, fire department officials said...
March 15, 2010 | China Daily
A poisoned sense of duty, China
China has an unfortunate recent history of scandals involving people sickened or killed by contaminated food...
March 15, 2010 | China Daily
Sorting the waste crisis, China
Yang Changjiang is one of the few residents in the city who takes responsibility for his garbage. Ever since the beginning of February, Yang and his high school daughter routinely go to their balcony after meals to clean, sort, weigh and recycle their trash...
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