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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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February 10, 2010 | Xinhua
Agriculture a major source of water pollution in China, China
Agricultural pollution is having a major effect on China's water supplies, according to the country's first national census of pollution sources issued on Tuesday...
February 9, 2010 | JoongAng Daily
Plant workers hospitalized after gas leak, South Korea
Some 23 plant workers at the Songsan Industrial Complex in Dangjin County, South Chungcheong, have been hospitalized after inhaling leaked gas today around 2:50 p.m... February 9, 2010 | Upstream Online
Three die in PetroChina gas leak, China
Three workers are dead and another three seriously hurt after a gas leak from a PetroChina-operated well in Tongnan County, near Chongqing City, provincial officials confirmed... February 8, 2010 | The Daily Star
3 rivers now biologically dead: DoE, Bangladesh
Experts at the Department of Environment have classified three rivers in the capital as "biologically dead."... February 8, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
Gas blast at US power plant kills at least 5, Indonesia
An explosion blew apart a power plant under construction as workers purged natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring a dozen or more in a blast that shook homes for miles, officials said... February 8, 2010 | The Brunei Times
Find solution to pollution concerns, Bruneians told, Brunei
BRUNEI'S public is knowledgeable on environmental issues and is concerned about pollution in the country, but their attitude and behaviour towards controlling, managing and regulating the problems do not reflect their concern... February 7, 2010 | BBC
Connecticut power plant gas explosion kills five people, USA
A huge explosion has rocked a power plant in the US state of Connecticut, killing at least five people and injuring 12, the local mayor has said... February 6, 2010 | Hindustan Times
Gas leak causes explosion, five of family injured, India
Five members of a family suffered burns — three of them are critical — after a gas leak led to an explosion in their chawl room at Thane’s Indira Nagar on Friday... February 6, 2010 | The Daily Star
Brick kilns responsible for 30pc air pollution, Bangladesh
Use of firewood and low quality coal in the brick kilns is causing massive air pollution, environmentalists said at a seminar yesterday and urged the government to take steps to protect the forest as well as the environment... February 4, 2010 | Reuters
Gas leak evacuates building, Canada
Radioactive material is seeping out from this Sahara desert mountain where French scientists conducted nuclear tests in the 1960s, contaminating the soil and poisoning relations between France and Algeria... February 3, 2010 | Khaleej Times
Bahrain Launches Investigation into Gas Leak in Maameer, Bahrain
MANAMA — Bahrain launched an investigation committee to probe the source of gas leakage that affected many parts of the country, on Monday... February 3, 2010 | CBC News
Two die after gas leak in fertilizer plant, India
A natural gas leak temporarily left Winnipeggers unable to pose questions to the city about their water bills on Thursday... February 3, 2010 | The Star Online
Oil palm companies fined for water pollution, Malaysia
BATU PAHAT: Two oil palm companies were fined a total of RM25,000 by a Sessions Court here for pollution by discharging waste matter into the river above the allowed limit... February 2, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Parties to three int’l treaties on hazardous waste to join forces, Indonesia
Over 1,000 signatories to three international treaties on hazardous chemical substances will hold meetings in Bali to discuss coordinated efforts to mitigate toxic pollutants... February 2, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Victim’s family wants to settle case out of court, Indonesia
Family members of Andi Susanto, a Bekasi resident who recently suffered a severe injury caused by an exploding cigarette, are currently seeking an out-of-court settlement against the cigarette producer PT Nojorono Tobacco Indonesia (NTI)... January 29, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
Death toll at 11 in Belgian building collapse, Indonesia
Searchers pulled two more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in this Belgian city, raising to 11 the death toll from what is believed to have been a gas explosion... January 26, 2010 | The Nation
Asian Development Bank funds Philippine river pollution study, Philippine
Manila - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday it was helping to fund a study that would boost efforts to revive one of the Philippines' most polluted rivers... January 25, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
China firms found selling melamine-tainted food, China
BEIJING - Three Chinese companies have been found selling food products tainted with melamine, the chemical blamed for the deaths of six babies in a huge dairy scandal in 2008, state media said Monday... January 24, 2010 | Philippine Daily Inquirer
Hazardous waste piling up in Manila, Philippine
MANILA, Philippines – Hazardous electronic waste is piling up at the Pier 18 dump in Manila, according to an environmental group... January 23, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
4 injured in explosion at Bekasi home, Indonesia
An explosion that police believe was caused by a gas leak injured four people in a residential house in Kampung Pondok Benda, Bekasi, on Saturday morning...

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