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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 28, 2019 | The Guardian
Pollution map reveals unsafe air quality at almost 2,000 UK sites
Almost 2,000 locations across the England, Wales and Northern Ireland have levels of air pollution that exceed safety limits, according to a pollution map released by campaigners.
February 27, 2019 | Phys.org
Wildlife are exposed to a cocktail of hormone-disrupting toxins and our understanding of the risks is limited
A team of experts convened by Professor Sir Charles Godfray of the Oxford Martin School has assessed the evidence base of key chemicals known to disrupt the endocrine system of wildlife.
February 26, 2019 | Reuters
Study bolsters link between prenatal nicotine exposure and ADHD
Pregnant women who have nicotine in their systems from smoking are more likely to have children who develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study suggests.
February 26, 2019 | Dailymail online
Office worker, 69, who ate fish every day of his two-week Alaskan cruise becomes confused and forgetful after developing mercury poisoning
The unnamed man was taken to the Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center Revealed he ate high-mercury halibut, lingcod and salmon shark at most meals Diagnosed with 'organic mercury toxicity due to consumption of excessive fish'
February 25, 2019 | Environmental Health News
Insecticide linked to increased breast cancer risk — 40 years after exposure
Researchers found DDT exposure before puberty may have increased the breast cancer risk for women in their 50s. Study is the latest to suggest early-life exposures, even prior to birth, may hold the key to understanding who gets diseases.
February 25, 2019 | USA Today
Weed killer in your wine and beer? That's what a new U.S. PIRG study found
A new report by the public-interest advocacy group U.S. PIRG reveals that tests of five wines and 15 beers, including organic ones, found traces of the controversial weed killer glyphosate in 19 out of the 20.
February 19, 2019 | ์Nola.com
New Orleans mockingbirds exposed to lead show more aggression, Tulane finds
Mockingbirds found in New Orleans neighborhoods with high levels of lead in the soil are more aggressive, New research from Tulane University indicates. The research team says their findings indicate sub-lethal lead exposure may be common in urban wildlife and should be better studied.
February 15, 2019 | The Guardian
Exposure to weed killing products increases risk of cancer by 41%
Evidence ‘supports link’ between exposures to glyphosate herbicides and increased risk for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
February 14, 2019 | Daily Mail UK
DDT exposure raises ALL women's risks of breast cancer 40 years later, study finds
The now-banned pesticide DDT is a suspected carcinogen, but was once widespread. New research from the Public Health Institute suggests women's breast cancer risks spike 40 years post-exposure.
February 13, 2019 | The Morning Sun
New health risk may be caused by PBB exposure
It has long been known that exposure to poly-brominated bipenyls, or PBB, can result in health issues.
February 11, 2019 | Ensia.com
Decades-long study shines light on impacts of pesticides
A decades-long study in California is shining a light on the impact of pesticides on childhood brain development.
February 11, 2019 | The Guardian
Plummeting insect numbers 'threaten collapse of nature'
The world's insects are hurtling down the path to extinction, threatening a "catastrophic collapse of nature's ecosystems", according to the first global scientific review.
February 11, 2019 | Environmental Health News
More bad phthalate news: Early life exposure linked to decreased motor skills
Kids exposed to phthalates prenatally and as 3-year-olds have decreased motor skills later in their childhood, according to a new study.
February 11, 2019 | The North Carolina Health News
Bug bombs are duds at killing insects yet may pose harm to people, study finds
They fill the air with insecticide, don't really penetrate to where roaches are and leave surfaces coated by pesticide residue that can linger for weeks.
February 9, 2019 | New York TImes
Cosmetics safety needs a makeover
Thousands of chemicals, in billions of dollars worth of products, are being governed by regulations that haven’t been updated in decades.
February 8, 2019 | The Guardian
UK worst offender in Europe for electronic waste exports - report
The UK is the worst offender in Europe for illegally exporting toxic electronic waste to developing countries, according to a two-year investigation that tracked shipments from 10 European countries.
February 8, 2019 | Chemistry and Engineering News
Two common flavoring chemicals in e-cigarettes can damage lung cells
In lab tests, the additives, including one associated with 'popcorn lung,' decrease the numbers of cells that keep airways clean.
February 7, 2019 | San Francisco Chronicle
Court gives Trump administration another chance to argue against pesticide ban
A federal appeals court will reconsider its ruling that ordered a ban on the widely used farm pesticide chlorpyrifos, a chemical linked to brain damage in children.
February 7, 2019 | The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney suburbs at risk from worsening air quality
Hundreds of thousands of people have been exposed to potentially dangerous levels of air pollution, a study has found.
February 7, 2019 | The Conversation
Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many ways besides climate change
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
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