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WHO Regional Workshop on Chemical Safety
24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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2826. November 8, 2013 | New York Post
Politician with cancer smoked for 40 years, sues over asbestos, USA
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s law firm has filed a class-action suit on behalf of Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, accusing more than 70 companies of potentially causing the Long Island congresswoman to develop lung cancer from asbestos... 2827. November 8, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
First Asia Pacific Meeting on Consumption and Production Seeks Sustainable Solutions, Greener Growth, Thailand
With over half the world's population-increasing at a rate of 1.2 percent annually-and nearly 30 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Asia Pacific currently accounts for more than half of the world's total resource use... 2828. November 7, 2013 | Bangkok Post
PM floats Rayong pollution tax idea, Thailand
RAYONG : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has floated the idea of collecting "pollution taxes" from factory owners at Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong to better protect the environment... 2829. November 7, 2013 | WSJ.com
Newest Pollution Concern: ‘Ugly’ Sperm, China
The fifty shades of gray hovering above China’s cities could be sapping the country’s men of their virility... 2830. November 7, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Wild and Precious Exhibit Travels from Bangkok to Nairobi and Beijing, Kenya
The Exhibition will now find a home at both the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya and at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China... 2831. November 7, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Global Treaty on Mercury Pollution Gets Boost from United States, Kenya
Nairobi, The United States has strengthened the international effort to bring down emissions and releases of a notorious heavy metal after simultaneously signing and ratifying the Minamata Convention on Mercury... 2832. November 6, 2013 | Sci-Tech Today
U.N.: CO2 Pollution Levels at Annual Record High, UN
Heat-trapping carbon dioxide, pumped into the air by cars and smokestacks, was measured at 393.1 parts per million last year, up 2.2 ppm from the previous year, says the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization... 2833. November 6, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP and INTERPOL Assess Impacts of Environmental Crime on Security and Development, Kenya
Nairobi, Environmental crime - from the illegal trade in wildlife and timber and the smuggling of ozone depleting substances to the illicit trade in hazardous waste and illegal fishing - is a serious and growing international problem, whose impacts transcend national borders... 2834. November 5, 2013 | news24.com
Pollution a killer in 3rd world, Switzerland
Zurich - Nearly a quarter of deaths in developing countries are linked to pollution, the environmental organizations Green Cross and Blacksmith Institute said Tuesday in Zurich... 2835. November 5, 2013 | Environmental Health News
Banned pesticides linked to endometriosis
Exposure to two banned pesticides may be associated with an increased risk of endometriosis, according to new research. Previous studies in rodents suggest that organochlorine pesticides and other chlorinated compounds may act as hormone disruptors, altering uterine and ovarian function and raising the risks of reproductive diseases... 2836. November 5, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
2013 Gap Report Strengthens Case for Wide-Ranging Global Action to Close Emissions Gap, Germany/Kenya
Berlin/Nairobi, Should the global community not immediately embark on wide-ranging actions to narrow the greenhouse gas emissions gap, the chance of remaining on the least-cost path to keeping global temperature rise below 2°C this century will swiftly diminish and open the door to a host of challenges... 2837. November 4, 2013 | Environmental Health News
Children face asthma risk if moms exposed to legacy pollutants, UK
Children exposed in the womb to two chlorinated chemicals widely found in the environment are more likely to develop asthma by the age of 20, according to new research in Denmark... 2838. November 4, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Climate Action Brings Big Benefits to Human Health, USA
WASHINGTON, Fast action to cut common pollutants like soot - also known as black carbon - and methane will not only slow global warming, but save millions of lives... 2839. November 3, 2013 | The Age
East-west dig a 'health hazard', Australia
The health of residents and builders could be placed at risk during construction of the east-west link, with the state government's own documents warning that contaminated soil, groundwater and asbestos may be dredged up as the controversial tunnel is built... 2840. November 3, 2013 | DNA
Mumbai under threat from climate change, India
India is one of the top 20 economies impacted by the change in weather conditions... 2841. November 3, 2013 | Bangkok Post
Klity Creek lead removal plans begin, Thailand
KANCHANABURI : The Pollution Control Department (PCD) will begin examining the lead-contaminated Klity Creek this week to map out a clean-up and restoration plan... 2842. November 2, 2013 | Minnesota Public Radio News
State wants to contain potato pesticide drift, USA
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is trying to reduce the drifting of pesticides from potato fields to nearby homes and schools... 2843. November 2, 2013 | The Bozeman Daily Chronicle
EPA plan to require adaptation to climate change trends, USA
Climate change affects the coldest areas hardest, and those who live closest to the land notice it first. That’s why Montana may receive the most attention under a new Environmental Protection Agency plan... 2844. November 2, 2013 | Winston-Salem Journal
Contamination lawsuits push Duke Energ to address pollution, USA
Look no further than the Carolina coast to see what kind of damage a coal-fired power plant can do to underground sources of drinking water... 2845. November 1, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Sports Bodies Call for Immediate Measures to Reduce Food Wastage at Sports Events, Russia
Sochi, International sports federations today called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Organizers of Olympics games and international and local sports competitions to take 'immediate measures' to reduce food wastage at such events... 2846. November 1, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Over $450 Million in Pledges, Investments as the 2013 Global South-South Development Expo Concludes in Nairobi, Kenya
Nairobi, More than $450 million was pledged between investors, green businesses, governments and other parties at the 2013 Global South-South Development Expo as hundreds of participants exchanged Southern-grown ideas, solutions and technologies throughout the week-long event... 2847. October 31, 2013 | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong's roadside pollution is affecting children's lungs, Hong Kong
A new survey shows there is a correlation between lung conditions in children and roadside pollution. The study by Polytechnic University shows that the lungs of children exposed to higher levels of roadside pollution did not function as well as those exposed to lower levels... 2848. October 31, 2013 | The New Indian Express
Pollution level to peak during Diwali, India
The pollution level in the national capital is likely to peak on Diwali and remain the same the next day, according to weather analysts... 2849. October 31, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Clean Energy Voyage, UNEP
The United Nations Climate Convention meeting in Warsaw, Poland, comes with less than two years to go for governments to deliver on their promise of a universal new agreement by 2015 - this is the time for ambition rather than caution to define the international climate negotiations... 2850. October 31, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
10th IOC World Conference on Sport and the Environment kicks off in Sochi, Russia
The 10th edition of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s World Conference on Sport and the Environment officially got under way today in Sochi, Russia, host of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in February 2014...
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