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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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3426. May 3, 2013 | Environmental Health News
BPA levels in minority communities linked to ethnicity, season, chemical exposures,
A new study provides deeper insight into how bisphenol A exposures differ among minority populations in New York City. While exposure was widespread, African American women and children had higher levels than Dominicans... 3427. May 2, 2013 | Examinaer.com
Toxic lipsticks: Cancer-causing metals in lipstick, glosses?, USA
A sampling of 32 different brands of lipsticks and glosses were found to contain toxic metals. A study published Thursday from a California university said while lead in cosmetics was a chief concern, a list of toxic lipsticks... 3428. May 2, 2013 | The Associated Press (AP)
Fire forces evacuation of campus, homes in Calif, USA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire fanned by a long day of Santa Ana winds raged along the edges of Southern California communities and coastal highways Thursday, forcing the evacuation of a university and hundreds of homes and threatening 2,000 more, officials said... 3429. May 2, 2013 | Environmental Health News
Surprising source of lead poisoning in Amazon, Peru
Inside the simple wood-frame house, a 6-year-old boy plays with a piece of malleable metal, biting it as his younger sister watches. In the background, piled against the wall, are two long strips of the metal – lead sheathing from an electrical cable that the family sold for scrap... 3430. May 2, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Student Conference in Tongji University, Shanghai Hooks into World Environment Day Theme, Kenya/China
As citizens across the globe gear up to celebrate World Environment Day (WED) with activities aimed at promoting environmental awareness, Tongji University in Shanghai has announced its annual International Student Conference on Environment and Sustainability (ISCES)... 3431. April 30, 2013 | South China Morning Post
Delta air quality improves, but roadside pollution worse in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Air quality in the Pearl River Delta improved last year, according to the latest regional air quality report, but concerns are mounting about the deterioration of roadside air in Hong Kong... 3432. April 30, 2013 | BBC
Scottish Water fined £9,750 over pollution incidents, UK
Scottish Water has been fined £9,750 for illegal discharges and sewage pollution in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire... 3433. April 29, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Environmentalist Receives Major Award for Work to Restore Iraq's Marshlands, Kenya
In 2001, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) alerted the international community to the destruction of the marshlands when it released satellite images showing that 90 percent of the ecosystem had been lost... 3434. April 28, 2013 | The Hindu
PCB to set up station for real time data on pollution, India
A real time Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station (CAAQMS) will come in the city soon. The Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board (APPCB) will set up the station on the premises of Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) Guest House on Bandar Road... 3435. April 28, 2013 | The Associated Press (AP)
EPA: Natural gas pollution down, USA
PITTSBURGH -- The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural gas production, in a shift with major implications for a debate that has divided environmentalists... 3436. April 28, 2013 | Xinhua
Symptoms of chemical gas occur in some Syrian soldiers: report, Syria
DAMASCUS, A Syrian pro-government newspaper reported Sunday that many soldiers battling rebels in a restive neighborhood of the capital Damascus have shown symptoms of exposure to chemical gas... 3437. April 28, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN delegates set to back new chemical and waste rules, UN
Officials at a major UN conference on chemical and hazardous waste said on Saturday that they expect delegates to back new international industrial controls and clamp down on cross-border polution... 3438. April 28, 2013 | The Sentinel
Air quality: How do salt caves combat bad air?, USA
Salt caves in Carlisle and Camp Hill offer Cumberland County residents a holistic alternative for treating their upper respiratory issues with a dosage of clean, filtered air... 3439. April 28, 2013 | BBC
Neonicotinoids: Scottish government calls for ban to be delayed, UK
Scotland's rural affairs secretary has called for a two-year delay on the banning of pesticides which are said to harm bees... 3440. April 28, 2013 | dgstandard.co.uk
Call for delay to pesticide ban, UK
The Scottish Environment Secretary has called for a two-year delay to the implementation of a ban on pesticides which are thought to be harmful to bees... 3441. April 28, 2013 | The Denver Post
Whether paper or plastic, 5-cent bag fee in Denver checks out, USA
A Denver councilwoman is on the right track with a plan to charge customers a nickel for each disposable bag they use... 3442. April 28, 2013 | JamaicaObserver.com
NCU scientists name areas with ‘poisoned’ soil, Jamaica
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — ONE year after revealing that sections of the soil in some farming communities in St Elizabeth and Manchester were contaminated with poisonous metals... 3443. April 28, 2013 | The Fresno Bee
Living in a Toxic Land: A history of neglect, risk in Lanare, USA
LANARE -- In the early 1960s, Carrie Bonner was pregnant with her eighth child and widowed after her husband was shot dead in a juke joint here. She moved to a small rental and could never afford to leave Lanare. That's fine with Bonner. She likes it here. Sitting in the Lanare Community Center, a leaky old building with no air conditioning or heating, the 89-year-old says she relishes her role as one of four members in the town's only church... 3444. April 28, 2013 | The Observer
Insecticide firms in secret bid to stop ban that could save bees, UK
Europe is on the brink of a landmark ban on the world's most widely used insecticides, which have increasingly been linked to serious declines in bee numbers... 3445. April 27, 2013 | Xinhua
N China chemical plant catches fire, China
HOHHOT - A fire erupted in a chemical plant in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Saturday morning, sources with local authorities said... 3446. April 27, 2013 | San Antonio Express
Regulation of chemical industry is haphazard, ineffective, USA
WASHINGTON — Eighteen years after a domestic terrorist murdered 168 people in Oklahoma City with an ammonia nitrate bomb, the federal government and the chemical industry are still jockeying over how to regulate a volatile and plentiful fertilizer that contributed to the devastating plant explosion in West... 3447. April 27, 2013 | NPR
E-Cigarettes Bring Smokers Back Inside, For Now, USA
Smoking used to be sexy. Look at Mad Men or Humphrey Bogart. But that was then. These days, Americans are buying fewer cigarettes... 3448. April 27, 2013 | Star-telegram
Water recycling is big business for oil, gas support firms, USA
Just a few years ago, Fort Worth-based Bosque Systems mostly operated wastewater disposal wells for oil and gas operators. And another Fort Worth-based oil field company, FTS International, was busy becoming one of the nation's biggest providers of hydraulic fracturing services... 3449. April 26, 2013 | BBC
Edinburgh sees increase in number of polluted streets, UK
Environmentalists are calling for "urgent action" after an increase in the number of Edinburgh streets affected by transport pollution... 3450. April 26, 2013 | Xinhua
China monitors air pollution with 'eyes' in sky, China
Scientists will be able to better monitor haze and air pollution that chokes cities like Beijing after the launch of a high-resolution earth observation satellite...
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