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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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3476. March 12, 2013 | Pakistan Observer
Factories in twin cities causing air pollution, Pakistan
Islamabad—A large number of marble and steel factories, set up in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad especially in industrial sectors, I-9 and I-10 are one of the major contributors to air pollution... 3477. March 12, 2013 | TIME.com
China: A River of Pigs and 5 Other Environmental Nightmares, China
Chinese officials are busy pulling thousands of pigs from Shanghai's main water source. Disgusting, yes. But hardly an isolated incident... 3478. March 12, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Filmmaker Wins Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal For International Humanitarian Service, Canada
Toronto - Documentary filmmaker Mark Terry was presented the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal at a ceremony held at York University's Glendon campus March 6, 2013.... 3479. March 11, 2013 | NYTime.com
Toxic Threats to Grassland Birds, USA
Ornithologists agree that in the United States no group of birds is declining faster than the grassland species that live in or migrate through agricultural areas... 3480. March 11, 2013 | DNA
Concern in Rajya Sabha over pollution in Ganga, Yamuna, India
Concerned over pollution in Ganga and Yamuna, members of Rajya Sabha today unanimously urged the Government to reduce pollution in the rivers across the country... 3481. March 11, 2013 | Sowetan LIVE
Toxic liquor kills 4 in Libya, Libya
Four people have died after drinking tainted homemade liquor in the Libyan capital Tripoli, said hospital officials... 3482. March 11, 2013 | GulfNews.com
Indian coast guard pollution control ship in Oman, Oman
Muscat: The Indian Coast Guard’s first pollution control vessel — Samudra Prahari — arrived in Oman on Thursday for a four-day friendly visit, according to a press release issued by the mission on Wednesday evening... 3483. March 11, 2013 | Peterborough Telegraph
Air pollution 'kills 13,000 per year', UK
“Air pollution from exhaust fumes kills more than twice as many people as road accidents,” The Daily Telegraph has reported... 3484. March 11, 2013 | Ballymena Times
Moderate pollution levels in Ballymena, UK
MODERATE levels of air pollution (particulate matter) are currently being monitored in Ballymena, according to the Department of the Environment... 3485. March 10, 2013 | Sunday Sun
Pollution worries over stored bales at Graphite Resources in Gateshead, UK
A waste mound consisting of thousands of bales of rubbish is under investigation by environmental officers... 3486. March 10, 2013 | The Japan Times Online
No clearing the air over neighbor’s pollution, Japan
Pollutants from China and their resultant problems are nothing new to Japan. Acid rain, principally caused by high levels of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide in industrial pollutants, has been a concern for several decades... 3487. March 10, 2013 | Herald Scotland
1MoD 'places' its toxic tank shells in Solway Firth, UK
The Ministry of Defence has been evading an international ban on dumping radioactive waste at sea by redefining thousands of uranium weapons fired in the Solway Firth as "placements"... 3488. March 9, 2013 | South China Morning Post
Hong Kong's pollution hits dangerous levels again, Hong Kong
Roadside pollution hits hazardous levels as pollutants emitted from vehicles are trapped by airless conditions... 3489. March 9, 2013 | JoongAng Daily
Pollution promotion, China
Pollution promotion - Employees at Lotte Department Store in Sogong-dong, central Seoul, have a look at stroller covers, shades and baby masks yesterday when concentration of fine dust particles was higher than usual... 3490. March 9, 2013 | TNN | Times of India (TOI)
Rising mercury lowers pollution levels, India
MUMBAI: The sudden rise in temperatures in the last few days is driving Mumbaikars up the wall, but the good news is that Mumbai is breathing cleaner air... 3491. March 9, 2013 | ABC News
The Coal Monster: Pollution Forces Chinese Leaders to Act, China
China's power plants and factories are spewing out toxic emissions and covering the country with smog and grime. For the new leadership, protecting the neglected environment has become a question of preserving its power... 3492. March 9, 2013 | Glendale News Press
Chromium 6 cleaning plans run aground, USA
After spending more than 10 years and roughly $9 million, engineers testing two high-tech methods for removing chromium 6 from groundwater say neither method can reliably bring levels of the cancer-causing contaminant down to the point where it would hit a state public health goal... 3493. March 9, 2013 | StarTribune.com
Japan's cleanup of radiation, other toxins from tsunami and nuclear fiasco anything but clean, Japan
NARAHA, Japan - Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan's northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying — radioactive waste due to the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant looms as a threat for the region... 3494. March 9, 2013 | GreeleyTribune.com
Weld County’s water testing program shows no signs of fracking contamination, USA
Tucked in the corner on the second floor of Weld County’s public health building, Mark Thomas spends his days in a lab coat looking for a “black grain of sand on a white beach,” he says... 3495. March 8, 2013 | Manchester Evening News
Asbestos tests disputed after fire at derelict mill, UK
Planning chief Peter Rowlinson said results from dust samples taken around the Dellside and Fallowfield estates showed there was no contamination... 3496. March 8, 2013 | BBC
EU court rebuffs Poland over CO2 emissions, UK
Poland has voiced dismay after the European Court of Justice rejected a legal complaint it made about the EU's mechanism for cutting carbon emissions... 3497. March 7, 2013 | EurActiv
Air pollution puts UK in the dock and Europe in the red, UK
The UK will face a Supreme Court challenge for breaching the EU’s air quality directive today (7 March), on the same day that a new report estimates the annual health bill from Europe’s coal plant pollution at €43 billion... 3498. March 7, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Africa Adaptation Knowledge Network (AAKNet) Endorsed as Key Tool to Step up Climate Change Adaption Efforts on Vulnerable Continent, Kenya
Nairobi, Around 120 representatives from 60 Africa regional adaptation knowledge platforms and other organizations have boosted climate change adaptation efforts in Africa, one of the world's most vulnerable continents to shifting climactic conditions... 3499. March 6, 2013 | The Northern Echo
Source of toxic leak into Stockton water course revealed, UK
WASTE dumped in a 1930s landfill site appears to have been the source of a poisonous substance which contaminated a North-East beck... 3500. March 6, 2013 | LE MONDE/Worldcrunch
TOXIC SHIPPING CONTAINERS MAY BE CONTAMINATING YOUR FOOD AND CLOTHES, The Netherlands
ROTTERDAM - Governments are well aware of the danger, but consumers have no idea. One out of five freight containers arriving in European ports has been fumigated with extremely dangerous, carcinogenic or neurotoxic gases...
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