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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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3501. April 15, 2013 | High Country News
How the amount of fish you eat impacts water quality, USA
daho plans to conduct a $300,000 study to learn how much fish its residents eat from state waters. The amount consumed helps determine regulatory limits for pollutant levels in rivers and lakes... 3502. April 15, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New Study Shows Multi-Trillion Dollar Natural Capital Risk Underlining Urgency of Green Economy Transition, UK/India
The report shows that the scale and variation in impacts provide opportunities for companies and their investors to differentiate themselves by optimizing their supply chains and investment strategies... 3503. April 15, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Major Chinese Company Signs on as Strategic Partner in UN's Flagship Environment Award, China
The company has invested in environmental scholarships for young university students, organized clean-up operations and, in 2005, donated 2,000 tonnes of purifying tablets to clean up sections of a polluted river in Guangdong Beijiang... 3504. April 14, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Reducing Air Pollution, Chemical Coolants Can Quickly Cut Sea-Level Rise, USA
The damage from rising seas and higher storm surges is one of the most visible and costly effects of climate change... 3505. April 11, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Portrait of Kenyan Forest Activist among Winners of First International Forest Photograph Contest, Kenya
The awards were presented as 197 member States met at the tenth session of the United Nations Forum on Forests in Istanbul... 3506. April 11, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Canada Provides Further Backing for Action on Black Carbon and Clean Air, Kenya
The contribution of $10 million is in addition to Canada's previous contribution of $3 million to the CCAC's Trust Fund and $7 million for projects that support the mitigation of short lived climate pollutants in developing countries... 3507. April 9, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
2013 Ozone2Climate Technology Roadshow Highlights HCFC Alternatives to Safeguard Ozone Layer, China/Thailand
A move to such alternatives is in line with the objectives of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC), of which UNEP is one of the founding partners... 3508. April 9, 2013 | TIME.com
Car Pollution Linked To Childhood Cancers, USA
Even in utero, children may be affected by exposure to certain compounds in car exhaust... 3509. April 9, 2013 | ANI
Now, a Japanese solution for curbing air pollution in India, Japan | India
Tokyo/New Delhi, Beijing's air pollution made news recently when fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the city air rose to an 'out-of-index' level of 755 mg/cu m (Milligrams per cubic meter)... 3510. April 9, 2013 | hydrogenfuelnews.com
Air pollution becomes a target for Beijing, China
Beijing, the second most populated city in China, in struggling with air pollution... 3511. April 9, 2013 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Plastic chemical may expose foetuses to cancer: agency, France
France's food safety agency raised the alarm anew Tuesday over the use of bisphenol A, a chemical found in certain plastics, saying it said may expose unborn children to breast cancer later in life.Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a common component of plastic bottles and canned food and drink linings... 3512. April 9, 2013 | wowktv.com
Parents express concerns about asbestos exposure, USA
On the last day of spring break, Ivy Davis, like many kids, dreads going back to school... 3513. April 9, 2013 | Shanghai Daily
Interior pollution problem in mass-market car brands, China
CANCER-CAUSING substances have been found in mass-market brands of cars sold in China... 3514. April 9, 2013 | East & Horn Africa
Cadmium contamination menaces Cocoa exports, Africa
New European regulations on cadmium in cocoa beans increase the burden on African producers, who say livelihoods will be lost unless they are given time to adapt... 3515. April 9, 2013 | Great Lakes Echo
Toxic chemicals turn up in Great Lakes plastic pollution, USA
Toxic chemicals clinging to plastics could cause health problems for fish and other organisms in the Great Lakes... 3516. April 9, 2013 | Bloonberg
Air Pollution Exposure in Pregnancy Linked to Cancers, USA
Children whose mothers have an increased exposure to air pollution from motor vehicles while pregnant may have a higher chance of developing certain cancers, a study found... 3517. April 8, 2013 | Xinhua
Toxic fumes kill 7 at Mexican brewery, Mexico
At least seven workers at one of Mexico's leading breweries died early Sunday after accidentally inhaling toxic fumes, a company representative said... 3518. April 8, 2013 | ABC News
More Radioactive Water Leaking at Japan Nuke Plant, Japan
The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant says it has detected a fresh leak of radioactive water from one of the facility's storage tanks... 3519. April 8, 2013 | GJSentinel.com
Area of leak contamination grows, diesel found in creek, USA
Groundwater monitoring wells have found contamination as far as 800 feet from the presumed center of a hydrocarbons leak near Parachute Creek, and also across the creek from the leak site, as the area of known contamination keeps growing... 3520. April 8, 2013 | KXAN.com
High pollution levels may hurt wallets of local businesses, USA
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Dangerously high ozone pollution levels may mean your wallet could take a hit the next time you visit a local business... 3521. April 8, 2013 | Telegraph
Clear plastic bin bags would allow council to spot who is not recycling, UK
Householders could soon be on the wrong side of council officials who want to use see-though bin bags to allow them see what people are throwing away in what would be a UK first... 3522. April 8, 2013 | iwradio.co.uk
Asbestos a potential risk to construction workers at proposed asphalt plant site: Report, UK
An investigation of the site of the proposed asphalt plant in Cowes has shown a number of possible pollutants, including the presence of materials containing asbestos which could cause a risk to construction workers... 3523. April 8, 2013 | allafrica.com
Africa: Dangers of Air Pollution Worse Than Previously Thought, UN Health Agency Warns, Africa
The dangers posed by air pollution are far larger than previously thought, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has announced, as it renewed its call for rapid global action in reducing what it described as one of "the greatest hazards to human health."... 3524. April 8, 2013 | WPVI
PCBs found in kids fish oil vitamins, USA
PHILADELPHIA, PA.; A local researcher is raising questions about the contents of some popular vitamin supplements. Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil can often be found in adult vitamins... 3525. April 8, 2013 | Reuters
Japan's Tepco may run out of space for radioactive water, Japan
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Monday it does not have enough tank space should it need to move contaminated water from storage pits that started leaking over the weekend at its wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant...
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