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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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3576. March 23, 2013 | The Hindu
Accent on need to prevent pollution of River Noyyal, India
‘Neer Naadi,’ a programme organised by five green non-governmental organisations here on Friday to mark the World Water Day to stress judicious use of water saw a 5.3-feet-tall person giving a demonstration on how to bathe in just 1.5 litres of water... 3577. March 23, 2013 | StamfordAdvocate
Dangerous water: Well contamination 'a statewide problem'
WESTON -- Jessica Penna and Elle Wilson spent three years undergoing a battery of medical tests, searching for answers they now believe were floating in their well water all along... 3578. March 22, 2013 | The Atlantic
China's Toxic Water, China
On World Water Day, I'd like to share with you a strong collection of images from southern China, showing local activists fighting against industrial pollution in their waterways, and cancer sufferers in so-called "cancer villages", linked to pollution from hazardous chemicals... 3579. March 22, 2013 | Common Dreams
EPA Favors 'Bee-Toxic Pesticides' Over Future of Food, Groups Charge, USA
Arguing that the Environmental Protection Agency has failed in its obligation to protect the nation's bee population—one of the Earth's most vital pollinators—from dangerous pesticides... 3580. March 22, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN Deputy Secretary-General Launches Call for Action to End Crisis of 2.5 Billion People without Basic Sanitation, USA
The call to action aims to focus on improving hygiene, changing social norms, better managing human waste and waste-water, and, by 2025, completely eliminating the practice of open defecation, which perpetuates the vicious cycle of disease and entrenched poverty... 3581. March 22, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Factoring Natural Capital into Bottom Line is Key to Future Viability, say Companies in TEEB For Business Study, UK
The findings come from a new study released by The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Business coalition... 3582. March 22, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
World Water Day: New Pride Campaigns Launched in Latin America to Protect Watersheds, Peru
Watershed management aims to harmonize conservation with the use of water resources for agriculture, livestock and forestry in upland areas, especially when these resources have high socio-economic value for downstream users... 3583. March 21, 2013 | The Courier
River Lyon pollution that killed endangered mussels condemned, UK
An environmental body has condemned an “extremely serious case” of pollution in Perthshire that led to freshwater mussels being killed... 3584. March 21, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Saving the World's Forests: A Technology Revolution to Curb Illegal Logging, UNEP
Editorial by Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director, and Andrew Steers, President and CEO of the World Resources Institute, to mark the International Day of Forests... 3585. March 21, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN Secretary-General Urges Greater Protection for World's Forests, USA
Mr. Ban noted that there are several threats to this ecosystem as urbanization and large-scale agriculture can exacerbate the rate of forest and biodiversity loss... 3586. March 21, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Priorities for Global Development Agenda Shaped by Unprecedented Public Outreach Effort, USA
The United Nations teams in Member States are making sure that groups usually absent from participation in global processes are consulted on what they see as priorities for development of their communities... 3587. March 20, 2013 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Hong Kong tops world cities for light pollution, Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of the world’s worst cities for light pollution with night skies around 1,000 times brighter than globally accepted levels, researchers said Wednesday ahead of this year’s Earth Hour event... 3588. March 20, 2013 | Spiegel.de
'Thrown Away by the Ton': EU Takes On Wasteful Fishing Methods, EU
Each day, fishermen throw away countless tons of unintentionally caught marine animals, many of them dead or dying. As the European Union prepares to ban the practice, biologists are developing methods of reducing what's known as by-catch... 3589. March 19, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Role of Environment in Tackling Poverty in Focus at Discussion on Post-2015 Global Development Priorities, Costa Rica
Current efforts to develop what is known as the 'post-2015 development agenda' include almost 100 national consultations in UN member states, as well as 11 thematic consultations on issues such as food security, access to water, and poverty reduction... 3590. March 18, 2013 | Environmental Health News
Porous material could purify bioethanol with less waste
Chemists have debuted a unique, porous material they say separates ethanol from contaminants that lower its performance. Separating ethanol from the water and methanol that form during distillation currently takes many steps and lots of energy. The new material may simplify this procedure, creating a better fuel with fewer resources... 3591. March 18, 2013 | The Sunday Leader
Arsenic Kills Thousands While Health Ministry Slumbers, Sri Lanka
Although the Health Ministry denies that the Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) slowly killing thousands in the North Central, Eastern, Wayamba, Ruhuna and Uva Provinces is due to pesticides and fertilisers containing arsenic... 3592. March 17, 2013 | The Associated Press (AP)
Bill would phase out chemicals toxic to children, USA
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A bill before the Legislature would set up a state database to track the use of 19 chemicals in manufactured products shown to be harmful to children, and work with manufacturers to phase out use of the chemicals over five years... 3593. March 17, 2013 | The Himalayan Times
Implications of air pollution, Pakistan
DR. ASHOK SHUMSHERE J.B.R. Though globally created pollutants from combustion, construction, mining, agriculture and warfare are becoming increasingly significant as a major contributor to overall pollution... 3594. March 17, 2013 | The Korea Herald
Korea expands use of chemical castration, Korea
Courts will now be able to order chemical castration for all rapists from Tuesday, as part of imposing tougher penalties against sex crimes... 3595. March 17, 2013 | Daily Express
Are toxins in our air killing us?, UK
TINY toxin particles in the air are causing clusters of cancer and dementia across Britain, campaigners fear... 3596. March 17, 2013 | Reuters
China's new premier vows to tackle pollution, offers few details, China
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Sunday that his government would "show even greater resolve" in tackling China's festering pollution crisis, a source of increasing public fury... 3597. March 17, 2013 | South China Morning Post
New environmental team booed amid pollution woes, China
Rare display of discord in NPC as committee that oversees country's widely criticised anti-pollution efforts gets large number of 'no' votes... 3598. March 16, 2013 | JoongAng Daily
Yeosu chemical plant blast leaves 6 dead, 11 injured, South Korea
YEOSU, South Jeolla - An explosion from a tank storing high-density polyethylene erupted in a chemical plant in the southern coastal city of Yeosu, South Jeolla, Thursday night, leaving six workers dead and 11 wounded as of 5 p.m. yesterday... 3599. March 16, 2013 | The Denver Post
Hydrocarbon spill confirmed north of Parachute, USA
Oil-and-gas industry officials Saturday confirmed that state and federal regulators and a consortium of consultants have been at the scene of an underground plume of more than 1,500 gallons of hydrocarbons in western Colorado for more than a week... 3600. March 16, 2013 | The Japan Times
Record cesium level detected in fish caught near Fukushima nuclear plant, Japan
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday it detected a record 740,000 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in a fish caught in waters near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, equivalent to 7,400 times the state-set limit deemed safe for human consumption...
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