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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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3701. February 22, 2013 | cjr.org
Beijing’s blinding pollutionm, China
As resources become scarcer and cutbacks in foreign bureaus more common, international reporting is becoming geographically biased. This trend was evident in the heavy coverage of the thick smog in Beijing in recent months... 3702. February 22, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN Launches New Centre to Accelerate Use of Technology in Tackling Climate Change, Kenya
Facility will Focus on Technology Transfer to Developing Nations... 3703. February 22, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Strengthened and Upgraded to Implement The Future We Want, Kenya
Governments Call for Governing Council to be Transformed into UN Environment Assembly... 3704. February 22, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Mongolia Named as Global Host of World Environment Day 2013, Kenya
WED celebrations began in 1972 and have grown to become the one of the main vehicles through which the UN stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action... 3705. February 21, 2013 | Shanghai Daily
39 punished for toxic chemical leak in Shanxi, China
THIRTY-NINE people have been punished after a chemical leak contaminated a river in north China's Shanxi Province last month, a task force that is responsible for addressing the incident said yesterday... 3706. February 21, 2013 | WSJ.com
New Zealand Says Milk Is Free of Chemical, New Zealand
WELLINGTON—The New Zealand government said it hasn't found traces of dicyandiamide, a potentially toxic chemical, in dairy products since mid-November... 3707. February 21, 2013 | China Daily
Mayor fired after slow response to December chemical leak in Shanxi, China
Thirty-eight people have been held accountable for a chemical leak that contaminated a river in North China's Shanxi province in December, a working group responsible for addressing the incident said Wednesday... 3708. February 21, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Appoints Singing Sensations Eric Wainaina and Suzanna Owiyo as Kenyan Goodwill Ambassadors, Kenya
The acclaimed singers will support a host of UNEP initiatives, including World Environment Day, UNEP’s campaign to reduce food waste - known as Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint - and efforts to lower the demand for illegal wildlife products that is driving a spike in elephant and rhino poaching in East Africa... 3709. February 21, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Third Africa Environment Outlook Addresses Key Environmental Risks for Human Health and Draws Pathways for Sustainable Future, Kenya
Report Shows Good Policies for Addressing Environmental Challenges Affecting Human Health, But Weak Implementation... 3710. February 20, 2013 | ENN
Air Pollution and Heart Attacks
There are many forms of air pollution. There is no doubt that air pollution is not healthy. The uncertainty is at what level is it an acceptable risk. The one of concern in this study is the finest of particulate matter... 3711. February 20, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Sustainable Off-Grid Lighting Solutions Can Deliver Major Development and Climate Benefits, Kenya
UNEP Announces New Partnership with Global Off-Grid Lighting Association... 3712. February 20, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Climate and Clean Air Coalition Marks One Year Anniversary, France/Kenya
Rapid Growth of Global Initiative to Reduce Health and Climate Impacts of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants... 3713. February 19, 2013 | The Associated Press (AP)
Serbia withdraws suspected toxic milk, Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serbian officials ordered some brands of milk taken off store shelves Wednesday, despite earlier claims that they were safe and not dangerously contaminated with a potentially cancer-causing toxin... 3714. February 19, 2013 | This is Dorest
Chemical which killed hundreds of seabirds off Dorset coast cannot be linked to any ship, UK
The Coastguard have given up its search for the source of the substance which killed hundreds of seabirds off the Dorset coast... 3715. February 19, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Effects of Human and Wildlife Exposure to Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals Examined in Landmark UN Report, Kenya
In addition to chemical exposure, other environmental and non-genetic factors such as age and nutrition could be among the reasons for any observed increases in disease and disorders... 3716. February 19, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New Green Economy Partnership Responds to Rio+20 Call for Action, Kenya
Four UN Agencies to Assist 30 Countries in Transition to a Green Economy... 3717. February 19, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Ministers Dine on Food Grown in Kenya But Rejected by UK Supermarkets for Cosmetic Reasons, Kenya
Gourmet Meal at UN Environment Programme Headquarters Highlights Global Campaign to Cut Food Waste... 3718. February 19, 2013 | Bangkok Post
Trying to revive Manila's toxic river heart, Philippines
Boys shout in delight as they flip backwards off a bridge. Fishermen quietly cast rods out. They are joyful acts that should belong to an earlier era, before the Philippines' Pasig River turned toxic... 3719. February 18, 2013 | Environmental Health News
Cadmium and lead linked to hearing loss in U.S. adults., USA
Low levels of lead and cadmium may contribute to hearing loss, according to a large study of U.S. adults. Hearing loss was seen at metal concentrations common in the general population and below current workplace standards. Hearing ability dropped about 14 to 19 percent... 3720. February 18, 2013 | Indian Express
Cancer scare in Shanghai schools over toxic uniforms, China
Students in 21 primary and middle schools in China's eastern Shanghai were today ordered to stop wearing their school uniforms after a cancer causing toxic dye was found in the products of a local garment firm... 3721. February 17, 2013 | StatesmanJournal
More toxic chemicals released in Oregon, USA
The amount of toxic chemicals released to Oregon’s air, land and water increased by 26 percent in 2011, according to new data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency... 3722. February 17, 2013 | Pakistan Observer
Pollution rises to alarming level in Capital, Pakistan
Islamabad—Environmental pollution has increased to alarming level in the federal capital, which is also adversely affecting the adjoining areas of the city... 3723. February 17, 2013 | The Portland Press Herald
State board may relax pesticide notification,
The state Board of Pesticides Control is considering a proposal to relax public notification requirements for pesticide spraying, so towns can respond more quickly to control mosquitoes or other insects that can transmit dangerous viruses... 3724. February 17, 2013 | Toronto Star
Climate change forcing thousands in Bangladesh into slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Climate change refugees struggle to survive in slums of Dhaka. The city faces a population explosion, with inadequate infrastructure... 3725. February 17, 2013 | IOL News
Poor ‘choking to death’ on pollution, South Africa
Johannesburg - They may be thousands of kilometres apart, but for Dr Rebecca Garland, the toxic brown haze that blankets Joburg’s townships in winter isn’t that far removed from the smog-filled scenes in Beijing that sent its pollution monitors skyrocketing last month...
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