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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. January 22, 2013 | ArabianBusiness.com
Qatar air pollution six times over limit - study, Qatar
The level of fine particles in the air in Qatar is almost six times above the permissible limit, research has shown... 3702. January 22, 2013 | ABC News
Orica assures workers after chemical leak, Australia
The chemical company Orica says it is confident there will be no lasting health effects among workers struck down with nausea from a mystery odour at its western Sydney warehouse yesterday... 3703. January 22, 2013 | Climate Desk
Visit the Tiny Town Where Big Coal Will Meet Its Fate, USA
Last week Beijing saw its infamous smog thicken to unprecedented levels, driven largely by emissions from coal-fired power plants across China. In recent years coal from US mines has stoked more and more of these plants, in effect offshoring the health impacts of burning coal... 3704. January 22, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Think, Eat, Save: UNEP, FAO and Partners Launch Global Campaign to Change Culture of Food Waste, Switzerland
Consumers, Food Industry and Government All Have Role to Play in Reducing 1.3 Billion Tonnes of Food Wasted or Lost Each Year... 3705. January 21, 2013 | Phys.org
Pollution makes Europeans unhappy, EU
Researchers in Canada have found a correlation between air pollution and people's happiness. Their deep analysis, reported in the latest issue of the International Journal of Green Economics, suggests that air pollution may lead to unhappiness while the converse is also true, the unhappier the citizens of a country the more air pollution... 3706. January 21, 2013 | UPI
U.N. agrees on mercury pollution measures, Switzerland
GENEVA, Switzerland, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- More than 140 countries have agreed on a set of legally binding measures to curb mercury pollution worldwide, the United Nations says... 3707. January 21, 2013 | The Associated Press (AP)
7 Utah counties under pollution alert, USA
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Regulators are issuing an air pollution alert for seven counties along the Wasatch Front, home to 2 million Utah residents... 3708. January 21, 2013 | PanARMENIAN.Net
1 dead in Vanadzor Chemical Plant blast, Armenia
PanARMENIAN.Net - A blast occurred in Vanadzor Chemical Plant, in Armenia’s province of Lori, earlier on Jan 21, leaving one dead, head of the press service of RA Ministry of Emergency Situations Nikolay Grigoryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter... 3709. January 21, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
GRASP Challenges TV Personality to Better Inform Viewers on Palm Oil, UNEP
In Southeast Asia, more than 80 per cent of the orangutans' habitat in Borneo and Sumatra has been lost to agricultural conversion in the past 20 years, predominantly for the production of palm oil... 3710. January 20, 2013 | ENN | Discovery News
Air Pollution in China not just impacting cities, China
As people in Beijing and northern China struggle with severe air pollution this winter, the toxic air is also making life hard for plants and even food crops of China... 3711. January 20, 2013 | The Daily Star
Two die after inhaling toxic gas, Bangladesh
Two members of a family died and three others were injured yesterday after inhaling toxic gas in an underground septic tank in Fatickchari upazila of Chittagong... 3712. January 20, 2013 | sundayobserver.lk
Toxic waste dumped into Mudun Ela, Sri Lanka
Authorities are still examining the condition of the drinking water in and around Batahena road of Ganemulla, Kadawatha and specially in those areas close to the Mudun Ela. The situation emerged when a private company, which has now been identified by the Central Environment Authority, dumped a load of chemical waste in to Mudun Ela early last week... 3713. January 20, 2013 | The New Indian Express
Toxic substances detected in milk, India
The Andhra Pradesh State Food Laboratory officials on Saturday declared the milk products of Heritage, Jersy, Mother Dairy, Vijaya and Dairy life as contaminated. Officials urged the public not to feed milk products from these brands to children... 3714. January 20, 2013 | The Newark Advocate
Study sheds light on chemical linked to suicide, USA
Understanding the mindset of people who are contemplating suicide is being tackled in a different arena — in the laboratory... 3715. January 20, 2013 | The Denver Post
EPA, Sen. Udall launch push to clean up West's toxic mines, USA
A snow-covered tailings heap on Boreas Pass leaks toxic cadmium and zinc, deadly for fish, into creeks that flow down through Breckenridge and, eventually, into Denver's Dillon Reservoir... 3716. January 20, 2013 | Herald Scotland
Pioneering waste plant faces legal action after pollution leaks and an explosion, UK
Toxic pollution breaches and an explosion at a new Scottish waste incinerator have triggered tough legal action and an investigation by Government safety watchdogs, upsetting plans for a dozen more waste-burning plants... 3717. January 19, 2013 | Thanh Nien News
Pollution on the rise in Vietnam’s major rivers, Vietnam
Persistent demographic and industrial problems over the past year have worsened the pollution in southern Vietnam’s major waterways, the Dong Nai and Saigon Rivers, Ho Chi Minh City authorities said... 3718. January 19, 2013 | CBC News
Oshawa, Ont., industrial fire sends out possibly toxic smoke, Canada
Homes and businesses near an asphalt factory had to be evacuated Saturday as fire crews battled a potentially toxic blaze since the early morning... 3719. January 19, 2013 | Recordnet.com
S.J. County makes gains on toxic emissions, USA
Toxic emissions from San Joaquin County factories and power plants continue to decline, according to data released this week by the Environmental Protection Agency... 3720. January 19, 2013 | Bangkok Post
When the air turns toxic, Thailand
The ghost-like appearance of Beijing and many other Chinese cities as they became shrouded in a toxic smog with particulate levels 25 times higher than safe limits last week was a scary reminder of the fate awaiting countries that fail to take their air quality seriously. A fate that was graphically illustrated by a recent Beijing university study which estimated that the number of people dying prematurely as a result of air pollution in four of China's major cities was close to three times the number killed in traffic accidents... 3721. January 19, 2013 | The Economist
The new black, General
Soot is even worse for the climate than was previously thought... 3722. January 19, 2013 | Washington Times
Treaty on mercury would not affect vaccines with thimerosal, USA
A global treaty to reduce toxic mercury in the environment has been completed and will be presented to countries for their agreement to control and reduce ways in which mercury is used, released or emitted... 3723. January 19, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Minamata Convention Agreed by Nations, Switzerland/Kenya
Global Mercury Agreement to Lift Health Threats from Lives of Millions World-Wide... 3724. January 19, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
GEF Given Funding Role in New Mercury Convention, Switzerland
International negotiators select Global Environment Facility as funding mechanism for treaty to reduce mercury pollution... 3725. January 18, 2013 | The Independent
730-mile crude oil pipeline threatens land under control of Canada's First Nation population, UK
Of all the Idle No More protests that sprung up on Wednesday's national day of action across Canada, what may have worried the conservative government of Stephen Harper the most was a gathering of aboriginal young men banging tribal drums outside a hotel in downtown Vancouver...
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