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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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4001. November 11, 2012 | Telegraph
Climate change could kill off pandas, UK
Climate change threatens to drive pandas to extinction in the wild as rising temperatures wipe out bamboo in the last remaining habitat for the endangered species... 4002. November 11, 2012 | Monash Weekly
Rail sleeper thefts stoke asbestos fears, Australia
FEARS that wooden sleepers contaminated with asbestos are being stolen and used as firewood have emerged following their removal from train tracks during the upgrade of the Glen Waverley railway line... 4003. November 11, 2012 | WSJ.com
Sandy Stirs Toxic-Site Worry, USA
Hurricane Sandy's environmental impact is still being assessed, but the worries for residents of New York and New Jersey are crystallized by one fact: Of the two states' 198 Superfund toxic-waste sites, 45 are within a half-mile of coastal areas vulnerable to storm surge... 4004. November 10, 2012 | Jakarta Globe
Newmont Challenges Sulawesi Mercury Pollution Claim, Indonesia
Gold miner Newmont has rejected an accusation that it was involved in the dumping of tailings at a mine project in North Sulawesi... 4005. November 10, 2012 | theage.com.au
Chemical exposure hospitalises five workers, Australia
FIVE workers have been taken to hospital complaining of nausea and headaches after the carpets were cleaned at an office and factory facility in Melbourne’s south east... 4006. November 9, 2012 | ANN | Viet Nam News
Pollution taints Vietnam's national icon, Vietnam
Several areas of Ha Long Bay, the newly-voted world wonder in northern coastal Quang Ninh Province, are seriously polluted... 4007. November 9, 2012 | The Hindu
26-year-old woman attacked with corrosive chemical, India
Mumbai Police are on the lookout for a businessman who attacked his 26-year old woman physiotherapist friend with a corrosive substance, injuring her eye and face. Police said on Thursday that the substance used by the accused was not acid... 4008. November 9, 2012 | Stuff.co.nz
Chemical leak in central Wellington, New Zealand
A hazardous gas leak forced the evacuation of hundreds of people from a building on Cambridge Tce today... 4009. November 9, 2012 | BBC
Body found in chemical incident in Fife, UK
The body of a 50-year-old local man has been found in the grounds of a cemetery in Fife where reports of a chemical incident are being investigated... 4010. November 9, 2012 | PR Newswire | CNW
Harper Government Introduces Proposed Regulations to Protect Children from Harmful Chemical, Canada
ETOBICOKE, ON - Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, introduced a proposed regulatory amendment to help protect infants and toddlers from unnecessary exposure to a harmful chemical found in some consumer products... 4011. November 9, 2012 | National Post
Terrified survivor found in rubble after Quebec chemical plant explosion kills two, injures 19, Canada
MONTREAL — Authorities were investigating three major fires that erupted within a single day in Quebec, while medical teams Friday dealt with serious injuries from two of them... 4012. November 9, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Cadmium exposure in the womb linked to lower IQ scores in 5-year-olds, EHN
Prenatal exposures to the metal cadmium -- even at low levels common in most countries -- can have long-lasting effects on children's IQ... 4013. November 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Green Innovators Receive Young Environmental Leader Award, Germany/Kenya
Leverkusen (Germany)/Nairobi - Three students from Costa Rica, Kenya and Vietnam have received a major international youth award from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Bayer in recognition of their environmental efforts... 4014. November 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Swedish Duo Win First Place in Climate and Clean Air Coalition Film Contest, France
Paris - Two Swedish students today scooped a new award aimed at alerting the world to the huge benefits of fast action on crop, health and climate-damaging substances, known as Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs)... 4015. November 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNDP joins global Climate and Clean Air Coalition with call for urgent action to avert catastrophic impacts, USA
San Francisco, 8 November 2012 - Climate change threatens to undermine hard-won human development gains and the longer the world waits to act the more costly the damages and solutions will become, UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark said today... 4016. November 8, 2012 | BBC
Blast prevented in van containing acetylene cylinders, UK
Buildings were evacuated and an exclusion zone set up in North Lanarkshire over fears that a van containing chemicals may explode... 4017. November 7, 2012 | ABC News
Pollution probe at Seafish plant, Australia
Seafish Tasmania says it is co-operating with the Environment Protection Authority's investigation of complaints about odour and waste water discharge... 4018. November 7, 2012 | The West Australian | AAP
Brisbane chemical spill sparks evacuations, Australia
Two people have been taken to hospital and an industrial area has been evacuated after a major chemical spill in Brisbane's south... 4019. November 7, 2012 | Daily Post North Wales
Three in hospital after Sandycroft chemical spill, UK
THREE men have been taken to hospital following a chemical spill at a drugs manufacturing plant... 4020. November 7, 2012 | BBC
Impact of chemical waste dumped in Jersey 'not clear', EU
The environmental impact of industrial waste dumped in car parks along St Ouen's Bay in Jersey is not yet clear, the environment department said... 4021. November 7, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Higher PFCs when pregnant linked to smaller daughters at birth, ENH
A pregnant woman's exposure to chemicals that make consumer products stain and water resistant may affect the growth and weight of her daughter at birth and later in life as a toddler... 4022. November 7, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
International Leaders in Business, Government and Civil Society Join Forces in the Launch of Global Coalition for Valuing Natural Capital, Singapore
Singapore - International leaders from business, government and non-governmental organizations gathered in Singapore on Tuesday to launch officially the new TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity... 4023. November 7, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New Constitution, Public Opinion Give Kenya Unique Opportunity to Reverse Deforestation that Costs Economy US$70 Million Each Year, Kenya
Nairobi - Kenya should seize a unique opportunity provided by the new constitution and public opinion to reverse deforestation in the nation’s water towers, which deprives the economy of almost six billion shillings ($US 70 million) annually and threatens more than 70 per cent of the water supply... 4024. November 6, 2012 | CNBC | The New York Times
In China, Spending on Industrial Projects Stirs Growing Resistance, China
Local leaders were all smiles this summer at a groundbreaking ceremony for a vast copper smelting project that seemed like the answer to the chronic unemployment that has plagued this city in northern Sichuan ever since a devastating earthquake in 2008... 4025. November 6, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Global Garbage Crisis: No Time to Waste, Japan
Osaka, Japan - With approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of municipal waste generated each year, and volumes expected to increase to 2.2 billion tonnes by 2025 according to World Bank figures, urgent action is needed to head off the threat to the environment and human health posed by this global waste crisis...
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