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4126. October 16, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Launched on World Food Day UN Report Warns Ecological Foundations that Support Food Security, Including Biodiversity, Are Being Undermined, Kenya/India
Nairobi/Hyderabad, 16 October 2012 - The aim of achieving food security across the globe will become increasingly elusive unless countries factor the planet's nature-based services into agricultural and related planning... 4127. October 15, 2012 | RTE News
Chemical leak at C&D factory in Longford, UK
The Health and Safety Authority is to visit the C&D Foods plant in Edgeworthstown, Co Longford on Monday, after an ammonia leak that led to the evacuation of the plant... 4128. October 15, 2012 | WHDH
1 injured in BU chemical spill, USA
BOSTON (WHDH) -- One person was injured following a chemical spill at a Boston University building... 4129. October 15, 2012 | Enniscorthyguardian.ie
Campaign to tackle toxic waste, UK
A campaign to tackle the dumping of toxic waste from fuel laundering plants has been launched... 4130. October 15, 2012 | http://siouxcityjournal.com
Sioux City airport clean-up could top $64 million, USA
SIOUX CITY | Remains of the heavy fuel once used by Boeing B-17 and B-29 bombers stationed at what is now Sioux Gateway Airport during World War II could cost taxpayers millions of dollars to clean up... 4131. October 15, 2012 | NYTime.com
Q and A: Tracking a Worrisome Dead Zone, USA
For more than a quarter of a century, the marine ecologist Nancy Rabalais, the executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, has worked to understand and to spread awareness of the so-called dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico... 4132. October 15, 2012 | Forbes
Are Pesticides A Key Driver Of The Autism Increase?, USA
An anti-pesticide manifesto [PDF] from the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) has recently made a few headlines in big papers and nabbed a feature on an NPR member station with claims that “children today are sicker than they were a generation ago” and that pesticides are a “key driver” of the increase in childhood disorders such as “childhood cancers... 4133. October 15, 2012 | North Shore Outlook
Hundreds of litres of toxic oil spilled in West Vancouver waterway, USA
Hundreds of litres of industrial oil containing toxic PCBs spilled into a West Vancouver waterway Sunday, polluting a salmon creek and duck pond, after a BC Hydro utility pole was toppled in the wind... 4134. October 15, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biodiversity Conservation can Improve Human Health in Worlds Growing Cities, says UN assessment, India
Hyderabad (India), Global urbanization will have significant implications for biodiversity and ecosystems if current trends continue, with knock-on effects for human health and development... 4135. October 14, 2012 | DNA Correspondent
2 die of chemical poisoning, India
Two Dharavi-based factory workers succumbed to a suspected case of chemical poisoning at Sion Hospital on Saturday... 4136. October 14, 2012 | BBC
Fire at Queen's University's David Keir building,UK
There has been a fire at a chemical lab in a Queen's University building... 4137. October 13, 2012 | BBC
Heathrow third runway may mean more pollution deaths, study says, UK
A third runway at Heathrow would lead to significantly more early deaths from pollution than a new airport built in the Thames Estuary, a study has warned... 4138. October 12, 2012 | Pakistan Observer
Air pollution tied to lung cancer in non-smokers, Pakistan
PEOPLE who have never smoked, but who live in areas with higher air pollution levels, are roughly 20 percent more likely to die from lung cancer than people who live with cleaner air, researchers conclude in a new study... 4139. October 12, 2012 | WLTX
Highway 378 Reopens After Chemical Spill, USA
Sumter, SC (WLTX) -- Highway 378 near Shaw Air Force Base has reopened following a chemical spill Friday morning... 4140. October 12, 2012 | ABC News
Toxic poisoning, Australia
One Hobart couple has been told to move after testing positive to heavy metal poisoning and they are now on a quest for answers... 4141. October 11, 2012 | Reuters
Italy police raid Italcementi plant over toxic emissions, Italy
Italian police seized a cement plant belonging to Italcementi, the world's fifth largest cement maker, over allegations of illegal toxic emissions, justice system officials said on Thursday... 4142. October 11, 2012 | Whitchurch Herald
Toxic chemicals found near airfield, UK
THE Environmental Agency has confirmed that around 60 drums of chemicals discovered in an abandoned lorry near an airfield were toxic... 4143. October 11, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Beijing Olympics: Healthy adults benefit from lower air pollution, too, China
When factories in Beijing shut down for the 2008 Olympic games, air pollution declined sharply and heart disease indicators in healthy adults improved. New research has found that both trends reversed when the factories reopened... 4144. October 11, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Afghanistan, UNEP Launch USD $6 Million Initiative to Help Communities Adapt to Effects of Climate Change, Afghanistan
Bamyan, Afghanistan, The Government of Afghanistan, through its National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), has launched a USD $6 million climate change initiative, the first of its kind in the country's history... 4145. October 10, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Young Winners of Global Art Competition on the Environment Awarded in Brazil, Brazil/Kenya
Rio de Janeiro / Nairobi, Young artists from across the world were honoured today at a special prize-giving ceremony in Brazil for the 21st International Children's Painting Competition on the Environment... 4146. October 9, 2012 | The Washington Post
South Korea declares area hit by toxic chemical leak a special disaster zone, South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has declared an area hit by toxic chemical leak a special disaster zone to clear the way for state assistance to residents there... 4147. October 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
he first European film festival dedicated to the Green Economy 9-23 October 2012 - online & in Brussels, EU
Europe/Brussels -The Green Up Film Festival is about to engage all Europeans in the first ever online documentary film festival... 4148. October 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN biodiversity meeting to discuss progress made and challenges to implement the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 - 2020, India/Canada
Hyderabad/Montreal, Governments are meeting in Hyderabad, India, from 8 to 19 October 2012, at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity to agree on the next steps in support of implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020... 4149. October 9, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Evaluation of 2010 World Cup's Green Performance Shows South Africa Successes and Way Forward for Brazil, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, As Brazil prepares for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Tuesday released a report on the environmental performance of South Africa 2010 that highlights both successes and lessons that should be learned to ensure the sustainability of both events in Brazil... 4150. October 9, 2012 | CNN
Toxic leak in South Korea sickens thousands, ruins crops, South Korea
Seoul, South Korea -- October is supposed to be the busiest month of the year for Lim Chae-ho's vineyards and rice fields in the southern part of South Korea...
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