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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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4151. 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... 4152. 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... 4153. 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)... 4154. 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... 4155. 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... 4156. 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... 4157. 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... 4158. 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... 4159. 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... 4160. 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... 4161. 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... 4162. 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... 4163. 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... 4164. 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... 4165. November 6, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
War & The Environment: New book examines how natural resources can spark conflict, but also create peace, USA/Switzerland
Washington, DC and Geneva 6 - A flagship book that documents and analyzes the devastating impact of war on the environment in 23 conflict-affected countries and territories across the globe was released today... 4166. November 5, 2012 | Thanh Nien Daily
Toxic emissions worsen on Ho Chi Minh City roads, Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City's streets are being increasingly polluted by factory and vehicle emissions, including toxic gas, city public health doctors said at a recent meeting... 4167. November 5, 2012 | Pollution Engineering
Benzene: Nature’s Chemical, USA
Whenever groundwater is contaminated, environmental agencies at any level would do the responsible thing and require the culprit or culprits to clean it up to given standards... 4168. November 5, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Deforestation Costing Kenyan Economy Millions of Dollars Each Year and Increasing Water Shortage Risk, Kenya
Nairobi - Deforestation deprived Kenya's economy of 5.8 billion shillings ($US 68 million) in 2010 and 6.6 billion shillings in 2009, far outstripping the roughly 1.3 billion shillings injected from forestry and logging each year... 4169. November 5, 2012 | theage.com.au
Fears over toxic leaks from mine sites, Australia
Pollutants trapped in Queensland’s flooded mine sites would be released more readily under proposed new legislation, putting the public’s health at risk the State Opposition claims... 4170. November 5, 2012 | Scoop News
Project aims to tame toxic metal, New Zealand
A Massey University researcher has been awarded funding to research how to better deal with beryllium, the most toxic non-radioactive element on the planet... 4171. November 5, 2012 | The Sacromento Bee
Editorial: Romney and Obama offer clear choices on food and drug safety, USA
Americans should feel fortunate that, compared to much of the rest of the world, the food and drugs we regularly consume are safe and well tested... 4172. November 4, 2012 | DNA
Toxic gas in well kills 6 of a family in Dholka, India
In a tragic incident, six people of the same family died after inhaling poisonous gas coming out of a borewell in Dholi village of Dholka taluka on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city. The incident occurred on Friday... 4173. November 4, 2012 | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online
Public Warned On Lead-Laced Mugs, Philippines
MANILA, An environmental group based in Quezon City warned the public on buying cheap coffee mugs with decorative Christmas designs for their Yuletide gifts unless they are safe from lead and other hazardous chemical contents... 4174. November 4, 2012 | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online
Battling Pollution, Philippines
The government is battling pollution in our rivers and bays. It has trained its guns on cleaning the Pasig River, the main artery connecting Laguna Lake (more appropriately, Laguna de Bai) and Manila Bay... 4175. November 3, 2012 | The Asahi Shimbun
TEPCO admits 4th worker exposed to radiation in early days of disaster, Japan
A full one year and eight months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. has acknowledged that four workers, not three as it had maintained, were exposed to varying levels of radiation soon after the crisis unfolded...
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