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4176. October 1, 2012 | Economic Times
Grim global warming outlook for India post 2030: IISc's research, India
BANGALORE: J Srinivasan, professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore, goes through his work days secretly hoping for a global major climate crisis. As a leading climate change scientist in India, he knows that the country and the world are inching towards disaster... 4177. October 1, 2012 | The Daily Star | Lebanon
Campaign pushes government to save Litani from pollution, Lebanon
QARAOUN, Lebanon: A comprehensive plan encompassing all levels of government is required to save the Litani River and Qaraoun reservoirfrom pollution, civil society activists and government officials said Sunday... 4178. October 1, 2012 | The Myanmar Times
Ministry tests for lead and arsenic in in Myeik water, Myanmar
The Ministry of Health and United Nations Children’s Fund have taken about 700 drinking water samples from Myeik in Tanintharyi Region, where they suspect drinking water is contaminated with lead and arsenic, an official said... 4179. October 1, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)
Xylene From Ethylene, CEN
Chemists have invented a method to selectively prepare p-xylene from only ethylene (J. Am. Chem. Soc., DOI: 10.1021/ja307612b). The achievement creates an opportunity to make the commodity chemical terephthalic acid and its blockbuster derivative polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from alternatively sourced p-xylene... 4180. October 1, 2012 | Winnipeg Free Press
Precaution on cosmetic pesticides calls for ban, Canada
As a medical doctor, I feel a responsibility not only to improve the health of my individual patients but to help protect the health of our community by protecting the larger environment... 4181. October 1, 2012 | The Washington Post
Ocean acidification emerges as new climate threat, Alaska
HOMER, Alaska — Kris Holderied, who directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Kasitsna Bay Laboratory, says the ocean’s increasing acidity is “the reason fishermen stop me in the grocery store.”... 4182. October 1, 2012 | Citizens Voice
Water samples suggest Dimock's methane problem hasn't dried up, USA
More than two years after the state halted a natural gas driller's operations in a corner of Dimock Township, the right answer to a last question is all that stands between drill bits and earth... 4183. October 1, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)
Teaching Green, USA
A group of educators in the U.S. has grown impatient with the slow headway in integrating the concepts of green chemistry and toxicology into the undergraduate chemistry curriculum... 4184. October 1, 2012 | VietNamNet
Gimme kills shrimp, fish and human, Vietnam
Bridge – The insecticides with high toxicity have been used by many farmers to catch shrimp, fish and wildlife. By doing this, they have been destroying their living environment themselves--thus harming their health... 4185. October 1, 2012 | Tampa Bay Time
Nuclear advance fee case in front of Florida Supreme Court has big implications, USA
Should you be forced to pay in advance for a product you may never get? And if you don't get what you paid for, should you get a refund?... 4186. October 1, 2012 | StateImpact Texas
How Power Outages Increase Pollution from Gulf Coast Refineries, USA
Power outages are a significant threat to petrochemical plants and refineries in Texas and have proven vexing for some facilities to reduce. The outages can wreak havoc, posing a health and safety risk to workers and to people who live near the plants... 4187. October 1, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
On World Habitat Day, UN Encourages All to Build on Urban Opportunities, Kenya
Embu, Kenya, In celebrating this year’s World Habitat Day, the UN’s city agency, UN-Habitat has called for nations and citizens alike to harness the opportunities found in cities and towns to encourage social and economic development... 4188. September 30, 2012 | DAWN.COM
Pollution endangers Chitral River, Pakistan
CHITRAL, Sept 30: Showing concern over river pollution in Chitral, a conservationist has said that high density pollutants in the town have endangered the Chitral River... 4189. September 30, 2012 | Reuters
Fish to shrink as global warming leaves them gasping for oxygen, USA
Fish are likely to get smaller on average by 2050 because global warming will cut the amount of oxygen in the oceans in a shift that may also mean dwindling catches, according to a study on Sunday... 4190. September 30, 2012 | CTV News
Even BPA-free bottles might leach worrisome chemicals, Canada
By now most Canadians are familiar with bisphenol A or BPA, a chemical still widely used in food containers that many worry might present a health risk... 4191. September 30, 2012 | Mail Online
The toxic trade in fake make-up: How counterfeit cosmetics containing dangerous levels of arsenic are being sold online to unsuspecting bargain hunters, UK
When Mandy Lanham saw her favourite foundation for sale online at a greatly reduced price she snapped it up — after all, few of us can resist a beauty bargain... 4192. September 30, 2012 | NPR
On The Road: Reporting On Lead Poisoning In Nigeria, Nigeria
If you want to witness the health consequences of unsafe gold mining in northwestern Nigeria, the first thing you have to do is get to the mines... 4193. September 30, 2012 | The Associated Press (AP)
Next cold war? Gas drilling boom rattles Russia, Russia
PITTSBURGH (AP) The Kremlin is watching, European nations are rebelling, and some suspect Moscow is secretly bankrolling a campaign to derail the West's strategic plans... 4194. September 29, 2012 | Korea JoongAng Daily
Gas leak at chemical plant kills 5, injures 18, South Korea
A gas leak in a chemical plant at the Gumi National Industrial Complex in North Gyeongsang on Thursday led to five deaths, while 18 others were hospitalized after exposure to the gas... 4195. September 29, 2012 | Kyodo News | Associated Press
Explosion at, Japan chemical plant kills 1, dozens injured
TOKYO — An explosion at a chemical plant in western Japan has killed a firefighter and injured dozens of people... 4196. September 28, 2012 | eng.24.kg
13 Indian students hospitalized with a diagnosis of “chemical burn” in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan
In Kyrgyzstan, 13 students, citizens of India, were hospitalized with a diagnosis of “chemical burn”. 24.kg news agency was reported in the Ambulance Station of Bishkek... 4197. September 28, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Waste tapped to capture carbon dioxide at mines, EHN
A natural way to capture carbon dioxide waste from mining and transform it into a mineral could reduce the amount of the greenhouse gas released into the air, according to Canadian chemists... 4198. September 27, 2012 | ABC News
Plastic pollution invades the last frontier, Antartica
It was thought of as one of the last remaining pristine ecosystems on the planet, but European researchers have found a disturbing amount of plastics pollution in the Antarctic... 4199. September 27, 2012 | phys.org
Scientists link nutrient pollution to coral bleaching, phys.org
Too many nutrients can put corals at risk, a new study shows. Excessive nitrogen in the water affects their ability to cope with rising water temperatures and other environmental pressures, making them vulnerable to harmful bleaching... 4200. September 27, 2012 | RTE' News
Unstable chemical found during school renovations in Cavan, UK
The Army bomb disposal squad has dealt with a quantity of unstable chemical, which was found during renovations of a school laboratory in Co Cavan...
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