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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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4251. October 18, 2012 | BBC
Pollution from China's growth 'takes toll on healt, China
China's economic growth has eased for the seventh quarter in a row and demand for its products are declining... 4252. October 18, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Faster Progress Needed on Targets to Protect World's Key Nature Sites, says UN Report, India
Hyderabad (India), Despite the growing number of nature reserves, national parks and other protected areas across the globe, half of the world's richest biodiversity zones remain entirely unprotected... 4253. October 18, 2012 | Palm Beach
Poisoned: Asthma, Cancer, and Death Prowl a Miami Neighborhood, USA
Cancer was killing Ethel Frazier. For a year, the disease wracked her body. Round after round of chemotherapy had left the 64-year-old frail and exhausted. By this past January, she was nearing the end... 4254. October 17, 2012 | IOL News
Germans evacuated after chemical accident, Germany
Berlin - Around 1 400 people have been evacuated from their homes in Germany, authorities said on Tuesday, after a chemical accident at a factory run by United States food giant Kraft caused a cloud of poisonous gas... 4255. October 17, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Accounting for the Values of Ecosystems can Play Key Role in Efforts to Achieve International Biodiversity Targets, India
Hyderabad (India), Indian banker and long-standing environmental economist Pavan Sukhdev today pledged to use his profile and influence to further the goals of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) as the organization's newest Goodwill Ambassador... 4256. October 17, 2012 | thenews.com.pk
Customs seizes large quantity of toxic chemical, Pakistan
KARACHI: Pakistan customs has seized a large quantity of highly toxic chemicals and investigating chances of health and security threats, sources said on Tuesday... 4257. October 17, 2012 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Toxic gas leak from oil well sparks Kuwait alert, Kuwait
Health officials warned Kuwaitis to stay inside and seal doors and windows tightly on Wednesday after toxic gas leaked from an oil well north of Kuwait City... 4258. October 17, 2012 | The Charlotte Observer
Arsenic in Mountain Island Lake, study says, USA
A Duke University-led study of coal ash contaminants, published Monday, found high levels of toxic arsenic in Mountain Island Lake... 4259. October 16, 2012 | Gulf Times
Chemical accident at Kraft food factory, Germany
Around 1,400 people have been evacuated from their homes in Germany, authorities said yesterday, after a chemical accident at a factory run by US food giant Kraft caused a cloud of poisonous gas... 4260. October 16, 2012 | webwire.com
Tyneside Firm Fined After Lack of PPE leads to Toxic Chemical Burns, UK
Mr Reid suffered serious chemical burns to his legs and body after the hose connecting the tank and the drum, came off. He then spent two weeks in hospital and had to endure several skin grafts to help repair the damage... 4261. October 16, 2012 | AGI.it
Toxic cloud at German Kraft plant forces evacuation of 2k, Germany
erlin, Oct. 16 - The accidental mixing of two chemicals at Kraft Foods plant in Germany's Lower Saxony region has led to the evacuation of some 2,000 workers and locals... 4262. October 16, 2012 | Chicago Tribune
Coal-burning ship wants more time to stem pollution, USA
Under fire for dumping toxic pollution into Lake Michigan, owners of the last coal-powered steamship on the Great Lakes promised four years ago they would eliminate its murky discharges in time for the 2012 sailing season... 4263. October 16, 2012 | BBC
Smoking in the car 'breaks toxic limit', UK
Smoking in the car, even with the windows open or the air conditioning on, creates pollution that exceeds official "safe" limits, scientists say... 4264. October 16, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Vital Economic and Environmental Role of Wetlands Must Be Recognized to Avoid Further Degradation and Losses, India
Hyderabad (India), The key role that rapidly diminishing wetlands play in supporting human life and biodiversity needs to be recognized and integrated into decision-making as a vital component of the transition to a resource-efficient... 4265. 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... 4266. 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... 4267. 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... 4268. 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... 4269. 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... 4270. 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... 4271. 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... 4272. 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... 4273. 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... 4274. 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... 4275. 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...
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