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4301. October 6, 2012 | Standard Digital News
The toxic substances inside your mobile phone, General
When you look at your sleek, shiny phone it may look clean - excepting perhaps a few scuffs and smears from normal wear and tear... 4302. October 5, 2012 | Daily Echo
Toxic fumes from laboratory near Winchester leave nine people in hospital, UK
NINE people were taken to hospital after being harmed by fumes at a Hampshire laboratory, the Daily Echo can reveal... 4303. October 5, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Sunscreen's unintended consequence: skin-harming oxidants, EHN
Chlorine in swimming pools can strip the coating off titanium dioxide nanoparticles in sunscreens that protect against UV radiation, leaving them able to react with water and form compounds that can contribute to skin damage and cancer... 4304. October 5, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
IPCC enters new stage of Fifth Assessment Report review, Switzerland
GENEVA, 5 October – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is moving to a new stage in the preparation of its next major report, the Fifth Assessment Report, with the first of three government and expert reviews that will take place between now and May 2013... 4305. October 4, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Study finds lower thyroid hormones in baby boys exposed to BP, USA
Pregnant women exposed to higher levels of the chemical bisphenol A gave birth to baby boys with lower thyroid hormones, according to a new study published today... 4306. October 3, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Kenyan Students Named as 2012 Young Environmental Envoys, Kenya
Nairobi, 3 October 2012 - Two young environmental leaders from Nairobi and Mombasa have been unveiled as the 2012 Young Environmental Envoys for Kenya, as part of an initiative organized by Bayer and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)... 4307. October 3, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Great Apes Survival Partnership Launches Photo Exhibition, Kenya
Nairobi, 3 October 2012 - Great apes are mankind’s closest relatives, but the struggle to successfully co-exist is a challenge on display in Their Fates is Ours; The Humanity of Great Apes, a photo exhibition presented by the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) from October 3-21 at the Alliance Francaise in Nairobi, Kenya... 4308. October 2, 2012 | ABC News
Toxic gas found in grain deliveries, Australia
A scientist says the discovery of illegal levels of lethal gas in grain could hurt the whole industry. Phosphine is used to control insects during grain storage and can be toxic if inhaled by humans... 4309. October 2, 2012 | UPI
Japanese chemical blast kills 1, hurts 30, Japan
OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Two explosions at a chemical plant in southeastern Japan killed a firefighter and injured 30 other people, emergency officials said... 4310. October 1, 2012 | STV
Paisley street closed amid fears of chemical incident near high school, UK
A large police operation in Paisley was stood down on Monday night after reports of a chemical incident proved to be false. Strathclyde Police closed McKerrell Street, which runs behind the town's Paisley Grammar School, at 4.40pm... 4311. October 1, 2012 | TNN | Times of india
Vegetables grown near thermal plant toxic: Study, India
NEW DELHI: Worried about pesticide residues in vegetables? Your diet may consist of many more toxic contaminants that you overlook... 4312. October 1, 2012 | allAfrica.com
Africa: Indoor Pollution Increases Death Rate, Africa
Dar es Salaam — World Bank has warned on an increasing number of pre-mature deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa as a result of indoor air pollution and other associated health complications... 4313. October 1, 2012 | The Associated Press (AP)
One Killed, Dozens Injured in Chemical Plant Explosion, japan
TOKYO (AP) — An explosion at a chemical plant in western Japan has killed a firefighter and injured dozens of people... 4314. October 1, 2012 | Science Daily
Tobacco Contains Highly Toxic Compounds Not Regulated by Law, Spanish Researchers Find, Spain
Researchers from the University of Alicante (Spain) have analysed ten brands of cigarettes and found that the concentrations of certain harmful and carcinogenic substances vary significantly from one brand to another... 4315. 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... 4316. 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... 4317. 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... 4318. 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... 4319. 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... 4320. 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.”... 4321. 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... 4322. 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... 4323. 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... 4324. 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?... 4325. 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...
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