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4451. September 4, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Coalition Targets Brick Production to Achieve Quick Wins for Public Health, the Climate and Development, USA
Guanajuato, Mexico, Modernizing brick production in developing countries to improve public health and dramatically reduce climate and air pollution is the focus of an ambitious global initiative launched today in Mexico... 4452. September 4, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP, Cities Alliance, UN-Habitat, World Bank Launch the Knowledge Centre on Cities and Climate Change, Italy
Naples, Italy - Choices made today on building design, waste management, transportation, water, energy and food systems will all affect the kinds of cities we have in the future... 4453. September 3, 2012 | The Sydney Morning Herald (smh)
Air pollution reaching extreme levels, warns Hunter Valley council, Australia
HUNTER VALLEY winemakers and residents will today step up the campaign against mining in their backyards as the local council warns dust in the region is reaching ''extreme'' levels... 4454. September 3, 2012 | ABC News
Fears asbestos removal cost will be too high, Australia
There are fears the cost of removing deadly asbestos fibres from millions of homes and buildings will be deemed too high by the Government... 4455. September 3, 2012 | UPI
Hundreds of cranes found dead in India, India
NEW DELHI, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Hundreds of cranes were found dead in Muktsar district in India's northwestern Punjab state, raising alarm among wildlife experts... 4456. September 3, 2012 | New Straits Times
Pesticides, not cyanide, cause of health woes, Malaysia
RAUB: Staff at Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn Bhd (RAGM) in Bukit Koman here have dismissed allegations by some villagers that cyanide used in gold mining activities has caused rashes, eye irritation and coughs... 4457. September 3, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)
Extracting Uranium From Seawater, C&EN
If, like most scientists, you haven’t thought much about the composition of seawater, it may come as a surprise that the oceans contain uranium. In fact, they hold a staggering quantity of the heavy element... 4458. September 3, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)
Pesticides Trend All-Natural, C&EN
“All the pests that out of Earth arise, the Earth itself the antidote supplies.” This line, from a poem attributed to Lithica circa 400 B.C., is a prescription that is increasingly guiding 21st-century scientists... 4459. September 3, 2012 | BusinessGreen
Reports: Breakthroughs continue to elude Bangkok climate talks, UK
Disagreements over future structure of negotiations result in scant progress at latest round of UN talks... 4460. September 3, 2012 | thenews.com.pk
‘Habitat, breeding patterns of birds being affected by climate change’, Pakistan
The changing rain pattern is having disastrous effects on numerous species of indigenous birds, with many of them being unable to breed due to this year’s delayed monsoon rains... 4461. September 3, 2012 | Star Tribune
Prairie Island tribe seeks action on nuclear waste, USA
The long debate over storing radioactive waste next to the Prairie Island nuclear power plant is boiling up again with an old question: Is the waste ever going away?... 4462. September 3, 2012 | ABC News
Traffic pollution linked to pre-eclampsia, Australia
Exposure to traffic pollution can increase the risk of pregnant women suffering pre-eclampsia by as much as a third, an Australian study suggests... 4463. September 3, 2012 | ngrguardiannews.com
Govt moves against life-threatening pollutants, Nigeria
FACTS from the World Bank in respect of the $6.3 million Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) management project scheduled for launch today have indicated that Nigeria is on the brink of joining the world on the eradication of the life-threatening chemicals... 4464. September 3, 2012 | NorthJersey.com
Tainted soil is everywhere, but where did it all come from?, USA
The ominous findings seem to sprout like summer crabgrass. Soil is tested somewhere in North Jersey and the results are as scary as a cancer diagnosis... 4465. September 3, 2012 | Egypt Independent
Illegal pesticides threaten agriculture and fragile ecosystem, Egypt
The spread of counterfeit pesticides and fertilizers that contain dangerous toxic substances is one of the biggest dangers threatening agriculture in the country, and its delicate ecosystem... 4466. September 3, 2012 | The Associated Press (AP)
Explosion in Chinese coal mine kills 14 workers, China
BEIJING (AP) — A coal mine explosion in eastern China has killed at least 14 people just days after a blast in the country's southwest left 44 dead... 4467. September 3, 2012 | High Country News
Cracking the ozone code in Utah's gas fields, USA
On a bright February morning, a curiously adorned cargo van crept down a dirt road in northeastern Utah's Uintah Basin... 4468. September 3, 2012 | New Scientist
Waste water harnessed to make electricity and plastics, USA
TREATING waste water is energy intensive. In the US, it sucks up the equivalent output of four of the country's biggest power plants every year. But it needn't be such a drain on resources - soon it might be able to earn its keep... 4469. September 3, 2012 | The Washington Post
WSSC on a mission to unclog greasy sewer pipes, USA
As the lunch hour faded on a recent workday, Ed Hairfield and his crew roared into the parking lot of a Panda Express... 4470. September 3, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP - WHO Press Conference: Wednesday, 5 September 2012 at 11:30 AM, UNEP
UN Launches First Comprehensive Assessment to Examine Global Chemicals Trends & Economic Implications Urgent Action Needed to Reduce Growing Health and Environmental Hazards from Chemicals... 4471. September 2, 2012 | The Associated Press (AP) | San Joes Mercury News
Toxic spill from zinc mine in Peru, Peru
LIMA, Peru—Peruvian authorities say wastewater laced with heavy metals from a major zinc mine has spilled into a tributary of the Amazon, contaminating at least six miles of the waterway... 4472. September 2, 2012 | The Himalayan Times
Alarming levels of antibiotics found in milk, Nepal
KATHMANDU: Alarming levels of antibiotic residue have been found in milk samples from urban areas across the country, raising concerns about the health of the general public... 4473. September 2, 2012 | The New Tribune
Arsenic cleanup in Milton that began in 1992 nearly complete, USA
Cleanup efforts at a Milton landfill contaminated with arsenic from the former Asarco smelter could wrap up this fall after nearly two decades of remediation... 4474. September 2, 2012 | The Associated Press (AP)
New York's new environmental 'hero' — the oyster, USA
NEW YORK (AP) — On a summer morning, marine biologist Ray Grizzle reaches into the waters of the Bronx River estuary and pulls up an oyster. The 2-year-old female is "good and healthy."... 4475. September 2, 2012 | jdnews.com
Water contamination victim speaks out, USA
Spina bifida. Asperger’s syndrome. Tourette’s. Bipolar disorder. Organic brain dysfunction. These are just a few of the diseases...
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