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4551. July 14, 2012 | The Fresno Bee
Southern California sewage will fertilize Kings County ag land, USA
Southern California soon will begin sending sewage sludge into western Kings County -- up to 500,000 tons a year to a piece of farmland the size of Clovis... 4552. July 13, 2012 | Medical News Today
Exposure To Chemical In Drinking Water In The Womb And Early Childhood May Affect Vision, USA
Prenatal and early childhood exposure to the chemical solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) found in drinking water may be associated with long-term visual impairments, particularly in the area of color discrimination... 4553. July 13, 2012 | Mid Sussex Times
Children evacuated after chemical spill, England
Twelve youngsters were led from a building after a chemical spillage. Fire crews from Burgess Hill were called at 5.36 pm last evening to a scout hut in the town’s Station Road... 4554. July 13, 2012 | The Japan Times Online
Toxic chemical compounds found at closed Omron facility in Kyoto, Japan
KYOTO — Omron Corp. said Thursday it has detected toxic chemical compounds — trichloroethylene and dioxin — far exceeding environmental limits in the soil and groundwater at its closed facility in Kyoto... 4555. July 13, 2012 | KXAS
Rare poison found in Texas tea, USA
Richardson, TX (KXAS) - Police and health officials are have released information about poisoned iced tea at a Richardson, Texas restaurant that sickened five people in 2010... 4556. July 13, 2012 | Acorn-Online.com
Please don’t feed the honey bees pesticides, USA
Small yellow signs around town alert residents to pesticide applications on lawns and trees, but one tiny neighbor that might be affected cannot read. And that's the honeybee... 4557. July 12, 2012 | AFP/Abuja
More than 100 die in Nigeria oil tanker fire, Nigeria
More than 100 people who rushed to scoop up fuel, after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over yesterday, were killed when the vehicle and pools of spilled oil caught fire... 4558. July 12, 2012 | english.alarabiya.net
Nigeria oil tanker fire kills at least 100, Nigeria
More than 100 people who rushed to scoop up fuel after a Nigerian petrol tanker tipped over Thursday were killed when the vehicle and pools of spilled oil caught fire... 4559. July 12, 2012 | The Huffington Post
Niagara Chlorine Leak Sends 12 To Hospital At St. Catharines Pool, USA
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Twelve people between the ages of 7 and 50 were taken to hospital following a chlorine leak at a St. Catharines pool... 4560. July 12, 2012 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Proposal takes aim at toxic air pollutants, USA
An Allegheny County Board of Health committee proposed new guidelines Wednesday for the control of toxic air pollutants that the committee hopes will replace standards last updated in 1988... 4561. July 12, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Black carbon in homes: New York City's asthma culprit, USA
Elevated levels of black carbon inside New York City homes are likely to be in neighborhoods where more kids have asthma, a study has found... 4562. July 11, 2012 | PublicSource
Fractured lives along the Susquehanna, USA
ERSEY SHORE, Pa. -- On hot days, twins Amanda and Chevelle Eck splashed in the Susquehanna River behind their trailer in the Riverdale Mobile Home Park... 4563. July 10, 2012 | Vanguard
Oil spill: 5 kids die of alleged pollution in Bayelsa, Nigeria
WARRI-NO fewer than five children have been killed at Foutorugbene, 1, 2, 3 and Apodubigha communities in Ekeremor Local Government of Bayelsa state following an oil spill that allegedly polluted the river... 4564. July 10, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
First Round of CDM Loan Scheme Reveals Great Interest for CDM projects, Germany
Bonn, Germany, 10 July 2012 - A newly launched loan scheme aimed at helping spur Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in developing countries closed its first round of applications with a strong show of interest from countries across the world... 4565. July 10, 2012 | The Nation
Trucks causing air pollution in Capital, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD – Hundreds of heavy trucks, entering and leaving the industrial area everyday, are causing air and noise pollution in the federal capital and disturbance among the sector’s residents... 4566. July 10, 2012 | Melbourne Times Weekly
Toxic health dumping scandal, Australia
The dangerous disposal of hazardous substances including liquid uranium and contaminated objects, the dumping of the confidential records of patients and the mishandling of asbestos have exposed a culture of mismanagement in Sydney hospitals... 4567. July 9, 2012 | ScienceDaily
Nitrogen Dioxide Air Pollution Lessens in Parts of US and Europe, Increases in Middle East and Parts of Asia, ScienceDaily
Satellite measurements show that nitrogen dioxide in the lower atmosphere over parts of Europe and the US has fallen over the past decade. More than 15 years of atmospheric observations have revealed trends in air quality... 4568. July 9, 2012 | The Times of India (TOI)
Disaster team clears toxic chemicals near Ganga canal, India
GHAZIABAD: In April 2010, a radiation leak at Mayapuri claimed one life and injured seven people. Two years on, there is little awareness about Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) emergencies, say experts... 4569. July 9, 2012 | Shanghai Daily
Roof removed after toxic fumes poisoned 69, China
THE Qingpu District government has removed the roof that generated toxic fumes and poisoned 69 workers at Haoyuan Bio-Tech Co in Qingpu District on Friday and officials are investigating... 4570. July 9, 2012 | BBC
Colchester council workers taken ill in chemical feaUK
Eleven people have been treated by paramedics after their council workplace was evacuated amid a chemical scare for the second time in just 10 days... 4571. July 9, 2012 | Sheffield Telegraph
Pollution kills 500 each year in Sheffield, UK
FIVE hundred people a year are dying prematurely because of illegal levels of pollution in Sheffield, a shock new report reveals... 4572. July 9, 2012 | nzherald
Smoking increases pollution - study, New Zealand
Smoking significantly raises the level of dangerous air pollution in city streets, according to new research that has reignited the debate about banning cigarettes in public places... 4573. July 9, 2012 | The Columbus Dispatch
State to survey arsenic in water, USA
A government-led effort to find Ohio’s arsenic “hot spots” in groundwater is taking its first steps in Licking County... 4574. July 9, 2012 | ABC News
Scientist says cattle feed supplements don't have lasting effects on methane emissions, USA
A scientist studying livestock emissions says adding supplements to cattle feed will only have a short term effect... 4575. July 9, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Dead zone pollutant grows despite decades of work. But who’s the culprit?, USA
For two centuries, the town of Hermann has been known for the Missouri River. But now the river is making Hermann known for an unexpected reason: It is a hot spot for nitrate. Despite three decades of costly efforts to clean it up, the levels at Hermann have increased 75 percent since 1980...
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