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24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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4801. June 19, 2012 | BBC
Fears grow for fate of Syria's chemical weapons, Syria
Syria's significant stockpile of chemical weapons adds a frightening additional element to the crisis that threatens to engulf the regime of President Bashar al-Assad... 4802. June 19, 2012 | IPS
Green Turns Trendy in Indonesia, Indonesia
JAKARTA (IPS)– Studies on carbon emissions conducted in the Bogor Agricultural University (BAU) in West Java confirm that the worst culprits are students with their trendy lifestyles... 4803. June 19, 2012 | guardian.co.uk
Rio+20 Earth summit moves to boost UN environment programme, Brazil
Brazilian draft deal sets out new sustainable development goals but EU delegates and others demand concrete timelines... 4804. June 19, 2012 | TCPalm.com
As mercury affects fish in Treasure Coast waters, Florida officials grapple with fix, USA
Mercury tainting fish in the Indian River Lagoon and Everglades could come from local power plants or ones as far away as China... 4805. June 19, 2012 | The Denver Post
Wildfire: Red slurry's toxic dark side, USA
The hundreds of thousands of gallons of red slurry that air tankers are dropping on Colorado forests to shield mountain houses from wildfires has a downside: It is toxic. Laced with ammonia and nitrates, it has the potential to kill fish and taint water supplies... 4806. June 18, 2012 | Bangkok Post
Chemical reaction: How to clean dangerous toxins from your body, Thailand
The recent arrest of a scrap dealer who allegedly splashed toilet-cleaning liquid on people may put an end to the public's fear of random attacks. However, not many people realise that they are often exposed to toxic substances in everyday life in their own home... 4807. June 18, 2012 | BBC
Alert over suspected Peterborough river chemical spill, UK
The Environment Agency is warning people to stay away from a Peterborough river because of a suspected chemical spill at the weekend... 4808. June 18, 2012 | Common Dreams
EPA Refuses to Control Pollution From Ships, Aircraft and Non-road Engines, USA
WASHINGTON - June 18 - The EPA announced that it would not take action to control global warming pollution from major mobile sources at this time... 4809. June 18, 2012 | Daily Review
Air quality concerns raised as gas compressor stations multiply, USA
The number of natural gas compressor stations planned for Northeast Pennsylvania is multiplying as companies lay more pipelines to carry Marcellus Shale gas to customers... 4810. June 18, 2012 | The Nigerian Tribune
Diesel engine exhaust causes lung cancer in humans, Nigeria
Exposure to diesel exhaust can have both long and short term health effects. Experts, based on new evidences, state that diesel exhaust fumes may be in same category as tobacco, alcohol and asbestos as cancer-causing substances... 4811. June 18, 2012 | This is Wiltshire
Asbestos legacy still takes its toll, UK
DOZENS of men and women are dying every year from ‘Swindon Disease’ as the deadly legacy of workplace exposure to asbestos continues to takes its toll... 4812. June 18, 2012 | Yahoo! News/Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Rio+20: Brazilian pitch for summit deal runs into crossfire, Brazil
Brazil on Sunday pushed a deal for a looming global summit on poverty and the environment, but its draft ran into objections from Europe and criticism from activists, who said it fell dismally short... 4813. June 18, 2012 | getreading.co.uk
Increased use of pesticide 'killing England's bees', UK
Increased use of pesticides is killing off the nation’s bees and putting pollination at risk, according to scientists at The University of Reading... 4814. June 18, 2012 | Abilene Reporter-News
Lead exposure more dangerous than thought, USA
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has decided that exposure to lead poses more of a danger to children than previously thought... 4815. June 18, 2012 | Khaleej Times/IANS
Plastic bottle compound harms several generation, United Arab Emirates
Exposure to low doses of Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic man-made chemical, during gestation has immediate and long-lasting trans-generational effects on the brain and social behaviour, says a study... 4816. June 18, 2012 | The Times of India (TOI)
‘High pesticide levels in groundwater’, India
NEW DELHI: The groundwater that most of Delhi relies on when water shortage leaves taps dry is probably far more contaminated than we can imagine... 4817. June 18, 2012 | Al Jazeera English
Oceans of pollution, General
Scientists and experts are alarmed at amount of plastic debris and growing 'dead zones' in the world's oceans... 4818. June 18, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Working Towards a Sustainable UN, Kenya
Reputation is a key asset for any organization, and the United Nations is no different. That is why it is critical that the organizations that make up the United Nations system clearly demonstrate that they adhere to the same principles that they promote... 4819. June 18, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Launches Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have unveiled a new initiative that aims to reduce pollution levels, improve resource efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs in cities across the world... 4820. June 18, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
'Rhino under Threat' Film Premieres at Rio+20, Switzerland/Brazil
Geneva/Rio de Janeiro, United Nations TV (UNTV), and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) launched today at Rio + 20 the film Rhino under threat... 4821. June 18, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Biodiversity Leaders call for Valuing Natures Services to Achieve Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Incorporating the value of nature into policy and development decisions to reduce poverty and enhance social equity is critical for the transition to a green economy, according to biodiversity and business leaders attending the International Society for Ecological Economics Bi-annual Conference's TEEB Day... 4822. June 17, 2012 | IPS
RIO+20: Developing Countries Accept Green Economy, Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (IPS) - It’s not true that developing countries conditioned the inclusion of the green economy in the final document at Rio+20 on clearly defined provisions for financing, the head of the Venezuelan delegation, Claudia Salerno, told TerraViva... 4823. June 17, 2012 | IPS
New Set of Sustainable Development Goals Looks Beyond 2015*, Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (IPS) - When world leaders from over 100 countries wind up their three-day Rio+20 summit in Brazil next week, they will leave behind the shattered remains of a slew of proposals that never got off the ground... 4824. June 17, 2012 | The Guardian
Rio+20’s Search for Green Solutions Laden by Divisions, UK
Twenty years after trying and failing to halt humanity's destruction of our planet, the governments of the world will gather again in Rio this month for a "once-in-a-generation" Earth Summit that will open with great fanfare but low expectations of success... 4825. June 17, 2012 | Rock Hill Herald Online
EPA pursuit of pollution fines reaches 13 years, USA
LOUISVILLE, KY. — A former businessman owes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $1.5 million for polluted oil wells in western Kentucky, in one of the largest penalties the agency has ever handed down...
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