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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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5201. March 12, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
The Future We Want: 100 Days to Rio+20, UNEP
The Green Economy: Does it include you? 100 days to go to a conference and a summit that UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon has described as a "once in a life time opportunity"... 5202. March 12, 2012 | wsws.org
Australia: Second inquiry whitewashes Orica’s toxic leak, Australia
Chemical corporation Orica was permitted to resume production last month at its Kooragang Island ammonium-nitrate plant, near Newcastle in New South Wales (NSW)... 5203. March 11, 2012 | Wicked Local Middleborough
Cleanup of Middleboro waste site nearing completion, USA
MIDDLEBORO — Officials from the state Department of Environmental Protection told town leaders Thursday the cleanup of the Rockland Industries hazardous waste site is in the home stretch and the land could be redeveloped in two years... 5204. March 11, 2012 | JamaicaObserver.com
Air quality report on Riverton fire still under wraps, USA
THE air quality report on the contaminants left in the air by the most recent Riverton City dump fire is complete, but has not yet been released to the public as the authorities hustle... 5205. March 11, 2012 | Herald Scotland
The hunt for gas ... and the threat to Scotland, Scotland
A boom in exploiting underground gas is facing mounting opposition from communities and environmentalists worried about the contamination of water supplies and climate pollution... 5206. March 11, 2012 | JamaicaObserver.com
Cancer in the soil - Farmers not aware of contamination, USA
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Scientists in central Jamaica say they have found dangerous levels of the potentially deadly heavy metals arsenic and cadmium in a number of farming communities in Manchester and St Elizabeth... 5207. March 11, 2012 | NorthJersey.com
Soil contamination hazards run deep for North Jersey towns, USA
In any other year, workers would have already begun patching up sod and draining ball fields at Votee Park in Teaneck and Veterans Field in Edgewater to get ready for the spring sports season... 5208. March 11, 2012 | The Nation/Asia News Network
Thai authorities consider evacuating children and the aged as air pollution in North worsens, Thailand
Air pollution in the Northern province of Chiang Rai has worsened to a dangerous level, prompting authorities to consider evacuating children and elderly people over the next few days... 5209. March 11, 2012 | The Observer
Sellafield: 'It was all contaminated: milk, chickens, the golf course, UK
Six decades after Britain's worst nuclear accident, an oral history of Sellafield reveals what it felt like to live near the plant... 5210. March 10, 2012 | The Hindu
Man dies after consuming chemical substance, India
A lorry driver who was convicted and sentenced to undergo seven years imprisonment by the Chief Judicial Magistrate in a robbery case caused a flutter by consuming some chemical substance... 5211. March 10, 2012 | The Daily Star
Check city air pollution: Bapa, Bangladesh
The government must make it a priority to take immediate measures to control air pollution to save Dhaka residents from serious health risks, said speakers at a human chain yesterday... 5212. March 10, 2012 | Portadown Times
Bann pollution is traced to station in Foundry Street, Ireland
NORTHERN Ireland Water has been fined £500 after a pollutant was found to be discharging from a sewage pumping station in Portadown into the River Bann... 5213. March 10, 2012 | NaturalNews
Toxic China: Widespread lead pollution is poisoning children, China
(NaturalNews) Though set to become the world leader in manufacturing within the next few years, China has one of the worst track records for rampant environmental pollution with industrial materials and chemicals... 5214. March 10, 2012 | Thanh Nien News
Vietnam polluter must compensate farmers: environmental agency, Vietnam
The official environmental agency for Dong Nai Province has recommended that a company be ordered to compensate victims for damages incurred by its discharge of untreated toxic waste into a local canal... 5215. March 10, 2012 | Reuters
Pink slime? Nothing wrong with it in school meals, USDA says, USA
Pink slime, a controversial ammonium-treated beef, got dumped by McDonald's. But USDA defends purchases of pink slime for use in national school lunch program... 5216. March 9, 2012 | NDTV
Holi horror: Chemical dye kills teen, send 235 to hospital, India
Mumbai: A 13-year-old boy died and 235 people, mostly children, continued to be in hospital on Friday after they mistook a chemical dye to be Holi colour, officials here said... 5217. March 9, 2012 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Coke, Pepsi to drop level of ‘cancer’ chemical, USA
Coca-Cola said Friday it will lower levels of a chemical in caramel coloring to comply with a California law, but insisted the beverage’s recipe will not change and poses no health risks... 5218. March 9, 2012 | JSOnline
E15 ethanol blend clears another hurdle, USA
Efforts to increase the amount of ethanol in gasoline have cleared another hurdle, meaning a 15% biofuel blend could be available this spring if gasoline stations choose to sell it... 5219. March 8, 2012 | AFP
Hong Kong begins monitoring fine particle pollution, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong government on Thursday began releasing hourly readings of the smallest, most dangerous pollution particles, as it bowed to public pressure for greater transparency about air quality... 5220. March 8, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Strengthening Role of Rural Women in Managing Natural Resources Can Enhance Peacebuilding, Say Experts, USA
New York, 8 March 2012 - The need for greater support for the equal participation of rural women in natural resource management in the context of peacebuilding was the focus of a forum held in New York today... 5221. March 7, 2012 | Khaleej Times Online
Toxic fumes kill three workers on tanker, United Arab Emirates
AJMAN — Three Asians died after ‘inhaling’ toxic fumes during maintenance work on a ship at Ajman port on Tuesday, while five others are battling for their lives at the Khalifa Hospital here... 5222. March 7, 2012 | The Irish Times
Toxic liquid removed from illegal dump, UK
THE CLEAN-UP by the Environmental Protection Agency of an illegal dump at Kerdiffstown, Co Kildare, which will take many years to complete is to move a step closer with the removal of 8.5 million litres of polluted liquid from the contaminated site... 5223. March 7, 2012 | Daily News
‘Regulations to prevent marine pollution in country’, Sri Lanka
Deputy Speaker Chandima Weerakkody presided, when Parliament met at 1 pm yesterday. After presentation of papers and oral questions, the House took up several regulations under the Marine Pollution Prevention Act for debate... 5224. March 7, 2012 | seeddaily.com
Heavy metal pollution causes severe declines in wild bees, USA
Wild bees are important pollinators and numerous studies dealing with pollination of wild plants and crops underline their vital role in ecosystems functioning... 5225. March 7, 2012 | Discovery News
US POLLUTION: MADE IN CHINA, China
As smog wafts westward from the booming industrial cities of Asia, the need for international emissions standards becomes crystal clear...
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