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5426. January 19, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Eating mercury-tainted fish affects essential stress hormones in children, Environmental Research
Eating fish can raise mercury levels that alter hormones and increase chronic stress and immune responses in children, despite the heart benefits of fish consumption... 5427. January 18, 2012 | The Himalayan Times
Toxic wastes dumped in Nepal, Nepal
KATHMANDU: Greenpeace, an international organisation working for environment conservation, has detected toxic wastes stored in two unsecured facilities in Nepal, “Bild am Sonntag” a German... 5428. January 18, 2012 | I Love Chile News
Chemical leak in Codegua leaves one dead and 122 injured, Chile
CODEGUA — An ammonia leak in a branch of Empresa Los Nobles S.A in Codegua, the O’Higgins Region, has left one person dead and caused the evacuation of nearly 150 workers... 5429. January 18, 2012 | The Daily Star
Tk 35 lakh fine to factory for pollution, Pakistan
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a dyeing factory in Gazipur Tk 35 lakh for polluting a lake of Shafipur Ansar Academy and the Turag River... 5430. January 18, 2012 | CNN
Pollution hits Hong Kong health, economy, Hong Kong
Hong Kong (CNN) - Hong Kong is one of the world's richest cities. Almost one in 10 households boasts a millionaire. The government sits on a cash pile of about $80 billion. Yet Hong Kongers are choking, sometimes to death, on their own success... 5431. January 18, 2012 | ENN
NASA GISS Identifies 14 Air Pollution Control Measures to Slow Global Warming, Improve Health and Increase Crop Yields, NASA
Fourteen air pollution control measures, if implemented today, could not only slow the pace of global warming, according to an intensive study by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS)... 5432. January 18, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Launches Blogging Competition for World Environment Day, Kenya
Nairobi, 18 January 2012 - The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), in partnership with TreeHugger, is pleased to launch the third World Environment Day (WED) blogging competition... 5433. January 17, 2012 | Express.co.uk
Italian Cruise Disaster: Pollution fear over leak, UK
THE Costa Concordia started to leak unidentified liquid into protected waters off the isle of Giglio, sparking pollution fears... 5434. January 17, 2012 | ABC News
Chemical spill alert, Australia
A man has been treated in hospital after a chemical spill at a seafood plant in the state's north-west... 5435. January 17, 2012 | Pakistan Observer
Most govts fail to see range of change: Amnesty, UK
London—Most Middle Eastern governments are failing to recognize the significance of the Arab Spring and are responding with repression or merely cosmetic change, Amnesty International said Monday... 5436. January 17, 2012 | hindustantimes.com
Yamuna pollution kills thousands of fish, India
An ailing Yamuna has proved fatal for aquatic life once again. Fish and other aquatic animals have bore the brunt of human irresponsibility after sudden release of contaminated water in River Yamuna near Agra... 5437. January 17, 2012 | Your Local Guardian
Polluted Putney branded a 'national disgrace', UK
Pollution in Putney has been described as “a national disgrace” after it emerged that levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) exceeded EU regulations 18 times in the first three days of 2012 – more than is permitted for the whole year... 5438. January 17, 2012 | The Washington Times
Scientists want climate change in young minds, USA
Climate change subscribers say the fight against global warming will require younger soldiers... 5439. January 17, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News
LanzaTech Buys Range Fuels Facility, New Zealand
New Zealand-based biofuels start-up Lanza­Tech purchased a facility in Soperton, Ga.—previously owned by Range Fuels—at auction on Jan. 3 for $5.1 million... 5440. January 17, 2012 | Reuters
Aerosol particle increase linked to more rainfall: study, UK
A rise in the atmosphere of aerosols - miniscule particles which include soot, dust and sulphates - has led to more rainfall in certain parts of the world and could provide vital clues for future climate predictions, a scientific study shows... 5441. January 17, 2012 | The Sydney Morning Herald
Green fuel fails to meet emissions standards, Australia
THE NSW government's plan to ban regular unleaded fuel has been thrown into doubt by the revelation that the state's only ethanol producer... 5442. January 17, 2012 | Tamma Bay Times
Pesticides put farmworkers at risk, USA
We hear a lot about farmworkers' low wages, their poor housing and the anti-immigrant movement that has frightened many... 5443. January 16, 2012 | TVNZ
Toxic Auckland blaze put out, New Zealand
A blaze at a textile building in Auckland which erupted in flames this morning has been put out... 5444. January 16, 2012 | Xinhua
23 Egyptians cured after breathing in toxic gas, Egypt
CAIRO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Some 23 Egyptians have been cured after breathing in toxic gas emitted from a casting factory in Ezbit el-Abyad district in Qalyubiya... 5445. January 16, 2012 | NBC4 Washington
How-To: Eliminate indoor pollution, USA
Save yourself and your family from indoor pollution by changing your filters regularly -- here's how... 5446. January 16, 2012 | The Nation
Beijing battles pollution, China
The Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Centre will publish readings for the levels of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and PM 10 (particulate matter smaller than 10 micrograms)... 5447. January 16, 2012 | Reuters
China cancer village tests law against pollution, China
Nothing in Wu Wenyong's rural childhood hinted he would end up on a hospital bed aged 15, battling two kinds of cancer. 5448. January 16, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News
China Backtracks On Plant Closure, China
A petrochemical facility in Dalian, China, is still in operation months after the local government ordered its closure... 5449. January 16, 2012 | The Independent
Polluted air 'puts Olympic athletes at risk', UK
Olympic athletes could suffer impaired performance times and become ill as a result of London's unacceptably high levels of air pollution, leading respiratory scientists are warning... 5450. January 16, 2012 | WSJ.com
Fukushima Radiation: In With the Bricks, Japan
Fukushima prefecture has become all too familiar with radioactive hot spots since the March 11 disasters overwhelmed the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant...
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