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5501. January 3, 2012 | Contra Costa Times
Richmond Superfund site toxic pollution increasing, USA
Leonardo Bravo likes to fish on the Richmond shoreline because it relaxes him... 5502. January 3, 2012 | The Independent
Faulty breast implants contain toxic chemicals, scientists warn, UK
New warning from France as Government doctors in UK advise women to undergo surgical removal... 5503. January 3, 2012 | Scotman.com
Climate change in Scotland ‘to kill the curlew’, UK
AN ICONIC bird linked to Scotland’s wild moors will struggle to survive the impacts of climate change, new research suggests... 5504. January 3, 2012 | The Chronicle Herald
Lead poisoning threatens eagles, UK
Birds getting sick, dying after eating bullet fragments in animals, vet says... 5505. January 3, 2012 | TheState.com
Poisoning cases illustrate dangers of pesticide misuse, USA
Pesticide-laced globs of meat are strategically located to get rid of animals that people view as pests, but the concoctions are as deadly as land mines and equally indiscriminate... 5506. January 3, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP's Year in Review 2011: July to December, UNEP
2011 has proven to be a defining year for the environmental pillar of sustainable development as the world heads towards Rio+20 in June 2012... 5507. January 2, 2012 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Plastic pollution ... from your washer?, USA
A lot more than soap and water and the dirt from your clothes might be going down the drain from your washing machine... 5508. January 2, 2012 | Recorderonline.com
County third in state in pesticide use, USA
Tulare County kept its place as the No. 3 county in terms of using pesticides, the Department of Pesticide Regulation reported Wednesday... 5509. January 2, 2012 | Reuters
Spain ageing nuclear plant may stay open: report, Spain
Spain's incoming centre-right government may allow an ageing nuclear plant to stay open beyond a 2013 deadline for closing set by its Socialist predecessors, a newspaper report said on Monday... 5510. December 30, 2011 | thestar.com
Town warned to stay indoors over ‘dangerously high’ air pollution, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ZENICA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA—Officials in a central Bosnian town have warned citizens to stay indoors, as concentrations of a pollutant in the air are at a dangerously high level... 5511. December 30, 2011 | The Gulf Today
Chinese cooking oil found toxic, China
SHANGHAI: Chinese authorities have recalled cooking oil products made by three companies after finding they contained the same type of cancer-causing toxin recently found in milk, state media said on Thursday... 5512. December 30, 2011 | ABC News
Rivers tested for derailment copper spill spread, Australia
The Northern Territory Government is testing waters in the Daly River as part of its investigations into the spillage of hundreds of tonnes of a toxic substance in another Top End river... 5513. December 30, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP's Year in Review 2011: January to June, UNEP
From UNEP's contribution to the UN's 'International Year of Forests' to the rapidly evolving analysis of how to catalyze a global transition towards a Green Economy... 5514. December 29, 2011 | ABC News
NT derailment poses environmental risk, Australia
The main road linking the Top End to southern Australia is expected to reopen later today after serious flood damage, as investigators turn their attention to the environmental damage caused by the derailment of a freight train... 5515. December 28, 2011 | BradentonHerald.com
States struggle to update toxic chemical regulation, USA
In Commencement Bay, a slice of Puget Sound just outside Tacoma, Wash., environmental officials haven't found it easy to purge the toxic remnants of more than a century of chemical-belching industry... 5516. December 28, 2011 | Forbes
Better Profits Through Green Chemistry, USA
When employees at Construction Specialties Muncy, Penn. offices learned that a toxic waste incinerator was to be installed in nearby Allenwood they got to work fighting against it... 5517. December 27, 2011 | The Brunei Times
Toxin found in Chinese milk, China
CHINA has discovered excessive levels of a cancer-causing toxin in milk produced by one of the nation's leading dairy companies, the firm said, in the latest in a series of food safety alarms... 5518. December 27, 2011 | latimes.com
Oil is more toxic than previously thought, study finds, USA
Bad news for the Gulf of Mexico: a study released this week sheds new light on the toxicity of oil in aquatic environments, and shows that environmental impact studies currently in use may be inadequate... 5519. December 27, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
How Farm Waste Provides Clean Energy for Homes in Pakistan, Pakistan
A project backed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is working to make clean energy a reality for households in a rural region of Pakistan... 5520. December 27, 2011 | STV News
Air pollution hits ‘dangerous levels’, UK
Environmentalists claim air toxins in Scotland’s cities breach EU health guidelines... 5521. December 27, 2011 | latimes.com
Oil from 2007 spill surprisingly toxic to fish, scientists report, USA
The fuel oil that discharged into San Francisco Bay from the cargo ship Cosco Busan devastated the herring population that feeds seabirds, whales and the bay's last commercial fishery, study says... 5522. December 27, 2011 | NewsOK.com
EPA ruling on chromium-6 in water expected soon, USA
A decision from the Environmental Protection Agency about whether to decrease how much chromium-6 is allowed to be present in drinking water is expected soon, the agency says... 5523. December 27, 2011 | WSJ.com
Carcinogens Found in Chinese Milk, China
BEIJING—China Mengniu Dairy Co., China's largest dairy company by sales, said it destroyed milk products found to be contaminated with carcinogens, in the latest scare for the country's scandal-hit dairy industry... 5524. December 27, 2011 | The Washington Post
Japan investigation finds nuclear disaster response at tsunami-hit plant riddled with problems, Japan
TOKYO — Japan’s response to the nuclear crisis that followed the March 11 tsunami was confused and riddled with problems... 5525. December 27, 2011 | Th Washington Post
Coal extraction poses climate challenge for Obama administration, USA
When it comes to coal mining in the United States, environmentalists have a simple goal: End it. For the Obama administration, it’s a little more complicated...
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