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5851. August 31, 2011 | Monsters & Critics
Hong Kong checks vegetable imports after China chemical scare, Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Vegetables from China are being tested by inspectors in Hong Kong after a scare over toxic chemical waste, the city's health secretary said Wednesday... 5852. August 31, 2011 | The Huffington Post
Chemical Spill Closes Downtown Toronto Street, Canada
A chemical spill in downtown Toronto closed a section of one of the city's busiest areas for several hours on Wednesday evening... 5853. August 31, 2011 | PTI
Bengal initiates steps to tackle pollution, India
KOLKATA, AUG 31: The West Bengal Government has devised a multi-pronged strategy to curb the growing environmental degradation including development of appropriate technology... 5854. August 31, 2011 | The Times of India (TOI)
Soon, a campaign to curb pollution from vehicles, India
PUNE: Pure Air Lover's Society (PALS), a corporate social responsibility initiative of Suzlon, has announced a 'Gaadi Bandh' campaign at traffic signals in the city in an attempt to cut down on pollution from vehicles... 5855. August 31, 2011 | Nature Publishing Group
Pollution: Drug firm monitors waste water, UK
At AstraZeneca we are proactively addressing the problem of pharmaceuticals entering the environment as a result of our manufacturing discharges... 5856. August 31, 2011 | Denton Record Chronic
Breast cancer rate climbs up, USA
Six counties including Denton have state’s highest incidence rates... 5857. August 31, 2011 | China Daily
Huge stockpile of toxic waste in 12 provinces, China
BEIJING - One million tons of untreated toxic industrial waste are piling up across China, risking environmental disasters like the recently exposed case in Yunnan province, a non-governmental organization has warned... 5858. August 31, 2011 | FT.com
Apple attacked over pollution in China, China
Please respect FT.com's ts&cs and copyright policy which allow you to: share links; copy content for personal use; & redistribute limited extracts... 5859. August 31, 2011 | The Washington Post
Alexandria coal plant may shut by 2012, USA
Alexandria’s controversial coal-burning power plant, once considered one of the largest single sources of air pollution in the Washington area, will probably close by October 2012, its owner and the city announced Tuesday... 5860. August 31, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
AP Exclusive: Japan Nuke Holdout Resolved to Stay, Japan
TOMIOKA, Japan (AP) — Vines creep across Tomioka's empty streets, its prim gardens overgrown with waist-high weeds and meadow flowers... 5861. August 30, 2011 | ABC News
Company raided over air pollution allegations, Australia
An Australian air testing company, contracted to test pollution from smoke stacks, has been raided following a year-long investigation into claims testers were fabricating pollution reports... 5862. August 30, 2011 | Environment Agency
Environment Agency tackles pollution in the Tottle Brook, UK
Environment Agency officers will be visiting 43 companies on the Dunkirk industrial estate near Nottingham to carry out pollution prevention and hazardous waste visits on 7, 8 and 9 September 2011... 5863. August 30, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Teacher injured in classroom chemical explosion, USA
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A high school teacher was injured in a classroom chemical explosion Monday, the first day of the new school year in Minneapolis Public Schools... 5864. August 30, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Blast at Wyo. oil production site kills 3 workers, USA
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An explosion has killed three workers who had been laying a fuel line at a Wyoming oil storage site, an oil company spokesman said... 5865. August 30, 2011 | The Telegraph
New life in an atomic wasteland, UK
Louise Gray travels to a notorious site in Kazakhstan where the Soviet Union detonated hundreds of nuclear devices... 5866. August 29, 2011 | The Times of India (TOI)
Factories release toxic waste in drains, India
KOLKATA: Even as pollution control norms are getting stringent and the noose is tightening around those who flout the rules, several iron and chemical factories at Badu in North 24-Paragans... 5867. August 29, 2011 | Xinhua
China meets pollution control targets for 2006-2010, China
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China met two major pollution control targets from 2006 to 2010, said the country's environment watchdog on Monday... 5868. August 29, 2011 | Xinhua
China launches special supervision in 15 companies for pollution control violations, China
BEIJING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has launched special supervision programs for 15 companies that have failed to meet pollution reduction requirements set in a national pollution control plan... 5869. August 29, 2011 | WBTV
Employees back to work 2 weeks after ammonia leak shut down plant, USA
MARSHVILLE, NC (WBTV) - Employees at a poultry processing plant in Union County who have been unable to work due to an ammonia leak which closed down the facility nearly two weeks ago have now returned back to work... 5870. August 28, 2011 | WAtoday
Haircare company recalls toxic straightening product, Australia
SCORES of Australians may have been exposed to a toxic hair-straightening product that includes 50 times the safe level of formaldehyde - a chemical known to cause cancer... 5871. August 28, 2011 | TVNZ
Farmers admit role in river pollution, New Zealand
Federated Farmers has admitted New Zealand's growing dairy herd is posing problems for the environment and says farmers are doing something about it... 5872. August 27, 2011 | The Oakland Tribune
Plastic pollution motivated woman to rid San Francisco Bay of debris, USA
The first time Lorraine Palmer discovered the downside of our civilization, she was sailing around the world in 2004... 5873. August 27, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Why? Message by Steiner and Clark concerning the attack on the UN in Abuja, Nigeria, Kenya
Message from Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UN Environment Programme Executive Director to Helen Clark, Chair of the UN Development Group (UNDG) Concerning the Abuja Bomb Blast... 5874. August 26, 2011 | WFSB
Ammonia leak forces ice rink evacuation, USA
HAMDEN, CT (WFSB) - An ammonia leak forced the evacuation of Louis Astorina Ice Arena Skating rink early Thursday evening... 5875. August 26, 2011 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Three hospitalized after ammonia leak, USA
An ammonia leak at a business in Westmoreland County sent three workers to the hospital Thursday, an emergency dispatcher said...
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