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5976. July 27, 2011 | Xinhua
Mine residue pollution makes tap water undrinkable in SW China city, China
Authorities in China's southwestern city of Mianyang Tuesday warned citizens not to drink tap water as a river that supplies water to the city was polluted by tailings of a local manganese plant... 5977. July 25, 2011 | Idaho Stateman
Study ranks air pollution from coal and oil-fired power plants, USA
The most toxic air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power plants can be found in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida,... 5978. July 25, 2011 | The Canadian Press
Halifax conference examines advances regarding mercury in environment, Canada
HALIFAX - More than 800 researchers from 48 countries have gathered in Halifax for a week-long conference to examine ways of limiting the effects of mercury on human health and the environment... 5979. July 25, 2011 | Boston.com
Mercury rules coming, USA
Activists delivered more than 630,000 comments to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Boston office last week to support draft rules to curb mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants... 5980. July 25, 2011 | Shanghai Daily
Toxic gas leak sees hundreds evacuated, China
HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from their homes yesterday morning following a toxic chemical leak in suburban Jinshan District... 5981. July 25, 2011 | Global BC
Toxins coming in from the cold, Canada
Environment Canada sleuths have found that toxins such as PCBs that have been locked in an Arctic deep freeze are being "remobilized" as the climate warms... 5982. July 25, 2011 | Boston.com
Capturing greenhouse gases, USA
Scientists search for ways to collect carbon dioxide at the source... 5983. July 25, 2011 | Bloomberg
Japan’s Food-Chain Threat Multiplies as Fukushima Radiation Spreads, Japan
Radiation fallout from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant poses a growing threat to Japan’s food chain as unsafe levels of cesium found in beef on supermarket shelves were also detected in more vegetables and the ocean... 5984. July 25, 2011 | The Tennessean
Coal ash taints groundwater at TVA sites, report finds, USA
A new report says groundwater contamination from coal ash has been found at Gallatin and eight of the nine other Tennessee Valley Authority fossil power plant sites where testing is being done... 5985. July 24, 2011 | The Canada Press
Researchers meet to fight mercury pollution, Canada
HALIFAX — More than 800 researchers from 48 countries have gathered in Halifax for a week long conference to examine the latest scientific advances relating to mercury in the environment... 5986. July 24, 2011 | The East African
Worries over pollution rise with demand for cement, Africa
With the ongoing and planned investments in housing and infrastructure, East Africa is witnessing a construction boom that gives a very optimistic outlook for the sector,... 5987. July 24, 2011 | India Today
MIT study says high RSPMs in Delhi's air poses threat to residents, India
A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has found that the concentration of hazardous Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM)... 5988. July 24, 2011 | The Texas Tribune
Can Sewage Help Solve Texas' Water Problems?, USA
FORT WORTH — At the plant that treats most of the city’s sewage, water sloshes and foams within giant concrete walls. This is cleaned-up sewage, made even purer by processes the plant expanded just a few months ago... 5989. July 24, 2011 | guardian.co.uk
Melting Arctic ice releasing banned toxins, warn scientists, Arctic
Unknown amount of trapped persistent organic pollutants poses threat to marine life and humans as temperatures rise... 5990. July 24, 2011 | Hurriyet Daily News
Pesticides in Thrace threatening bee populations, Turkey
The usage of pesticide on crops in Thrace poses a grave threat to honeybees in the area, according to a leading Turkish academic on the subject... 5991. July 24, 2011 | NPR
EPA Seeks To Tighten Ozone Standards, USA
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected any day now to tighten the standard for how much ozone is safe to breathe, but the level of ozone that scientists say is safe doesn't sit well with industry... 5992. July 23, 2011 | SouthCoastToday.com
Three hospitalized in SMAST haz-mat incident, USA
NEW BEDFORD — A faculty member and two lab technicians were taken to the hospital Friday afternoon following an apparent chemical reaction at UMass Dartmouth's School for Marine Sciences and Technology, university and fire officials said... 5993. July 23, 2011 | The Mercury
Acid leak reported at West Chester business, USA
WEST CHESTER — Emergency crews responded to an acid leak Friday morning at Kidde Firefighting National Foam Division in the 300 block of East Union Street... 5994. July 22, 2011 | South Florida Business Journal
Florida third-worst state for toxic pollution, USA
Toxic air pollution in Florida is so bad that the state is the third worst in the nation, according to an analysis of... 5995. July 22, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Experts concerned about level of trade in snake skins used in luxury products, Switzerland
Geneva, 22 July 2011 - The 25th meeting of the Animals Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)... 5996. July 20, 2011 | Pakistan Observer
Scientists of NUST develop ‘Blast Protection Material’, Pakistan
Islamabad—The young scientists of the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) Islamabad have developed Blast Protection Material having capacity to absorb shock and can be applied upon existing construction... 5997. July 19, 2011 | 3 News
Air pollution killing hundreds of Aucklanders annually – report, New Zealand
The Auckland Council has received a ticking off from its own officials, who say not enough is being done to combat air pollution in our biggest city... 5998. July 19, 2011 | UPI
Mercury pollution from power plants seen, USA
INDIANAPOLIS, July 19 (UPI) -- Researchers in Indiana say they have conducted the first study measuring mercury levels in soil near coal-fired U.S. power plants... 5999. July 19, 2011 | WNDU.com
EPA: Indiana and Michigan among the worst in toxic air pollution, USA
The Environmental Protection Agency has released a report that puts Indiana and Michigan among the worst states in the United States for toxic air pollution ahead of the publication of the Federal Toxins Release Inventory... 6000. July 19, 2011 | Thanh Nien Daily
Taiwanese shoe-maker fined for environment pollution, Taiwan
A Taiwanese shoes producer in Ho Chi Minh City has been fined more than US$28,000 for multiple violations of environmental protection laws, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Tuesday...
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