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6126. May 6, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Financial leaders call for investor-friendly forest-carbon market, UK
London, 6 May 2011 - Leading financial institutions upped the ante on their future role in mitigating climate change as they called for more effective forest-carbon regulations during a United Nations report launch in London Friday,... 6127. May 5, 2011 | Environmental Health News
Banned stain repellent impacts gene activity key to male fertility, researchers report.
An exposure study with adult mice finds that the stain repellant chemical known as PFOS alters expression of key genes that help regulate growth, development and production of several male reproductive functions... 6128. May 4, 2011 | IBNS
UN to eliminate pesticide placed in list of hazardous chemical, USA
New York, May 4 : An insecticide widely used in agriculture for pest control has become the latest hazardous chemical to be added to the United Nations' list of persistent organic pollutants (POPs)... 6129. May 3, 2011 | Trend
Blast in Iranian chemical plant kills two people, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, Baku, May 3 / Trend A blast occurred in the Bonyan Company’s chemical plant in the Alborz industrial city in Iran’s Gazvin province, the FARS news agency reported. The blast caused a fire, which killed two people and injured 20... 6130. May 3, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN targets widely-used pesticide endosulfan for phase out, Switzerland
Geneva, 3 May 2011 - Representatives from 127 Governments meeting in Geneva last week agreed to add endosulfan to the United Nations' list of persistent organic pollutants to be eliminated worldwide. The action puts the widely-used pesticide on course for elimination from the global market by 2012... 6131. May 2, 2011 | American Academy of Pediatrics
Chemical in plastic linked to wheezing in childhood, USA
DENVER - If a pregnant woman is exposed to bisphenol A (BPA), especially during the first trimester, her child may be at higher risk of wheezing early in life, according to a study to be presented Sunday, May 1, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver... 6132. May 2, 2011 | American Academy of Pediatrics
Chemical found in crude oil linked to congenital heart disease, USA
DENVER - While it may be years before the health effects of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are known, a new study shows that fetal exposure to a chemical found in crude oil is associated with an increased risk of congenital heart disease (CHD)... 6133. April 28, 2011 | Environmental Health News
Chemists convert seaweed to chemicals and fuels
An innovative idea – if adapted to a large scale – could take advantage of an abundant but so far little-used raw material to make biofuels, according to a team of green chemists in Korea. The secret ingredient: seaweed... 6134. April 27, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Calls to better manage natural resources on 50th anniversary of Sierra Leone's independence, Kenya
Freetown (Sierra Leone) / Nairobi, 27 April 2011 Celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Sierra Leone's independence resonated with strong calls to protect, conserve and manage the country's precious natural resources... 6135. April 26, 2011 | China Daily
Clean water flows after pollution scare, China
Beijing - A clean water supply returned on Monday to a part of a northeastern China county where thousands of people had suffered from polluted tap water during the weekend, local authorities said... 6136. April 25, 2011 | Focus Taiwan
One in five children in Taipei at high risk of asthma: study, Taiwan
Taipei, April 25 (CNA) About one in five first graders living in Taipei City are at high risk of developing asthma, according a recent study done by the city's health agency ahead of May 3 World Asthma Day... 6137. April 25, 2011 | The News International
Most Pakistanis drink alarmingly unsafe water, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: An official study has found drinking water quality alarmingly poor in all the provincial headquarters and districts in rural areas and recommended not-so-costly measures to ensure safe water supply to people... 6138. April 25, 2011 | The Hindu
Green technology to tackle water pollution, India
Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has launched a “bioremediation technology” project to curb pollution caused by sewerage and industrial effluents in the Buddah Nallah of Ludhiana in Punjab... 6139. April 25, 2011 | China Daily
Tainted food sends more than 300 to hospitals, China
BEIJING - Two food poisoning cases in Hunan and Shaanxi provinces over the weekend sent more than 300 people to hospitals for treatment... 6140. April 25, 2011 | USA Today
Pediatricians seek better regulation of toxins, USA
The U.S. needs to do a better job protecting children and pregnant women from toxic chemicals, says a policy statement out today from the American Academy of Pediatrics... 6141. April 24, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Pa. official: End nears for wastewater releases, USA
Pennsylvania's top environmental regulator says he is confident that the natural gas industry is just weeks away from ending one of its more troubling environmental practices: the discharge of vast amounts of polluted brine into rivers used for drinking water... 6142. April 24, 2011 | The Guardian
Nuclear waste: Keep out – for 100,000 years, UK
Few architects have to design anything to last more than 100 years, so how do you build a nuclear waste facility to last for millennia? And what sign do you put on the door?... 6143. April 23, 2011 | Gulf Times
Cancer chemical found in processed foods, Ireland
A chemical which causes cancer has been found in a huge range of foods including bread, crisps and baby food... 6144. April 22, 2011 | Online Journal
40-Year Pollution Plan Announced for China, China
China says it faces a long haul in its battle with pollution and has announced a three-stage goal to curb pollution in the next 40 years... 6145. April 21, 2011 | MLive.com
Viewpoint: Protect our children from coal's toxic mercury pollution, USA
I see the TES Filer coal-fired power plant in Manistee every day. My children and community live in its shadow and breathe its air pollution... 6146. April 21, 2011 | Friends of the Earth
London air pollution breaches legal level, UK
Air pollution in London breached legal limits yesterday (Wednesday 20 April 2011), despite commitments by both the UK Government and London Mayor to bring it under control this year to avoid huge EU fines... 6147. April 21, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Renewed optimism following year of harsh environmental realities for Haiti, Haiti
Port-au-Prince (Haiti), 21 April 2011 - The stark environmental challenges in Haiti during 2010 and opportunities for a more sustainable future are presented in a new publication from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)... 6148. April 21, 2011 | Asia-Pacific News
Japan radiation leaking into sea 20,000 times above limit, Japan
Tokyo - Radioactive substances that leaked into the sea from a damaged Japanese nuclear power plant totalled an estimated 5,000 terabecquerels, 20,000 times more than the annual limit allowed for the plant, its operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), said Thursday... 6149. April 21, 2011 | ANI
Study links air pollution to premenopausal breast cancer in later life, USA
Washington, April 21 : Researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that exposure to air pollution early in life and when a woman gives birth to her first child may alter her DNA and may be associated with premenopausal breast cancer later in life... 6150. April 21, 2011 | The Hindu
Pollution monitoring infrastructure inadequate, India
The India Pollution Map, a website project at the Centre for Development Finance (CDF), has tracked the government pollution monitoring regime and has mapped aspects of air and water quality through an online mapping tool...
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