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The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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6276. May 16, 2011 | The Canadian Press
Arsenic, lead in women's cosmetics; Einvironmental group calls for regulation, Canada
An environmental advocacy group is urging the government to impose stricter regulations on the cosmetics industry after publishing a report that suggests many makeup products contain a number of toxic heavy metals... 6277. May 16, 2011 | UPI
Chemical from smoke could be health hazard, USA
BOULDER, Colo., May 16 (UPI) -- Cigarette smoking, forest fires and wood burning can release a chemical possibly responsible for human health problems, U.S. researchers say... 6278. May 16, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Derailed train spills hydrochloric acid at Pasco, USA
PASCO, Wash. (AP) — Burlington Northern Santa Fe say less chemical spilled from a derailed tanker car at Pasco than initially estimated... 6279. May 16, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
China battery plant boss held as hundreds reported sick from lead poisoning, China
SHANGHAI - The boss of a battery plant in eastern China was detained Monday after more than 300 people, including 99 children, were sickened by lead pollution, the government says... 6280. May 16, 2011 | China Daily
Ministry says milk now melamine-free, China
BEIJING - The quality of the nation's fresh milk has improved and testing shows it is now free from melamine, according to the Ministry of Agriculture... 6281. May 16, 2011 | Chemical & Engineearing News
Methane Fouls Well Water, USA
A study by Duke University researchers provides the first scientific confirmation of a link between natural gas drilling in organic-rich shale deposits and methane-contaminated residential well water... 6282. May 16, 2011 | Environmental Health News
PBDEs: Small differences, big toxic changes
The types of chemical attachments and their arrangement in brominated flame retardant molecules can predict how toxic the compounds are to rat brain cells, according to results of a human and rat cell study... 6283. May 16, 2011 | Nature News
First signs of ozone-hole recovery spotted, Australia
The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is starting to heal, say researchers in Australia.... 6284. May 16, 2011 | Yale Environment 360
From the Fields to Inner City, Pesticides Affect Children’s IQ, USA
New York City’s low-income neighborhoods and California’s Salinas Valley, where 80 percent of the United States’ lettuce is grown, could hardly be more different. But scientists have discovered that children growing up in these communities — one characterized by the rattle of subway trains,... 6285. May 15, 2011 | Bangkok Post
Chlorpyrifos in Thailand, Thailand
In Thailand, the substance is listed under the Hazardous Substance Act as a hazardous substance Type 3. Under this category, a substance is hazardous because it may have long residue time in the environment,... 6286. May 15, 2011 | The Republic
Concern raised after high levels of lead found in parks of Missouri's Old Lead Belt, USA
PARK HILLS, Mo. — Lead contamination has long been a concern in the region of Missouri known as the Old Lead Belt. Now there is another reason for worry... 6287. May 15, 2011 | BBC
Japan nuclear: Tepco halts Fukushima cooling plan, Japan
Japanese engineers have abandoned their latest attempt to stabilise a stricken reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant... 6288. May 15, 2011 | The Japan Times Online
Worker at Fukushima nuclear plant dies, Japan
A worker at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant died Saturday after collapsing while carrying equipment at a waste disposal building, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said... 6289. May 15, 2011 | The New York Times
Before It Can Rebuild, Japanese Town Must Survive, Japan
OTSUCHI, Japan — The crumpled cars have reddened with rust, and spring rains and a warming sun have left the ashes and mud hardened into an earthen plate of armor... 6290. May 13, 2011 | The Asian Age
Blaze at chemical storage doused, India
A major fire broke out at a chemicals storage facility in outer Delhi’s Pehladpur Bangar area on Thursday afternoon... 6291. May 13, 2011 | BBC
Devon's A30 road closed after chemical spill, England
A chemical leak from a tanker led to the closure of part of a main road in Devon... 6292. May 13, 2011 | Reuters
UPDATE 1-Teck agrees to pay damages for chemical spills, Canada
May 13 (Reuters) - Teck Resources (TCKb.TO) said on Friday it has agreed to pay a C$325,000 ($335,000) penalty for two chemical spills from its Trail facility in the western Canadian province of British Columbia... 6293. May 13, 2011 | NewScientist
Fukushima fuel rods may have melted, Japan
Water leaking from reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex left fuel rods completely exposed, possibly triggering a partial meltdown two months ago... 6294. May 13, 2011 | Environmental Health News
Mercury levels on the rise in remote Canadian lakes.
Mercury levels in remote, high mountain lakes in Canada rose in recent years and are linked to inputs from the surrounding land as well as the atmosphere... 6295. May 13, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Strengthening of IPCC Agreed at Plenary Session in Abu Dhabi, Arab
Abu Dhabi, 13 May 2011 A stronger governance structure and a set of forward-looking policies across a range of management issues were adopted today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at its 33rd Plenary Session in the United Arab Emirates... 6296. May 12, 2011 | OfficialWire
Chemical Levels High In Dolphins, Whales, USA
U.S. researchers studying dolphins and beluga whales say the animals accumulate more chemical pollutants when they live and feed in waters near urbanized areas... 6297. May 12, 2011 | UPI.com
Toxic chemical injures 34 at Israeli base, Israel
HAIFA, Israel, May 12 (UPI) -- Thirty-four soldiers were exposed to a highly toxic chemical at an Israeli air force base but only a few needed medical treatment, authorities said... 6298. May 12, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Humanity Can and Must Do More with Less: UNEP Report, USA/Kenya
New York/ Nairobi, 12 May 2011 – By 2050, humanity could consume an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year – three times its current appetite – unless the economic growth rate is "decoupled" from the rate of natural resource consumption,... 6299. May 12, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
No place to land: Loss of natural habitats threatens migratory birds globally, Germany/Kenya
Bonn/Nairobi 12 May 2011 - On their epic journeys, often spanning thousands of kilometres, migratory birds cross many borders, linking different countries as well as ecosystems... 6300. May 12, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP and Global Green Growth Institute set for closer collaboration, Denmark
Copenhagen, 12 May 2011 - Efforts to promote a global transition to a more resource-efficient, low carbon Green Economy received a boost this week with the opening of the first regional office of the Global Green Growth Institute in Copenhagen...
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