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6551. February 4, 2011 | NewsObserver.com
N.C. ranks eighth in toxic mercury, USA
North Carolina ranks eighth in the nation for emissions of mercury, a neurotoxin that comes from coal-burning power plants and can cause birth defects... 6552. February 4, 2011 | ENS
Toxic Diesel Fuel Used Without Permits in Fracking Operations, USA
WASHINGTON, DC, February 4, 2011 (ENS) - Oil and gas service companies have injected over 32 million gallons of diesel fuel or hydraulic fracturing fluids containing diesel fuel into wells in 19 states between 2005 and 2009, without permits, a congressional investigation has revealed... 6553. February 4, 2011 | Science News
Extinctions breed carbon chaos, USA
Big extinctions don’t just wipe out a lot of species. They also send ecological cycles reeling for millions of years, a new study suggests... 6554. February 3, 2011 | The Nation
Pollution level is dangerous, PCD warns, Thailand
The dust particle level in Bangkok has exceeded safety levels and drastic measures are required to tackle the problem and other conditions harmful to people, the Pollution Control Department said on Tuesday... 6555. February 3, 2011 | GoUpState.com
EPA plans new limits on toxic chemicals in drinking water, USA
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would impose limits on permissible levels of a new set of toxic chemicals in drinking water, including the first standards for perchlorate, a dangerous compound found in rocket fuel and fireworks that has contaminated water supplies in 26 states... 6556. February 3, 2011 | ABC15.com
ABC15 Investigation reveals toxic drinking water in the Valley and around Arizona, USA
PHOENIX - The ABC15 Investigators have an important warning about toxic drinking water, revealing test results that show dozens of water companies with high levels of arsenic. Arsenic is a dangerous chemical that can cause severe health problems, including death... 6557. February 3, 2011 | NewChannel5.com
Worker Injured In Gallatin Industrial Accident Dies, USA
GALLATIN, Tenn. - One of the two workers critically injured in a Sumner County industrial accident has died... 6558. February 2, 2011 | The Nation
Pollution control at cement plant, Thailand
Global engineering firm FLSmidth has received an order from Siam Cement Group (SCG) for an air-pollution control system for three cement lines at the company's Thung song plant in Nakhon Si Thammarat... 6559. February 2, 2011 | Newsinferno
Coal Ash Leaking Toxic Chemical Into Water, USA
Just weeks after recent headlines about hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing chemical, contaminating drinking water systems around the U.S., a new report indicates that scores of leaking coal ash sites across the country could be a major source of such water contamination, wrote Earth Justice... 6560. February 1, 2011 | The Daily Star
Air pollution in capital at harmful levels, Lebanon
BEIRUT: Dangerous air particles, breathed in daily by Beirut residents, are up to 200 percent higher than World Health Organization guidelines, findings released Monday have shown... 6561. February 1, 2011 | Common Dreams
Cancer-Causing Chemical in the Water: New Report Details Risk, USA
Coal ash waste contains hexavalent chromium... 6562. February 1, 2011 | Red Pepper
Toxic state, UK
Fiona Bawdon reports on the aftermath of the ‘ricin trial’... 6563. January 31, 2011 | Xinhua
Italy celebrates first Car-Free Day to curb city pollution, Italy
Italy celebrated its first Car-Free Day of the year in several cities on Sunday in an attempt to curb gas emissions and spread awareness among citizens on climate change and a healthy lifestyle through a series of environment- friendly initiatives... 6564. January 31, 2011 | Gulf Daily News
Pollution watch goes online..., Bahrain
BAHRAIN yesterday launched the world's first country-wide online monitoring system to analyse pollution from factories and power stations. The system, which entails installing microprocessor-based devices at selected companies,... 6565. January 31, 2011 | The Telegraph
Pollution threat to natural channel, India
Bhubaneswar, A 5.6km natural drain that originates in Bhimpur mouza and meets the Gangua nullah on the city outskirts is being threatened by acute pollution and encroachment on its winding journey through a number of colonies... 6566. January 31, 2011 | The New York Times
EPA Wants to Keep Exemption for Toxic Refinery Emissions, USA
U.S. EPA has signaled that it won't reverse a George W. Bush-era policy that lets refineries burn some byproducts without treating them as toxic waste, drawing scorn from environmentalists, who had asked the incoming Obama administration to rethink the rule... 6567. January 31, 2011 | thestar.com
Cattle felled by sweet potatoes, USA
The mysterious death of 200 steers on a farm in Wisconsin is due to a toxin produced from moldy sweet potatoes, a laboratory there confirmed... 6568. January 31, 2011 | The Canadian Press
'Toxic soup' of chemicals in everyday products: author, Canada
Gillian Deacon was deep into researching her new book on the chemicals in body care products and their links to various forms of cancer when she had to confront her own dizzying health scare... 6569. January 31, 2011 | Anorak News
Toxic Waste Candy Contains Actual Toxins: Kids Love It, UK
THAT Toxic Waste candy does exactly what it saw on the packet: it is packed with lead. The Nuclear Sludge sweetie imported form Pakistan is no good for you... 6570. January 31, 2011 | GoUpState.com
3 workers hurt in explosion at Enoree chemical plant, USA
ENOREE -- Three employees were injured as the result of an explosion at an Enoree chemical plant Sunday afternoon... 6571. January 31, 2011 | Bloomberg
ConocoPhillips Has Leak, Fire at Rodeo Refinery, USA
ConocoPhillips had a “crude resid” leak and fire at its Rodeo oil refinery in California yesterday, according to a filing to the National Response Center... 6572. January 31, 2011 | UNEP
Ban Calls For A Green Economy As Crucial For A Sustainable Future, UNEP
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for "revolutionary action" to achieve sustainable development, warning that the past century's heedless consumption of resources is "a global suicide pact" with time running out to ensure an economic model for survival... 6573. January 31, 2011 | NaturalNews
Plastics chemical BPA reduces sperm health, USA
(NaturalNews) Exposure to the ubiquitous industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has once again been linked to decreased sperm health, this time in humans, in a study conducted by researchers from Kaiser Permanente and published in the journal Fertility and Sterility... 6574. January 31, 2011 | The Times of India (TOI)
2 dead in chemical plant blast, India
WADA: Two persons were killed and one was seriously injured in an explosion at a chemical plant in Kudus village on Sunday... 6575. January 31, 2011 | ABC News
Beef producers warned of toxic plant threat, Australia
Biosecurity Queensland says recent flooding could have displaced toxic plant seeds and helped them spread into new areas...
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