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6676. February 5, 2011 | Times of Malta
Giant snails monitor air pollution in Russian city, Russia
The St Petersburg waterworks is putting six giant gastropods to work monitoring emissions from a sewage incinerator... 6677. February 5, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
EPA to limit rocket fuel chemical in tap water, USA
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is setting the first drinking water standard for a toxic rocket fuel ingredient linked to thyroid problems in pregnant women and young children, the Obama administration is to announce on Wednesday... 6678. February 5, 2011 | BBC
Toxic fish, UK
Tins of toxic fish have been withdrawn from sale in the UK. Tins of Mas-River fried dace with black beans came from an unapproved source in Malaysia, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the BBC reports... 6679. February 5, 2011 | BBC
Chernobyl birds are small brained, Ukraine
Birds living around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear accident have 5% smaller brains, an effect directly linked to lingering background radiation... 6680. February 4, 2011 | American Thoracic Society (ATS)
ATS President Rejects Legislation That Would Lead To Unlimited Carbon Pollution, USA
American Thoracic Society President Dean E. Schraufnagel, MD, expressed "grave concerns" with legislation released by House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) to make changes to the Clean Air Act... 6681. February 4, 2011 | New Zealand Press Association (NZPA)
Waitangi water pollution 'wake-up call' for govt, New Zealand
Embarrassing pollution at Waitangi Day should act as a wake-up call for the Government to introduce clean water rules, the Green Party says... 6682. February 4, 2011 | The Register-Herald
Report: Carcinogen tied to coal ash pollution, USA
— A new report from environmental and social justice groups reports that hexavalent chromium, a chemical linked to cancer, is regularly leached from coal ash sites... 6683. February 4, 2011 | Kyiv Post
Ukrainian parliament to increase fine for forest pollution, Ukraine
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, intends to increase fines for causing damage and pollution of forests... 6684. February 4, 2011 | Halesowen News
Chemical spillage at Bewdley company, UK
ONE person was taken to hospital after a chemical spillage at a Bewdley company... 6685. February 4, 2011 | The Hindu
Chemical cleaning on at Big Temple, India
As a prelude to the Mahakumbhabhishekam likely to be performed in June this year, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has taken up chemical cleaning of the Big Temple here... 6686. February 4, 2011 | Toronto Sun
Police hunt man asking for lethal chemical, Canada
A man demanding the potentially toxic chemical potassium cyanide approached professors at the University of Toronto twice within three months, Toronto Police said Friday... 6687. February 4, 2011 | Yorkshire Post
Chemical fumes trap residents in homes, UK
A chemical leak caused an emergency on a North Yorkshire industrial estate for much of yesterday – forcing residents to keep doors and windows shut... 6688. February 4, 2011 | The Northern Echo
Factory chemical leak closes industrial estate, UK
AN investigation is under way after a chemical leak at a paint factory early yesterday... 6689. February 4, 2011 | NaturalNews
Popular infant juices loaded with toxic fluoride, USA
(NaturalNews) A study to be presented at the March 17, 2011, annual meeting of the International Association for Dental Research in San Diego reveals that infant fruit juices of all types contain toxic fluoride, and many contain levels that far exceed federal guidelines... 6690. 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... 6691. 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... 6692. 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... 6693. 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... 6694. 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... 6695. 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... 6696. 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... 6697. 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... 6698. 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... 6699. 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... 6700. February 1, 2011 | Common Dreams
Cancer-Causing Chemical in the Water: New Report Details Risk, USA
Coal ash waste contains hexavalent chromium...
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