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6751. January 21, 2011 | The Financial Express
SC won't ban 'toxic' asbestos in India, India
The Supreme Court today refused to ban asbestos, considered a health hazard world over due to its toxic nature that causes cancer in humans... 6752. January 21, 2011 | CBS
Toxic Fumes Kill Worker at Los Angeles Plant, USA
Firefighters Rescue 2 Other Workers Overcome while Cleaning Blood Storage Tank; Workers in Critical Condition at Hospital... 6753. January 21, 2011 | ENS
Canada Limits Toxic Softeners in Plastic Baby Toys, Canada
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, January 21, 2011 (ENS) - Canada will restrict six toxic chemicals used to soften vinyl plastics in order to limit the exposure of infants and children to the chemicals, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said Tuesday... 6754. January 20, 2011 | Bloomberg
Hong Kong Air Pollution Index `Very High' at One of Three Central Stations, Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Index was “very high” at one of the city’s three roadside monitoring stations, the Environmental Protection Department said on its website today... 6755. January 20, 2011 | Wiltshire Business Online
Waste Recycling Group ordered to pay £28,000 for pollution, UK
A UK waste management and energy recovery company from Berkshire was ordered to pay £28,169 by magistrates following a landmark prosecution for gas emissions... 6756. January 20, 2011 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Chemical company charged with pollution, USA
The U.S. Attorney's Office on Wednesday charged a Marcus Hook chemical company with violating the Clean Water Act for discharging tainted water into the Marcus Hook Creek, a tributary to the Delaware... 6757. January 20, 2011 | 13WHAM.com
Guilty Plea in Chemical Attack, USA
Rochester, N.Y. - A woman who threw chemicals on a group of people pleaded guilty in court Thursday... 6758. January 20, 2011 | Truthout
Toxic Chemicals Found in Virtually All Pregnant Woman, Study Shows, USA
Toxic Chemicals Found in Virtually All Pregnant Women, Study Shows... 6759. January 20, 2011 | United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Toxic Legacy: Hunger, Oppression, Migration, and Health in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - PEACEBRIEF 77, DPRK
- During the 1990s, economic mismanagement, political oppression, natural disaster, and loss of external subsidies after the end of communism led to a calamitous decrease in food production in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)... 6760. January 20, 2011 | Daily Nation
Experts raise red flag over spread of toxic weed, Africa
Just like the hyacinth in the early 1990s, and Striga weed a decade later, the Parthenium hysterophorusa weed threatens to hurt flora and fauna if allowed to spread... 6761. January 20, 2011 | Nature News
West Africa's toxic problem, Africa
Ships' graveyard may be behind high levels of banned chemicals... 6762. January 20, 2011 | Thanh Nien Daily
Northern Vietnam groundwater highly toxic, study finds, Vietnam
A research published in a US scientific magazine Tuesday warned that underground water, the main source of water for the densely-populated Vietnam’s Red River delta , is contaminated with deadly toxic chemicals... 6763. January 20, 2011 | KTIV
Camera rolls as gas leak ignites, killing one utility worker and wounding several more, USA
(KTIV) -- One person is dead and several others are wounded following a gas line exploded in Philadelphia... 6764. January 19, 2011 | The Times of India (TOI)
Kanpur tops air pollution chart, India
LUCKNOW: Increasing levels of air pollution is once again making its presence felt in Kanpur, the largest city in Uttar Pradesh thanks to a major contribution from the industries... 6765. January 19, 2011 | The Hindu
How pollution damages human airways, India
Why can some people remain relatively healthy in polluted areas and why others don't? The severity of the injury depends on the genetic make-up of the affected individual, as researchers from Duke University Medical Center found out... 6766. January 19, 2011 | Waikato Times
Early harvest prevents toxic honey, New Zeland
Coromandel beekeepers have taken precautions to prevent a toxin linked with causing stupors and violent convulsions infecting their honey supply this summer... 6767. January 19, 2011 | PRNewswire-USNewswire
Toxic Chemicals Around Us: Texans at Risk, Say Environmental Health Advocates, USAP
EPA Region 6 Administrator and environmental health advocates talk about the hidden dangers of chemical pollution in Texas... 6768. January 19, 2011 | Bloomberg in Singapore
Toxic water threatens 7m in Vietnam, Vietnam
65pc of wells in Red River Delta deemed unsafe... 6769. January 19, 2011 | American Consumer News
3 Workers Hurt In Chemical Explosion At Plant, USA
Firefighters say three workers at a Spartanburg plant were hurt in a chemical explosion Wednesday morning... 6770. January 18, 2011 | The Times of India (TOI)
Yamuna pollution to be checked by 2014: Delhi govt, India
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Monday unveiled a Rs 1,357 crore drain interceptor plan before the Supreme Court promising to clean the heavily polluted Yamuna river by the year 2014... 6771. January 18, 2011 | Boston Herald
Chemical spill sends 19 to hospital in Marlboro, USA
A chemical reaction inside a Marlboro factory yesterday sent 19 people to local hospitals as a precaution, fire officials said... 6772. January 18, 2011 | China Daily
Women share a chemical moment in Beijing, China
China’s leading women in chemistry took part in a breakfast to honor the International Year of Chemistry and the 100th anniversary of Marie Curie winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry... 6773. January 18, 2011 | WCVB Boston
Chemical Smells Close School, USA
MERRIMAC, Mass. -- A Merrimac school has been closed indefinitely until officials can identify the source of chemical smells and eliminate them... 6774. January 18, 2011 | National Post
Ottawa banning toxic chemical in plastic, Canada
The federal government is making good on a promise to ban a toxic chemical additive in soft plastic toys and other children's products... 6775. January 18, 2011 | The Ottawa Citizen
Tories to ban toxic additive found in children's products, Canada
The federal government is making good on a promise to ban a toxic chemical additive in soft plastic toys and other children's products...
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