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WHO Regional Workshop on Chemical Safety
24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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7451. September 18, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Ozone layer depletion has stopped, Switzerland
THE protective ozone layer in the earth's upper atmosphere has stopped thinning and should largely be restored by mid century thanks to a ban on harmful chemicals, UN scientists said on Thursday... 7452. September 18, 2010 | China Daily
China's pollution reduction right on target, China
BEIJING - China is beating its targets for reducing major air and water pollution for 2010, Environmental Protection Minister Zhou Shengxian said... 7453. September 18, 2010 | Daily news
Agricultural input main cause, Sri Lanka
Agricultural input is the main cause for pollution of water bodies. Pesticides and other agro chemical products accumulate in water and affect inland fishing... 7454. September 17, 2010 | Viet Nam News
Toy retailers ignore safety, quality stamps, Viet Nam
HA NOI — Safety and quality stamps that have been required for toys since Wednesday have been ignored or circumvented, Market Watch inspectors report... 7455. September 17, 2010 | Viet Nam News
Unlicensed drugs found in Can Tho hospital, Viet Nam
CAN THO — Over eight hundred packages of untested and unapproved drugs were discovered at Can Tho City General Hospital on Wednesday. The drugs had not been licensed by the Ministry of Health, and the find was reported to the Drug Administration of Viet Nam... 7456. September 17, 2010 | Today Online
Quick action prevented major damage to beach, Singapore
SINGAPORE - Quick action by the relevant agencies prevented any major damage to the environment following the oil spill which occurred when two ships collided off Changi on May 25... 7457. September 17, 2010 | Today Online
Spring may get more power to ban, recall unsafe products, Singapore
SINGAPORE - A review is underway to give Spring Singapore more bite to recall or ban consumer products that are unsafe, Minister of State for Trade and Industry Lee Yi Shyan told Parliament yesterday... 7458. September 17, 2010 | The Brunei Times
Minor chemical spill at Ripas lab services building, Brunei
A minor chemical spill inside the Ripas Hospital Laboratory Services building yesterday reportedly had the entire block cordoned off... 7459. September 17, 2010 | CBC News
Chemical spill ties up Vancouver traffic, Canada
Two people were treated for chemical inhalation and traffic was stopped for several blocks in downtown Vancouver after a spill at a construction site Friday evening... 7460. September 17, 2010 | Cuberland News
River pollution project brings hope for Newton Rigg future, UK
A multi-million pound environment project is set to bring new hope for the future of Newton Rigg at Penrith... 7461. September 17, 2010 | Courier
Court fears in argument over river pollution, UK
A RETIRED policeman fears he may be heading for court over a pollution dispute with the Environment Agency... 7462. September 17, 2010 | Water Technology Online
Toxic chemicals found in every sample of PA county’s water, USA
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA — Toxic chemicals were found in every sample of water tested here by an environment engineer, WBNG reported... 7463. September 17, 2010 | UNEP
Rwanda Implements UN-Supported Climate Adaptation Plan: Relocating Communities from High-Risk Zones, Kenya
Nairobi, Once home to populations of Chimpanzees and Golden Monkeys, the sloping terrain of Rwanda's Gishwati Forest has in recent decades suffered severe environmental degradation - made worse by extreme weather events... 7464. September 16, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Hundreds of sacks of ammonium nitrate seized, Indonesia
The South Sulawesi Police have seized 489 sacks of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used in explosives and fertilizers, that were brought into the country from Malaysia and the Philippines on ships, a senior police figure says... 7465. September 16, 2010 | China Daily
Zones suffer 'ecological damage', China
BEIJING - Five crucial economic zones in China's 15 provinces are suffering environmental deterioration and ecological degradation due to the expansion of industrial projects, the Ministry of Environmental Protection warned on Wednesday... 7466. September 16, 2010 | ShanghaiDaily
Nanning people hiss over lake pollution accident, China
ENVIRONMENT authorities in Nanning, capital of south China Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, are under fire over concealing facts for two weeks after a big lake was tainted by tons of sewage leaking from a broken pipeline damaged during a tunnel construction project... 7467. September 16, 2010 | Economic Objectorvism
China wakes up to the dangers of pollution, China
Hundreds of millions of people are being made ill every year or dying prematurely from pollution caused by China’s breakneck economic growth, a leading economic thinktank has concluded following an 18-month investigation... 7468. September 16, 2010 | MLive.com
Event planned for Kalamazoo helps families make homes safe from toxic chemicals, USA
KALAMAZOO — Want to make your home safe from toxic chemicals for yourself and your children?.. 7469. September 16, 2010 | UPI
Coal ash a toxic problem for China, China
BEIJING -- The amount of toxic coal ash dumped from China's coal-fired power plants is so massive it could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every 2 1/2 minutes, says a Greenpeace report... 7470. September 16, 2010 | People's Daily Online
Coal ashes toxic problem: Greenpeace, China
China's coal-fired plants produce enough toxic ash to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every two and a half minutes, creating contaminants that travel far and wide, Greenpeace said on Wednesday... 7471. September 16, 2010 | PRNewswire-USNewswire
New Report on 'Green' Recycling Industry Exposes Unregulated Toxic Air Pollution Threat, USA
EL CERRITO, Calif. -- A new report by a leading California Environmental Justice group, Global Community Monitor (GCM), has uncovered a potentially massive problem from the nation's billion dollar metal recycling industry... 7472. September 16, 2010 | ABC News
Hospital building evacuated after toxic spill, Australia
The pathology building of Liverpool Hospital has been evacuated after staff found a highly-toxic and explosive substance had been spilled inside a chemical storage cupboard... 7473. September 16, 2010 | WSLS10
Pittsylvania County chemical plant evacuated after reactor incident, USA
An incident involving a pilot reactor at DanChem Technologies, Inc. forced the evacuation of 93 people there Thursday morning... 7474. September 16, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
AU building evacuated due to gas cylinder leak, USA
AUBURN, Ala. - A gas cylinder leaking hydrogen chloride has been removed from an Auburn University building that was evacuated when the leak was discovered... 7475. September 16, 2010 | UNEP
New report highlights two-way link between ozone layer and climate change, Kenya
Geneva/Nairobi, International efforts to protect the ozone layer-the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet rays-are a success and have stopped additional ozone losses and contributed to mitigating the greenhouse effect, according to a new report...
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