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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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7551. September 7, 2010 | My Eyewitness News
UPDATE: Chemical Fire at Pollution Control Company Near Millington, USA
MEMPHIS, TN – Shelby County firefighters battled a chemical fire inside Pollution Control Industries in North Shelby County... 7552. September 7, 2010 | UNEP
UNEP backs action on e-waste in East Africa, Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya is set to become the first East African nation to develop regulations on the management of electronic waste (e-waste), following a national conference held at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi..0 7553. September 6, 2010 | Viet Nam News
Traders still selling unsafe, violent toys, Viet Nam
HCM CITY — Toy shops are brightly light these days with lanterns of various shapes, colours and sound as they prepare for the upcoming Tet Trung Thu (Full Moon Festival)... 7554. September 6, 2010 | The Brunei Times
Silicon alternative has applications in solar energy sector, Brunei
A semiconductor material seen as a cheap and more efficient alternative to silicon has applications in the renewable energy sector, Japanese and Bruneian researchers said... 7555. September 6, 2010 | The Daily Star
Focus on pollution, water quality, Bangladesh
Increasing water pollution and dwindling water quality around the globe will be the main focus as around 2,500 experts begin gathering in Stockholm yesterday for the 20th edition of the World Water Week... 7556. September 6, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
World faces pollution, worsening water quality, Sweden
Increasing water pollution and dwindling water quality around the globe will be the main focus as around 2,500 experts begin gathering in Stockholm for the 20th edition of the World Water Week... 7557. September 6, 2010 | Staffordshire Newslatter
Gas cylinder leak in Stafford supermarket car park, UK
MOTORISTS have been urged to take care when transporting gas cylinders after a leak in a Stafford supermarket car park... 7558. September 6, 2010 | The Asean Age
100 affected due to chlorine gas leak in Rajkot, India
Nearly one hundred people were hospitalised following a chlorine gas leakage on Rajkot- Morbi high way, fire brigade sources said on Sunday... 7559. September 6, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
Bela notice to stop three Savar canals' pollution, Bangladesh
Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) yesterday served a legal notice on different ministries and government offices asking them to stop pollution of Dholaibil, Bilbaghil and Karnapara canals in Savar... 7560. September 6, 2010 | Washington Blog
Hurricanes May Carry Toxic Chemicals from Crude Oil and Dispersant Inland, USA
I have worried for months that hurricanes could deposit toxic chemicals from crude oil and dispersants inland... 7561. September 6, 2010 | The Daily Star
Two die after taking toxic liquor, Bangladesh
Two people died and another fell sick after taking toxic liquor in Sonagazi upazila of Feni district yesterday... 7562. September 5, 2010 | Liverpool Daily Post
Aigburth street cordoned off after chemical spill, UK
A BUSY road was sealed off for hours after a chemical spill... 7563. September 5, 2010 | The Vancouver Sun
Asbestos flooding B.C. with a 'steady stream of death', USA
Death's first whisper came to Dirk Jansema while he was singing in his church choir... 7564. September 4, 2010 | Viet Nam News
HCM City to get more plants to treat growing toxic-waste, Viet Nam
Nguyen Van Phuoc, deputy director of the HCM City Department of Natural Resources, spoke to the Sai Gon Giai Phong (Liberated Sai Gon) newspaper about policies for investors in toxic waste-treatment plants... 7565. September 4, 2010 | Viet Nam News
Use of pesticides totally unregulated in An Giang, Viet Nam
HCM CITY — With authorised agencies in An Giang failing to regulate the distribution of pesticides and other chemicals, farmers have been forced to fend for themselves, an agricultural official has admitted... 7566. September 4, 2010 | Today Online
Hunan officials kept mum about tainted oil recall, China
The authorities in central China's Hunan province waited five months before notifying the public that a brand of cooking oil contained excessive carcinogens, the China Daily reported on Friday... 7567. September 4, 2010 | Jamaica Observer
Chemical spill in Kingston Harbour, Jamaica
HEALTH officials are warning members of the public not collect dead fish seen floating in the Kingston Harbour... 7568. September 4, 2010 | Denton Record Chronicle
New toxins report released, USA
DISH — State environmental inspectors returned to Dish in mid-June after Mayor Calvin Tillman disclosed to the public that both his young sons recently woke in the night with heavy nosebleeds... 7569. September 3, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Arsenic in cake blamed for 8 deaths, Indonesia
MAKASSAR: The South Sulawesi police office announced that arsenic in food consumed by 15 people had resulted in the deaths eight of them... 7570. September 3, 2010 | Bhutan Observer
Whether to burn or dump it, Bhutan
Going by the amount of waste generated by the capital city every day, Bhutan’s target of ‘clean Thimphu’ by 2011 may be thwarted... 7571. September 3, 2010 | Radio New Zealand
Motorway pollution studied in Auckland, New Zealand
Scientists using equipment mounted on a Ford Falcon and a pedal bike are assessing the impact of Auckland's Southern Motorway on air quality in Otahuhu... 7572. September 3, 2010 | The Arizona Republic
Air pollution plan of Maricopa County is rejected by EPA, USA
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it would reject the major components of Maricopa County's plan to clean up the Valley's dirty air, a decision that could deprive the region of billions of dollars in transportation projects... 7573. September 3, 2010 | Water Technology Online
Third chemical spill in two weeks occurs at Nevada treatment plant, USA
FALLON, NEV. — A third hydrochloric acid spill in less than two weeks occurred Wednesday at the water treatment facility in Fallon, Nev., the Lahontan Valley News reported... 7574. September 2, 2010 | Viet Nam News
Consumers advised to go ‘green', Viet Nam
People shouldn't support companies that pollute the environment, Dr Nguyen Mong Hung, president of the Ho Chi Minh City Association for the Protection of Consumer Rights told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper... 7575. September 2, 2010 | Viet Nam News
Tighter measures needed to stop river pollution, Viet Nam
HCM CITY — The Thi Vai River could become polluted again if factories along the river do not properly dispose of waste, according to scientists and ministry officials who met recently to discuss the aftermath of a major pollution case involving Vedan, the monosodium glutamate manufacturer...
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