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24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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7901. June 7, 2010 | Water Technology Online
Chemical engineer uses nanoparticles to purify water, USA
HOUSTON — Michael Wong, Ph.D., a chemical engineer at Rice University, has developed a method to use nanoparticles to purify water, according to sciencedaily.com... 7902. June 7, 2010 | AlterNet
Outrage as PG&E Plans to Spray Clouds With Toxic Chemical to Increase Rainfall, USA
After a successful six-year campaign to prevent Nestle Waters from building a bottling plant in nearby McCloud, the town of Mt. Shasta, a mountain hamlet of fewer than 3000 residents in California's far-northern Siskiyou County, is taking up a new struggle: to prevent PG&E from seeding the region's clouds... 7903. June 7, 2010 | Independent Online
Toxic waste made in Malta: Dutch prosecutors argue Trafigura knew of toxic cargo as trial begins, Malta
Dutch prosecutors accused Trafigura AG of putting profits ahead of safety at the start of the company’s criminal trial on Tuesday, saying the oil trader hid hazardous waste in a ship that docked in Amsterdam in 2006 and then exported it illegally... 7904. June 6, 2010 | The Daily Star
Nimtoli reels from shock, Bangladesh
The Old Dhaka neighbourhoods, where the deadliest blaze in recent memory claimed 117 lives on Thursday, are still numb with grief for the dear ones lost. 7905. June 6, 2010 | Bloomberg
Toxic Undersea Oil Plumes Lurk in Gulf of Mexico (Update2), Mexico
Undersea clouds of oil that kill marine life have spread for miles in the Gulf of Mexico from BP Plc’s leaking Macondo well, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today... 7906. June 6, 2010 | NZPA
Chemical, radioactive concerns after school fire, New Zealand
Firefighters are being decontaminated after concerns about the spread of radioactive material and chemicals from a large fire at Kerikeri High School at 4.30am... 7907. June 6, 2010 | Express News Service
CHEMREC will help mitigate chemical disasters, India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chemical Emergency Response Centre (CHEMREC), to be inaugurated at Kakkanad in Ernakulam on June 7, will be a major step in mitigating the chemical disasters in the state... 7908. June 6, 2010 | Oldham Advertiser
Chemical leak causes supermarket to shut, UK
A supermarket was evacuated after chemicals left in the boot of a shopper's car corroded through a container in the heat... 7909. June 6, 2010 | Manila Bulletin
Some plastic school materials highly toxic, says EcoWaste, Philippines
A waste and pollution watchdog advised Sunday the public to be wary of buying school supplies made of plastic after monitoring high levels of a hazardous organic compound as well as toxic chemicals in a number of them... 7910. June 6, 2010 | INQUIRER.net
No more tests; coal ash is non-toxic, DENR says, Philippines
THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) will no longer conduct new tests on coal ash in Naga City, after saying that samples it checked last year were non-toxic industrial wastes... 7911. June 6, 2010 | San Francisco Chronicle
Bill would brake on bay's copper pollution, USA
Every time Bay Area drivers tap their car brakes, they pollute San Francisco Bay and harm one of Northern California's most threatened fish - salmon... 7912. June 6, 2010 | Mail Online
Fishermen make most of Gulf oil disaster, USA
No one can deny that the BP oil spill has devastated some wildlife. But for a dying fishing industry, ambulance-chasing lawyers, and an ‘anti-colonial’ President, it is a golden opportunity... and TV crews moan about how hard it is to get oil footage that ‘looks good’... 7913. June 5, 2010 | The Brunei Times
Cadmium-tainted Shrek glasses pulled, USA
CADMIUM has been discovered in the painted design on Shrek-themed drinking glasses being sold nationwide at McDonald's, forcing the fast-food company to recall 12 million of the cheap US-made collectibles while... 7914. June 5, 2010 | The Brunei Times
The blight of polystyrene, Brunei
WHILE reusable bags are currently the focus of public attention, we also need to acknowledge another threat to the environment, polystyrene foam containers. Take a walk around the night market, or an adventurous tour of Kampung Ayer, and the evidence is quite clear... 7915. June 5, 2010 | The Hindu
‘Soft drink plants cause chromium pollution', India
NEW DELHI: Your daily dose of cola could be poisoning the lives of communities living near soft drink manufacturing plants, according to a study by Hazards Centre... 7916. June 5, 2010 | The Monterey County Herald
California regulators ready to approve toxic pesticide methyl iodide, USA
State regulators are set to approve use of a highly toxic pesticide that would replace a controversial soil fumigant that is being phased out because of the damage it does to the ozone layer... 7917. June 5, 2010 | Daily Democrat Online
Highly toxic pesticide nears approval in state, USA
State regulators are set to approve the use of a highly toxic pesticide that would replace a soil fumigant that is being phased out because of the damage it does to the ozone layer... 7918. June 5, 2010 | The Nation
Chemical leak in Chon Buri injures 24 workers, Thailand
Twenty-four workers were unconscious after a chemical leak yesterday at an auto-parts plant in the Amata Industrial Estate in Chon Buri. One of the workers remained in a serious condition last night... 7919. June 5, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Rwanda faces other green challanges after plastic bag ban, Rwanda
KIGALI – Rwanda has successfully banned plastic bags but the tiny central African country, which Saturday led celebrations to mark World Environment Day events, faces several other green challenges... 7920. June 5, 2010 | Mail Online
Air pollution 'could help to trigger heart attacks', UK
The dirtier the air, the more likely people are to suffer sudden heart attacks, researchers have found... 7921. June 4, 2010 | Reuters
Lead poisoning from mining kills 163 in Nigeria, Nigeria
Lead poisoning caused by illegal gold mining has killed 163 Nigerians, most of them children, in remote villages in the past few months, a government official said on Friday... 7922. June 4, 2010 | Thanh Nien Daily
Polluters will face criminal charges: minister, Vietnam
The Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Pham Khoi Nguyen said on June 1 that he has forwarded related documents regarding recent pollution cases to police and prosecutors to press criminal charges... 7923. June 4, 2010 | Natural News
Poison gas leak kills DuPont worker, USA
A DuPont worker died after being sprayed in the face with poison gas, in only one of four safety incidents at a West Virginia factory over a two-day period at the end of January... 7924. June 4, 2010 | Bloomberg
Hong Kong Air Pollution ‘Very High,’ Topping 100 in Central, Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Index reached a “very high” reading of 106 as of 7 a.m. local time today in the Central roadside station, the city’s Environmental Protection Department said on its website... 7925. June 4, 2010 | The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)
Pollution levels rise in China, China
BEIJING—China's environmental protection authorities acknowledged Thursday that despite tougher measures, pollution is increasing as China's economy rebounds, quashing hopes that the country had turned a corner last year when emissions dropped...
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