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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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8451. February 6, 2010 | The Daily Star
Brick kilns responsible for 30pc air pollution, Bangladesh
Use of firewood and low quality coal in the brick kilns is causing massive air pollution, environmentalists said at a seminar yesterday and urged the government to take steps to protect the forest as well as the environment... 8452. February 6, 2010 | Hindustan Times
Gas leak causes explosion, five of family injured, India
Five members of a family suffered burns — three of them are critical — after a gas leak led to an explosion in their chawl room at Thane’s Indira Nagar on Friday... 8453. February 4, 2010 | CBC News
Gas leak evacuates building, Canada
A natural gas leak temporarily left Winnipeggers unable to pose questions to the city about their water bills on Thursday... 8454. February 3, 2010 | The Star Online
Oil palm companies fined for water pollution, Malaysia
BATU PAHAT: Two oil palm companies were fined a total of RM25,000 by a Sessions Court here for pollution by discharging waste matter into the river above the allowed limit... 8455. February 3, 2010 | The Hindu
Two die after gas leak in fertilizer plant, India
KAKINADA: Two persons died due to exposure to liquid ammonia that leaked from the fertilizer plant of Coromandel International Limited (CIL) here late on Monday night... 8456. February 3, 2010 | Khaleej Times
Bahrain Launches Investigation into Gas Leak in Maameer, Bahrain
MANAMA — Bahrain launched an investigation committee to probe the source of gas leakage that affected many parts of the country, on Monday... 8457. February 2, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Victim’s family wants to settle case out of court, Indonesia
Family members of Andi Susanto, a Bekasi resident who recently suffered a severe injury caused by an exploding cigarette, are currently seeking an out-of-court settlement against the cigarette producer PT Nojorono Tobacco Indonesia (NTI)... 8458. February 2, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Parties to three int’l treaties on hazardous waste to join forces, Indonesia
Over 1,000 signatories to three international treaties on hazardous chemical substances will hold meetings in Bali to discuss coordinated efforts to mitigate toxic pollutants... 8459. January 29, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
Death toll at 11 in Belgian building collapse, Indonesia
Searchers pulled two more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in this Belgian city, raising to 11 the death toll from what is believed to have been a gas explosion... 8460. January 26, 2010 | The Nation
Asian Development Bank funds Philippine river pollution study, Philippine
Manila - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday it was helping to fund a study that would boost efforts to revive one of the Philippines' most polluted rivers... 8461. January 25, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
China firms found selling melamine-tainted food, China
BEIJING - Three Chinese companies have been found selling food products tainted with melamine, the chemical blamed for the deaths of six babies in a huge dairy scandal in 2008, state media said Monday... 8462. January 24, 2010 | Philippine Daily Inquirer
Hazardous waste piling up in Manila, Philippine
MANILA, Philippines – Hazardous electronic waste is piling up at the Pier 18 dump in Manila, according to an environmental group... 8463. January 23, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
4 injured in explosion at Bekasi home, Indonesia
An explosion that police believe was caused by a gas leak injured four people in a residential house in Kampung Pondok Benda, Bekasi, on Saturday morning... 8464. January 22, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Cooking oil feared to pollute Java Sea, Indonesia
JEPARA, Central Java: Around 300 tons of cooking oil that spilled into the sea from the stranded barge ship Prince Capricorn I in Bondo waters, Bangsri district, Jepara, last week, is feared to be a threat to the sea biota on the Java Sea... 8465. January 22, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
WWF fears for Siberian tiger after Russian oil leak, Russia
MOSCOW — A leak from Russia's new Siberian oil pipeline shows the potentially damaging consequences the project could have for the endangered Siberian tiger, an environmental campaign group warned on Friday... 8466. January 18, 2010 | IRIN
BANGLADESH: Pesticide poisoning takes its toll, IRIN
DHAKA - An annual government survey of Bangladesh’s health situation has found that pesticide-related poisoning is a leading cause of death, underscoring a major health concern... 8467. January 17, 2010 | BBC
Two ill after chemical leak at central London hotel, UK
A central London hotel was evacuated overnight after ammonia leaked from a refrigerator in one of its rooms... 8468. January 16, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
All rivers in Central Java polluted, says green agency, Indonesia
All the rivers in the Central Java region have dangerously high levels of pollutants, including manure, human feces and industrial waste, the provincial environmental agency warned Friday... 8469. January 15, 2010 | Reuters
J&J recalls more products after unusual odor, USA
The latest voluntary recall, which drew a sharp rebuke from U.S. regulators on Friday, followed consumer reports of "an unusual moldy, musty, or mildew-like odor that, in a small number of cases, was associated with temporary and non-serious gastrointestinal events," the company said... 8470. January 12, 2010 | The Jakarta Post
Hazardous chemicals found in children’s snacks, Indonesia
Some children's snacks commonly sold at their school premises and surrounding vicinities contain hazardous chemical substances such as borax, textile color dyes and formaldehyde, the Drug and Food Supervision Agency (BPOM) says... 8471. January 11, 2010 | The Daily Star
Toxic medicine kills patient, 'doctor', Bangladesh
A patient died after taking an ayurvedic medicine prepared by a local practitioner in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj district on Friday night while the latter borrowed the same fate the next morning... 8472. January 11, 2010 | CPSC Stands For Safety
CPSC Chairman’s Statement on Cadmium in Children’s Products, USA
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is moving swiftly to deal with the replacement of lead with cadmium in certain children’s products imported from China... 8473. January 8, 2010 | BBC
Residents return after gas leak, UK
More than 100 people who were evacuated from a nine-storey block of flats in Leeds following a gas leak two days ago have been allowed to return home... 8474. January 7, 2010 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
21 dead in China gas leak, execs admit cover-up, China
BEIJING — The death toll from a gas leak at a steel plant in north China has risen to 21, after executives admitted they had covered up the true scale of the accident, state media said Friday... 8475. January 5, 2010 | China Daily
Spill spread may affect drinking water supply, China
The diesel fuel leak into a tributary of the Yellow River has spread downstream into Shanxi and Henan provinces, contaminating and potentially affecting the drinking water supply of many local residents...
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