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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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2276. June 2, 2016 | The Guardian
Water departments to change lead-testing methods after investigation.
Water departments that use controversial lead-testing practices have told the Guardian they will change their methods after an investigation revealed they were not following environmental guidelines. 2277. June 2, 2016 | The Guardian
Chicago residents take action to be rid of lead pipes as fear of toxic water grows.
Residents who can are paying to have their home’s pipework replaced amid concern over water quality but for most the cost is way beyond their means. 2278. June 2, 2016 | Narrowsburg River Reporter, New York
Pesticides in your toothpaste.
Triclosan has been the subject of a lot of testing, just about all of which shows that humans and the environment would be better off without it. 2279. June 1, 2016 | Washington Post
Scientists just discovered dozens of new sources of air pollution.
Scientists may have significantly underestimated a dangerous source of pollution in the atmosphere, new research suggests. 2280. June 1, 2016 | Reuters
China releases new action plan to tackle soil pollution.
China aims to curb worsening soil pollution by 2020 and stabilize and improve soil quality by 2030, the cabinet said in an action plan published on Tuesday. 2281. May 31, 2016 | Think Progress
A toxic gold rush is poisoning the Peruvian Amazon with mercury.
Some four decades after mining moved into Madre de Dios, rivers are polluted, fish are toxic, people have elevated levels of mercury running through their blood, and deforestation is rampant, according to authorities and studies. 2282. May 31, 2016 | Reuters
Extreme weather increasing level of toxins in food, scientists warn.
As they struggle to deal with more extreme weather, a range of food crops are generating more of chemical compounds that can cause health problems for people and livestock who eat them, scientists have warned. 2283. May 30, 2016 | Korea Times, South Korea
Consumers avoid mackerel for 'causing fine dust.'
A Ministry of Environment report stated that frying mackerel was the worst indoor cause of housing air pollution, generating a harmful level of fine dust particulates when cooked without proper ventilation. 2284. May 27, 2016 | Chemical & Engineering News
US House passes pesticide deregulation bill.
The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved a measure that would reduce Clean Water Act permitting requirements for applying pesticides. 2285. May 26, 2016 | The Telegraph, United Kingdom
Air pollution could increase risk of stillbirth, research suggests.
Exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of stillbirth, new research suggests. 2286. May 25, 2016 | New York Times
Indonesian children face hazards on tobacco farms, report says.
Thousands of children working in Indonesia’s tobacco industry, one of the world’s largest, are being subjected to nicotine poisoning and exposed to pesticides, according to a report released Wednesday. 2287. May 25, 2016 | Chemical & Engineering News
Gauging the health risk of lead in lipstick.
Mouse study suggests that average use of lip products may not pose major health risks from lead exposure, but heavy users could exceed limits. 2288. May 25, 2016 | New Scientist
Treating cows with antibiotics doubles dung methane emissions.
Antibiotic-treated cows are bad news for climate and possibly ecosystems, because the drugs play havoc with microbes living inside dung beetles. 2289. May 25, 2016 | Reuters
Childhood goes up in smoke for Indonesian tobacco farm workers.
Several big companies lack procedures to screen out tobacco that involves the effort of children working in hazardous conditions, the group said in a report on Wednesday. 2290. May 24, 2016 | The Guardian
Biodegradable plastic 'false solution' for ocean waste problem.
Biodegradable plastic water bottles and shopping bags are a false solution to the ubiquitous problem of litter in the oceans, the UN’s top environmental scientist has warned. 2291. May 22, 2016 | Ecologist
The problem is not glyphosate, or DDT, or BPA - we must challenge the entire system!
The real problem is not one of specific 'bad actors', but the entire system that allows new, likely to be toxic compounds to pollute the environment in near-total ignorance of their impacts. It's time to take our campaigning to a whole new level. 2292. May 22, 2016 | Fairfield Citizen, Connecticut
PCB discovery hits Exide pollution cleanup with new delay.
Polychlorinated biphenyls have been found in some samples of sediment dredged from the Mill River as part of the latest cleanup of the former Exide Battery property on the Post Road. 2293. May 20, 2016 | Associated Press
EPA issues tighter limits for industrial chemical in water.
Federal regulators are tightening the limit for human exposure to an industrial chemical used for decades to make such widely used consumer products as non-stick pans, stain-resistant carpets and microwave popcorn bags. 2294. May 17, 2016 | Now Toronto, Ontario
Some plasticizers with those fries?
Study participants who reported eating fast food in the previous 24 hours had significantly higher levels of DEHP and DINP in particular, two hormone-disrupting plastic softeners now restricted from children’s toys in North America because of their potential health risks. 2295. May 14, 2016 | Vice
No one knows exactly how much herbicide is in your breakfast.
Quaker Oats sells oatmeal labeled "100% natural," even though it contains trace amounts of the not-so-natural herbicide glyphosate, also known as Roundup. How freaked out should we be? 2296. May 14, 2016 | Portsmouth Herald, New Hampshire
Study: PFCs reduce ability to breastfeed.
One of the dangerous chemicals found in a city-owned well has been linked to shorter breastfeeding times for mothers who had been exposed to higher levels of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. 2297. May 12, 2016 | Reuters
EPA to set first rule to cut methane from oil, gas sector.
The Environmental Protection Agency will unveil on Thursday a rule to target methane emissions from new or modified oil and gas facilities, the first regulations to tackle the greenhouse gas from the sector, two sources briefed on the matter said. 2298. May 12, 2016 | Los Angeles KPCC Radio, California
BPA warning signs go up in California stores. How dangerous is it?
Starting Wednesday, grocery stores across California must post signs in their check-out areas notifying customers that bisphenol A is in some food and drink containers. 2299. May 12, 2016 | Washington Post
WHO: Global air pollution is worsening, and poor countries are being hit the hardest.
Air pollution is growing worse in urban areas across much of the globe, hitting the poorest city dwellers hardest and contributing to a wide range of potentially life-shortening health problems. 2300. May 11, 2016 | Washington Post
A common pesticide may be a menace to pollinators. Know how to protect them.
Many homeowners want to throw a lifeline to beleaguered bees and butterflies by planting pollinator gardens, but the unwitting use of insecticides may lure these beloved insects to their doom.
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