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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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3751. January 13, 2013 | The Asahi Shimbun
Survey checks radioactive contamination in the Pacific, Japan
TOKYO--The Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami reminded us of the terrible damage the sea is capable of inflicting. But what about the damage caused to the sea by the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant... 3752. January 13, 2013 | Pitttsburgh Post-Gazette
Too hot to handle: The danger of climate change is cause to sweat, USA
Mother Nature is trying to tell us something and every passing year her message becomes more urgent. That is the takeaway from the news that 2012 was the hottest year in the history of the contiguous United States... 3753. January 13, 2013 | The Fresno Bee
Kettleman City reaps toxic harvest of Calif. castoffs, USA
KETTLEMAN CITY -- Maria Saucedo cried as she spoke of the two babies she has lost in Kettleman City -- one to birth defects and the other in a miscarriage... 3754. January 13, 2013 | Pitttsburgh Post-Gazette
Environmental groups criticize proposed pollution limits on engines used in gas drilling, USA
Pennsylvania is considering new air pollution limits for diesel- and natural gas-powered engines used in Marcellus Shale development that are stricter than those that exist now but, according to eight environmental groups, not nearly as tough as they could and should be... 3755. January 13, 2013 | NYTime.com
Breathing in Beijing: Coping With China’s Smog, China
BEIJING — With Beijing’s air pollution soaring to seemingly new, awful records this weekend, the classic parenting dilemma of “What shall we do with the kids?” had a grimly obvious answer: Slap on the antipollution face masks and go shopping for another air purifier... 3756. January 13, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Remarks by Achim Steiner, Executive Director, UNEP, at the Fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury, UNEP
The task is to finalize a mercury instrument and provide an international response to a notorious heavy metal whose impacts on human health North and South, East and West are well known and well documented... 3757. January 12, 2013 | New Hampshire
High pollution levels prompt health warnings for Keene area, UK
CONCORD — For the second time in five days, the state Department of Environmental Services is warning residents of southwestern New Hampshire that air pollution concentrations may reach unhealthy levels... 3758. January 12, 2013 | SFGate
Turning over new leaf in climate change, USA
In a tidy white lab on the southern edge of Berkeley, scientists are trying to duplicate one of nature's greatest tricks, pulling energy out of thin air... 3759. January 11, 2013 | Newa24
Pollution deadly in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Hong Kong's name may mean "fragrant harbour", but cargo ships burning dirty fuel in what is one of the world's busiest ports add to a foul layer of pollution that kills more than 3 000 people a year... 3760. January 11, 2013 | ThisDay Live
FG Orders Return of Toxic Waste to UK, UK
The Federal Government has ordered that the toxic waste laden containers on board MV Marivia Monrovia be shipped back to the port of origin in the U.K... 3761. January 11, 2013 | The Peninsula
High gold price worsens health damage from toxic mercury: UN, Norway
OSLO: High gold prices are driving up the use of toxic mercury in small-scale mining in developing nations, spreading a poison that can cause brain damage in children thousands of miles away, a UN study showed yesterday... 3762. January 11, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Mercury Convention To Be Finalised in Geneva, Switzerland
The mercury poisoning of the inhabitants of Minamata (Japan) from the 1930s is a tragic example of the effects of mercury on human health... 3763. January 10, 2013 | Peterborough Telegraph
Helpers trained for chemical spills, UK
Volunteers in East Anglia have been trained to help in the aftermath of nuclear, biological or chemical leaks... 3764. January 9, 2013 | The Journal Sentinel
Chemical spill reported at Children's Hospital, USA
The Wauwatosa Fire Department responded to a spill of acetic acid inside a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin laboratory at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said... 3765. January 9, 2013 | ABC News
Canning Vale chemical spill sparks fire, Australia
Authorities closed several roads in the Perth suburb of Canning Vale after a potentially-toxic chemical fire started... 3766. January 9, 2013 | WAtoday.com.au
Smoke billows from Canning Vale chemical fire, Australia
Roads in Canning Vale have been reopened and nearby residents reassured that smoke billowing from a chemical fire does not pose a threat... 3767. January 9, 2013 | The Associated Press (AP)
Calif desert aquifers contain high chemical levels, USA
MOJAVE, Calif.—More aquifers in the Southern California desert contained high levels of arsenic, boron, fluoride and other naturally occurring elements compared with the rest of the state, a study released Wednesday found... 3768. January 9, 2013 | Pasadena Star
Chemical spill leads to evacuation at battery research company, USA
PASADENA - A minor but foul-smelling chemical spill at the headquarters of Liox Power Inc., a company developing rechargeable lithium air batteries, led to the evacuation of about 40 people on Wednesday afternoon... 3769. January 9, 2013 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Studies Show Rising Mercury Emissions in Developing Countries, Kenya/Switzerland
Most Comprehensive Assessment Ever of Global Emissions Released Ahead of Final Negotiations on New Mercury Treaty - Binding Treaty Can Deliver Major Health and Environmental Benefits in Developing and Developed Countries... 3770. January 8, 2013 | China Daily
Apology for late pollution report, China
Authorities in Changzhi have apologized for a five-day delay in reporting a chemical spill that threatened supplies of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people... 3771. January 8, 2013 | Business Recorder
Air pollution becomes top ten global killer, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Deaths linked to air pollution have increased by 300 percent since 2000 to 2012 according to a new study... 3772. January 8, 2013 | Medical News Tody
Mercury Pollution And Prenatal Exposure, EU
Cleaning up mercury pollution and reducing prenatal exposure to the neurotoxin methylmercury (MeHg) could save the European Union 10,000 million euros per year, finds a new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health... 3773. January 8, 2013 | UPI
Chemical spill poisons drinking water, China
BEIJING, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- A toxic chemical spill in China's Shanxi province that poisoned drinking water for hundreds of thousands took days to be made public, state media said... 3774. January 8, 2013 | WaterWorld
China toxic chemical spill poisons drinking water supply for millions of residents, China
BEIJING, CHINA, On Dec. 31, a ruptured valve at a China fertilizer factory caused nearly 40 tons of aniline, a toxic, carcinogenic chemical, to be released into the Zhuozhang River, poisoning the drinking water supply for thousands of residents in Changzhi town in Shanxi, a northern region of China... 3775. January 8, 2013 | Bloonberg
Severn Trent Fined for Ammonia Pollution at U.K. Sewage Plant, UK
Severn Trent Plc, the U.K.’s second- largest water company, said it pleaded guilty to allowing too much ammonia from its Bishop’s Castle sewage treatment facility to enter a nearby stream...
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