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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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4476. August 1, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Fish oil lowers air pollution risk, EHN
Fish oil supplements might protect against adverse effects on the heart that are associated with particulate air pollution, a laboratory study with people has found. After breathing the pollutants, heart rate variability and lipid levels... 4477. August 1, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
CITES Acts to Curb Smuggling of Elephant Ivory and Rhino Horn, Switzerland
Geneva, The 62nd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), adopted crucial measures to halt the escalation of ivory and rhino horn smuggling... 4478. August 1, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Welcomes Nigerian Governments Green Light for Ogoniland Oil Clean-Up, Kenya
Nairobi, The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has welcomed the Government of Nigeria's decision to proceed with a major oil contamination clean-up of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta... 4479. July 31, 2012 | BBC
Evacuation of Camford Way in Luton after chemical spill, UK
Part of an industrial estate in Luton was evacuated as fire crews tackled a chemical spillage... 4480. July 31, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Women at risk: Health problems linked to environmental estrogens, EHN
Shortly after moving to Canada’s Okanagan Valley, Patricia Lee started experiencing severe irregularities in her menstrual cycle. She had one painful period that lasted two and a half months... 4481. July 31, 2012 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN Secretary-General Appoints High-Level Panel on Post-2015 Development Agenda, USA
New York, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the members of a High-level Panel to advise on the global development agenda beyond 2015, the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)... 4482. July 31, 2012 | Stuff.co.nz
Pollution harming Aucklanders' health - report, New Zealand
Air pollution is responsible for the premature deaths of 200 people in Auckland every year, a new report claims. Auckland's air quality is so bad that in the past two months it breached the Government's National Environmental Standards and on five other occasions exceeded Auckland's Regional Air Quality targets... 4483. July 30, 2012 | Bangkok Post
Hundreds flee chemical blaze fumes, Thailand
KHON KAEN : About 500 factory workers and residents were evacuated after a fire broke out at a paper manufacturing plant in Nam Phong district yesterday... 4484. July 30, 2012 | DNA
200 sacks of chemical powder recovered in Mumbai, India
The Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) on Sunday recovered 200 sacks of chemical powder from Borivali... 4485. July 30, 2012 | Burnley Express
Toxic waste dumped at Hapton ford, UK
RESIDENTS have hit out at fly-tippers who dumped toxic waste close to a Hapton ford. The mess, containing oil, fibreglass and oxidising agent, was discovered at the site, off Mill Hill Lane, on Thursday... 4486. July 30, 2012 | SFGate
State must adopt proposed rules on toxic chemicals, USA
For many California moms, motherhood has become a crash course in chemistry. My own quest to purchase toxics-free diapers for my infant son shows just how much effort is involved. Through research... 4487. July 30, 2012 | Columbus Dispatch
U.S. asbestos rules foil land banks, USA
Federal interpretations of regulations on asbestos removal are hampering efforts by cities to tear down scores of vacant and abandoned homes in Ohio, land-bank officials say.... 4488. July 30, 2012 | The Greater Dandenong Weekly
Pollution breach review urged, Australia
A DANDENONG South insulation manufacturer is seeking to water down its pollution licence after being issued with a notice by the state's environment watchdog last year... 4489. July 30, 2012 | Times of Malta
Human rights court is to hear asbestos case, Malta
About 20 former dockyard workers suffering from the effects of asbestos inhalation have taken their battle for compensation to the European Court of Human Rights, which has given the government four months to reply... 4490. July 30, 2012 | Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN)
Storms Linked To Ozone Damage, C&EN
Great plumes of water vapor injected into the stratosphere by powerful summer storms could be affecting atmospheric chemistry, triggering previously unrecognized damage to Earth’s protective ozone layer, scientists report... 4491. July 30, 2012 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Ocean's carbon-sucking funnels revealed, Australia
SCIENTISTS say they have unravelled the mechanism by which Earth-warming carbon is sucked deep into the Southern Ocean to be safely locked away - a process that may itself be threatened by climate change... 4492. July 30, 2012 | Climate Central
Scientists Defending Against The Methane Bomb, Climate Central
Most of the worry over greenhouse gases centers on carbon dioxide, and rightly so: thanks mostly to the burning of fossil fuels, levels of this heat-trapping pollutant have soared to nearly 400 parts per million in the atmosphere... 4493. July 30, 2012 | Environmental Health News
Plastics chemicals linked to diabetes in women; blacks and Hispanics most exposed, EHN
A group of chemicals found in household plastics and medical supplies is linked to higher rates of diabetes in women – up to double the rate for women with the highest levels, according to new research led by Harvard scientists... 4494. July 29, 2012 | The Gulf Today
Fire guts chemical container in Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates
KHORFAKKAN: The Civil Defence in Khorfakkan with the co-operation of Al Fujairah Civil Defence succeeded in controlling a huge fire that broke out in a container for chemical material in the port of Khorfakkan... 4495. July 29, 2012 | Marin Independent Journal
New rules on pesticide use aim to protect creeks around Marin, USA
In an effort to better protect Marin and other creek ecosystems around California, a state agency has restricted the use of certain pesticides when the weather is wet.... 4496. July 29, 2012 | Reuters
"Greyjing"? Air pollution fouls Beijing's name, China
With its parks, centuries-old palaces, history and culture, Beijing should be one of the more pleasant capitals of the world. Instead, it's considered among the worst to live in because of chronic air pollution... 4497. July 29, 2012 | The New York Times
Nuclear Energy Critic Loses Japan Election, Japan
TOKYO — A candidate who pushed an antinuclear agenda lost a closely watched race for governor in western Japan on Sunday, underscoring the challenges opponents of nuclear energy face in translating recent mass protests into votes... 4498. July 29, 2012 | The Vancouver Sun
Enbridge oil spill in Wisconsin raises new concerns about proposed pipeline, Canada
Critics of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline are pointing to a new Enbridge oil spill of roughly 1,200 barrels in Wisconsin as another sign that a new conduit for Albertan bitumen is too risky for British Columbia... 4499. July 28, 2012 | Al Jazeera English
China cancels project after protests, China
Hundreds of demonstrators protesting against alleged pollution from a paper factory in eastern China's Jiangsu province have clashed with police, forcing authorities to drop plans for a water-discharge project... 4500. July 28, 2012 | This is South Wales
£16k fine for 'hazardous' chemical leak from batteries, UK
TENS of thousands of batteries which could have been hazardous to children have been removed from sale at branches of discount retailer Poundstretcher thanks to a Swansea trading standards officer...
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