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The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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5976. June 17, 2011 | Herald Scotland (HS)
Carbon dioxide pipeline could be vital tool in pollution battle, UK
A PIONEERING plan to pipe millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide cross country to an undersea store could help push Scotland to the fore in the race to find new ways to cut pollution... 5977. June 17, 2011 | NaturalNews
Health experts announce 5 ways to protect children from toxic chemicals, USA
(NaturalNews) Imagine parents who would put their children in danger, placing them in situations that could cause serious health problems... 5978. June 17, 2011 | Lansing State Journal
Testing reveals toxins in soil at city's former Red Cedar golf course, USA
The closed Red Cedar Golf Course in Lansing is contaminated with metals, including arsenic, cadmium, mercury and selenium, a recent environmental study shows... 5979. June 17, 2011 | Thanh Nien Daily
Toxic gas attacks hundreds in southern Vietnam, Vietnam
Many people were hospitalized as hundreds of people ran away from an unidentified gas that attacked a residential area in the southern province of Binh Duong on Thursday... 5980. June 17, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
75 percent of nuke sites have leaked tritium, USA
BRACEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows... 5981. June 16, 2011 | The Age
Lead pollution poisons thousands in China, China
THOUSANDS of workers and children around China have been found to be suffering from toxic levels of lead exposure, mostly as a result of pollution from battery factories and metal smelters... 5982. June 16, 2011 | The Oregonian
Oregon adopts strictest standard for toxic water pollution in the nation, USA
Oregon's Environmental Quality Commission Thursday adopted the strictest standard for toxic water pollution in the United States... 5983. June 16, 2011 | Xinhua
Driver arrested after toxic chemical leaked into river, China
Authorities in east China's Zhejiang Province said Wednesday they had arrested the driver of a truck which hit another causing the latter to leak a toxic chemical into a river... 5984. June 16, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Tiny amounts of toxic chemical found near US base, South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says tiny amounts of a toxic element found in Agent Orange have been discovered in three streams near a U.S. military base. But Seoul says the amount of dioxin is too small to cause health problems... 5985. June 16, 2011 | The Courier-Journal
No chemicals or toxins found after report of Ohio River spill, USA
ests performed on tissue samples from fish and water Thursday revealed no toxins in the Ohio River after a report of a possible chemical leak near Rubbertown late Wednesday night... 5986. June 16, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Ammonia leak halted at Portland dairy after evacuation, USA
PORTLAND — A leaky valve that released ammonia at a Portland dairy briefly forced the evacuation of workers and neighborhood residents were warned to remain indoors... 5987. June 16, 2011 | The Economist
Food scandals in Taiwan Plastic unfantastic, Taiwan
Tainted products also poison the president’s chances of re-election... 5988. June 15, 2011 | BBC
Brofiscin Quarry pollution at Groesfaen to be cleaned, UK
A deal has been reached for a £1.5m clean-up of a polluted quarry... 5989. June 15, 2011 | The Times of India (TOI)
Toxic ships are being dumped in India: NGO, India
MUMBAI: Discarded cargo vessel MV Wisdom that has run aground at Juhu beach has alarmed environmental groups which have demanded strict norms to prevent such ships from being dumped in Indian waters... 5990. June 15, 2011 | Xinhua
8 killed as chemical-loaded truck explodes, China
NANNING - Eight people were killed and six other injured after a truck carrying flammable chemicals exploded in a parking lot Tuesday afternoon in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, local authorities said... 5991. June 14, 2011 | The Star Online
Waterfall ill from pollution, Malaysia
THE water downstream from the Chin Farm waterfall in Batu Ferringhi is being contaminated. This is caused by the illegal dumping of waste material as well as open burning and quarry mining in the area near the waterfall... 5992. June 14, 2011 | New Europe
EU Denmark ban baby bottles potentially harmful chemical, EU
A European Union ban on the manufacture, import and sale of plastic baby bottles containing a potentially harmful industrial chemical came into effect recently, Xinhua reported on 3 June... 5993. June 14, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
W.Va. coke plant cleaning up wastewater spill, USA
FOLLANSBEE, W.Va. (AP) — Environmental inspectors are investigating a wastewater spill at the Mountain State Carbon coke plant in Follansbee as crews excavate and remove contaminated soil... 5994. June 13, 2011 | The Brunei Times
On dangers of emission, fertilisers and tobacco, USA
EMISSIONS of radioactive materials from the burning of fossil fuels and the production of chemical fertilisers are another reason to come up with sustainable alternatives, experts say... 5995. June 13, 2011 | The Economic Times
Hundreds poisoned by toxic lead in China, China
BEIJING: Lead pollution from workshops in eastern China seriously poisoned 103 children and has affected hundreds of other residents in the country's latest case of unfettered industrial toxins , the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday... 5996. June 13, 2011 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Car pollution can damage brain: Study, USA
Being exposed to highway pollution can cause brain damage in mice akin to memory loss and Alzheimer's disease, U.S. researchers said Thursday... 5997. June 13, 2011 | Arab Times
‘MEW knew about pollution of water sources since last year’, Kuwait
Water (MEW) knew since last year that Kuwait’s water sources were polluted with cancer-causing bromide, reports Al-Shahed daily... 5998. June 13, 2011 | YLE
Chemical spill in central Joensuu, Finland
A spill involving the chemical boron trichloride was reported to have taken place Sunday evening on the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland... 5999. June 12, 2011 | The Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com)
Tepco Delays Plan to Treat Toxic Water, Japan
TOKYO—The start of a crucial operation to treat highly radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been delayed again because of a series of equipment problems, the plant's operator said Sunday... 6000. June 12, 2011 | The Associated Press (AP)
Firefighters warn of toxic smoke, USA
Springerville - New Mexico officials are warning residents of potentially hazardous air quality over the weekend from throat-burning smoke spewing from a gigantic wildfire in eastern Arizona that has been blazing for several weeks...
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