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The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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6026. June 6, 2011 | The Times of India (TOI)
Kheda equals Europe in toxic gas emissions, India
AHMEDABAD: Here is a shocker. The per capita greenhouse gases (GHG) contribution of a small district like Kheda is equivalent to per capita GHG emission of entire Europe... 6027. June 6, 2011 | Mehr News Agency
Dust Pollution in West, Northwest Iran at Alarming Level, Iran
Heavy dust storms in western and northwestern provinces of Iran caused the air pollutants to exceed safe levels... 6028. June 6, 2011 | Xinhua
Chemical spill affects supplies of drinking water in E China, China
HANGZHOU - A recent chemical spill on the Xin'an River, a major source of drinking water for East China's Zhejiang province, has led five water utility companies to stop drawing water from the river, a spokesman with local environmental protection bureau said Monday... 6029. June 6, 2011 | Facilities Mamangement News
Chemical company uses energy from recycled plastic, USA
The pilot test measured how plastic that has been reused and recycled to the full extent possible can be used as fuel for an ultimate end-of-life option instead of going to a landfill for disposal... 6030. June 6, 2011 | Sunderland Echo
Guests and staff safe after chemical spill at Marriott Hotel, UK
FIREFIGHTERS have dealt with a chemical spill at a Sunderland hotel... 6031. June 6, 2011 | Bangkok Post
Rivals say no to nuclear, Thailand
Amid the differences, arch-rivals the Democrat and Pheu Thai parties share one policy _ to indefinitely suspend plans for nuclear power in Thailand... 6032. June 5, 2011 | asahi.com
Fukushima radioactive water could overflow soon, Japan
Raising fresh concerns about its ability to bring the nuclear crisis under control, Tokyo Electric Power Co. announced June 3 that highly radioactive water pooled in underground pits could start rising above ground in less than three weeks... 6033. June 5, 2011 | The Denver Post
E. coli outbreak blamed on German veggie sprouts Read more: E. coli outbreak blamed on German veggie sprouts, Germany
HAMBURG, Germany—The terrifying E. coli outbreak in Europe appears to have been caused by vegetable sprouts grown on an organic farm in Germany,... 6034. June 5, 2011 | Scotsman.com News
Drought hit China to reroute Yangtze, China
NORTH China is dying. A chronic drought is ravaging farmland and the Gobi Desert is inching south... 6035. June 5, 2011 | Bangkok Post
Most sugar from sunken barge cleared, Thailand
The clean-up operation following the sinking of a sugar barge in Ayutthaya province has now removed almost all of the sugar cargo and freed up the accident site in the Chao Phraya River for a limited amount of river traffic... 6036. June 5, 2011 | United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP Report Spotlights Enormous Economic and Human Benefits from Boosting Funding for Forests, India/Kenya
Delhi/Nairobi/World, 5 June 2011 - Investing an additional US$40 billion a year in the forestry sector could halve deforestation rates by 2030,... 6037. June 4, 2011 | South Bend Tribune
Toxic sodium levels found, USA
SOUTH BEND -- The Regional Sewer and Water District is taking a wait-and-see approach to news that the untreated leachate at its water plant in Wyatt contains toxic levels of sodium... 6038. June 4, 2011 | Your Local Guardian
Toxic E.coli cases rising in UK, UK
There are 11 people in the UK with food poisoning apparently linked to a toxic E.coli outbreak, the Health Protection Agency said... 6039. June 4, 2011 | CSMonitor.com
US: Canadian oil pipeline hazardous to the environment, USA
A controversial oil-sands pipeline operated by a Canadian oil company was ordered shut down Friday on charges that its continued operation would be hazardous to lives and the environment... 6040. June 4, 2011 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Australian scientists threatened amid carbon tax row, Australia
Climate researchers at one of Australia's top universities have been rushed to a secure location after receiving death threats, according to an official, as debate rages about plans for a carbon pollution tax... 6041. June 4, 2011 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
China bans hundreds of tainted Taiwan food imports, China
China has banned the sale hundreds of imported products from Taiwan after authorities in Taipei warned they were tainted with a chemical used in plastics, state media said Saturday... 6042. June 4, 2011 | Bangkok Post
Marine Dept operation to salvage barge goes nowhere, Thailand
AYUTTHAYA : The operation to clean up sugar-contaminated water and salvage a sunken sugar barge in the Chao Phraya River has made little progress, raising fears of devastating effects on river communities, fish farms and ship operators... 6043. June 3, 2011 | Jamaica Observer
Children should avoid energy drinks due to 'toxic' levels of caffeine, warn doctors, USA
ENERGY drinks have up to 14 times more caffeine than other soft drinks, study finds... 6044. June 3, 2011 | Xinhua
China mulls new law over heavy metal pollution, China
BEIJING -- A Chinese environmental official said on Friday that several government departments are working on creating legislation to manage pollution caused by heavy metals... 6045. June 3, 2011 | Chemistry World blog
Air pollution under the microscope, EU
Have you ever wanted to know which European city is awash with sulfur dioxide? Or which agricultural regions are polluting the atmosphere with high levels of ammonia?... 6046. June 3, 2011 | Which? News
BPA chemical is banned from baby bottles, USA
Bisphenol A (BPA) - a potentially harmful chemical added to polycarbonate plastic - has been banned from use in baby bottles throughout the EU from 1 June 2011... 6047. June 3, 2011 | Agence France-Presse (AFP)
China food factory owner held amid chemical scare, China
Police in southern China have detained a factory owner suspected of mixing an industrial chemical used to soften plastics into food additives, state media reported on Friday... 6048. June 2, 2011 | The Nation
Factory producing toxic sweets raided, Thailand
About 7,000 counterfeit lollipops and other items were seized on Tuesday in a raid on a factory in Bangkok's Thung Khru district after consumers filed several complaints about poisoning... 6049. June 2, 2011 | The Times of INdia (TOI)
Rules to check e-waste pollution, India
PANAJI: A new regimen envisaging reduction of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment and for storage, collection and disposal of e-waste will come into force in 2012... 6050. June 2, 2011 | IANS
Chemical used in plastics found in Taiwan-made food, China
A chemical used to make plastic soft and flexible, that can also affect hormone balance in the human body, has been detected in a number of food products made in Taiwan, China's food quality watchdog has said...
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