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6826. December 21, 2010 | Xinhua
Cancer-causing chemical found in most tap water in U.S.: Report, USA
Hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing chemical, is found in the tap water of 31 cities out of a total of 35 tested by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), it was reported on Monday... 6827. December 21, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
Chemical Found In Local Water, But Are Levels Unsafe?, USA
CINCINNATI -- A national environmental group found that the water in Cincinnati contains trace amounts of a cancer-causing chemical called hexavalent chromium, or chromium 6... 6828. December 21, 2010 | Indo-Asian News Service (IANS)
Air pollution may have triggered 29,000 yearly deaths, UK
Air pollution may have triggered the premature yearly deaths of at least 29,000 people in Britain alone... 6829. December 21, 2010 | People's Daily Online
China likely to meet pollution control targets for 2006-2010: minister, China
China is expected to meet its 11th five-year period (2006-2010) pollution control targets, Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian said Tuesday... 6830. December 21, 2010 | Hawaii News
City water sample found to contain toxic chemical, USA
A single sample has the second-highest level of hexavalent chromium among 31 cities tested... 6831. December 21, 2010 | Press-Telegram
EPA asked to limit chemical in water, USA
LOS ANGELES - U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein have called on the Environmental Protection Agency to protect the public from hexavalent chromium following a report that found the carcinogen in the tap water of 31 cities across the country... 6832. December 21, 2010 | Business News Daily
Toxic toy recalls: an opening for US 'green' toys, USA
Because of recalls of toxic toys in recent years, small US firms are pushing nontoxic, organic toys for Christmas... 6833. December 21, 2010 | The National
Kuwait to clean up toxic oil lakes, Kuwait
Two decades after Iraqi troops invaded Kuwait and set fire to its oilfields, the emirate is finally coming to grips with the task of cleaning up the toxic oil lakes left behind... 6834. December 21, 2010 | Nature News
Toxic chemical carcinogen found in water supplies nationwide, USA
A recently-released report by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has found that the water supplies of many major cities are contaminated with hexavalent chromium,... 6835. December 21, 2010 | The Associated Press (AP)
GAS LEAK: A carbon dioxide leak at a Harlan bacon processing plant sent 10 employees to the hospital Tuesday, USA
Authorities say 10 workers were taken to a hospital after a carbon dioxide leak at a bacon processing plant in Harlan in western Iowa... 6836. December 21, 2010 | nky.com
Fire reported at Sun Chemical plant, USA
SPRING GROVE VILLAGE – A piece of machinery that caught fire around 6:10 p.m. at the Sun Chemical Performance Pigment plant on Spring Grove Avenue has reportedly been extinguished, according to Cincinnati emergency radio transmissions... 6837. December 21, 2010 | Deutsche Welle
Campaigners target sandblasted jeans on health grounds, USA
Campaigners are eager to put an end to the practice of sandblasting jeans because of a link with the disease silicosis. In Turkey, where the practice is now banned, thousands of ex-workers are thought to be suffering... 6838. December 21, 2010 | Bloomberg
African Gold Rush Kills Children as Miners Discover Lead Dust, Africa
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Gold fever brought death to Umoru Musa’s nine-family compound in Sunke, a mud-brick village in northern Nigeria... 6839. December 21, 2010 | The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)
EPA to Inspect City Classrooms for PCBs, USA
In an escalating dispute with New York City education officials, federal authorities say they will soon begin inspecting classrooms for PCB contamination because the city is downplaying the potential danger to children... 6840. December 21, 2010 | The Washington Post
Environmentalists plan to redirect strategies, USA
As 2010 comes to a close, U.S. environmentalists are engaged in their most profound bout of soul-searching in more than a decade... 6841. December 21, 2010 | The Dallas Morning News
EPA's rule enforcement on pollution has dropped, USA
WASHINGTON – Texas Gov. Rick Perry has warned that the Environmental Protection Agency is punishing Texas by rejecting a state clean-air permitting program and advancing a scheme to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions... 6842. December 21, 2010 | UNEP
Biodiversity Year Ends on a High Note as UN General Assembly Backs Resolution Signing into Life an 'IPCC-for Nature', USA/Kenya
New York/Nairobi, 21 December 2010 A new international body aimed at catalyzing a global response to the loss of biodiversity and world's economically-important forests, coral reefs and other ecosystems was born yesterday by governments at the United Nations 65th General Assembly (UNGA)... 6843. December 20, 2010 | Xinhua
Toxic gas kills 5 workers in NW China, China
LANZHOU -- Five workers were killed and two were injured after they inhaled poisonous gas at a fertilizer plant in northwest China's Gansu Province Monday, the local government said,... 6844. December 20, 2010 | The New York Times
Could 9/11 Health Bill's Fate Hold Toxic Echoes for the Gulf?, USA
The parallel is grim enough to have caused a stir when President Obama drew it broadly in an interview. But the similarities between the Sept... 6845. December 20, 2010 | UNEP
Environmental Assessments for Sierra Leone Help Sustainable Development, Sierra Leone
Freetown, 20 December 2010 The vital role of environmental assessments in supporting the sustainable use of Sierra Leone's rich natural heritage has won high level support at a seminar entitled 'Environmental Assessment: A Tool for Sustainable Development',... 6846. December 19, 2010 | Thanh Nien Daily
Anxious farmers clueless as tons of fish die, Vietnam
Farmed fish have been dying in their thousands in the Mekong Delta’s Dong Thap Province since last week, but worried residents still don't know why... 6847. December 19, 2010 | Environmental Health News
Ski wax chemicals build up in people's blood, pose risks, USA
Ski wax can expose users to perfluorochemicals that build up in their bodies and carry potentially serious health risks. Racers, in particular, covet waxes with high amounts of fluorinated compounds because they make skis and snowboards go faster... 6848. December 19, 2010 | CBS
Stubborn Warehouse Fire Causes Headache In Jersey, USA
BAYONNE, N.J. (CBS 2) — A stubborn warehouse fire made it a tough Saturday for emergency crews in New Jersey... 6849. December 18, 2010 | Environmental Protection UK
Lack of action on London Air Pollution a `threat to public health`, UK
National air pollution charity Environmental Protection UK (EPUK) has warned that continued inaction on air pollution will have a significant impact on the health of millions of Londoners... 6850. December 18, 2010 | GLOBE-Net
Toxic chemical releases declining, USA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its annual national analysis of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI),...
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