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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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7226. October 12, 2010 | 9NEWS.com
Firefighters quickly stop ammonia leak, USA
Denver - Firefighters helped prevent a haz-mat situation from getting much worse on Monday... 7227. October 12, 2010 | International Business Times
Australia to set a price on coal pollution, Australia
As the country struggles to retain its global competitiveness but retaining its current energy production levels to sustain local industries, the Australian Parliament has dedided to put a price on coal emissions.... 7228. October 12, 2010 | The Guardian
Recycling electrical waste can be made safer, researchers say, UK
Dealing with our electronic waste is hazardous – but a new course hopes to make it safer for the 'dismantlers'... 7229. October 12, 2010 | The Ecologist
Poverty forces Roma people to scavenge toxic e-waste, France
Persecuted Roma communities in France are being forced to scavenge for dangerous e-waste, potentially threatening health and questioning the country's recycling policies... 7230. October 11, 2010 | Northants ET
Chemical spill closes A6003, UK
A chemical spill has closed a busy road. The A6003 has been closed from the Fourways roundabout to the junction with the A6116 by Rockingham Castle after a lorry overturned and shed its load of forklift batteries... 7231. October 11, 2010 | People's Daily Online
Chemical spill sickens 90 in east China city, China
Ninety people have been sent to hospitals since Saturday in a city in east China's Jiangxi Province after industrial gas leaked out of a chemical plant, hovering parts of the city for three hours, local government officials said Sunday... 7232. October 11, 2010 | Daily Echo
chemical spill 'a false alarm', UK
FIRE crews called to reports of a chemical spill at a Hampshire block of flats have described the incident as a false alarm... 7233. October 11, 2010 | Hindustan Times
32 killed as China suffers its worst pollution day, China
Thirty two people were killed in accidents related to thick fog in China as most parts of the country got enveloped by thick smog and foul air, prompting officials to declare the conditions as "poor" in many places and "hazardous" in some others... 7234. October 11, 2010 | The Denver Post
Ammonia leak at Denver ice plant prompts evacuation, USA
Workers at a Denver plant that manufactures ice were evacuated during the lunch hour today because of an ammonia leak. 7235. October 11, 2010 | Chicago Tribune
2 Injured in Fire at Liberty Plant, USA
LIBERTY, N.C. (WGHP) — A machine caught fire after it malfunctioned at the Supertex Liberty Industries plant on East Butler Ave. around 2 p.m. Monday, injuring two people... 7236. October 11, 2010 | PaintSquare News
Euclid Chemical Plant Fire under Investigation, USA
Authorities are investigating the cause of a weekend blaze that destroyed a Euclid Chemical manufacturing plant in rural central Illinois... 7237. October 11, 2010 | KRISTV
Chemical Plant Explosion, USA
BISHOP -- There's new information about what caused an explosion at a chemical plant in Bishop last night that critically injured one man... 7238. October 11, 2010 | Los Angeles Times
Healthy Skeptic: Is hair analysis a brush with quackery?, USA
Although metals can be detected in hair samples, it would be hard to answer the question of how much is actually in the body... 7239. October 11, 2010 | The Columbus Dispatch
Who pays for pollution?, USA
Cities spend millions to keep farm chemicals out of drinking water... 7240. October 11, 2010 | New Scientist
The green city that has a brain, Portugal
An eco-city in Portugal that its makers are aiming to build by 2015 takes its cues from the nervous system... 7241. October 11, 2010 | The Los Angeles Times
Slowing population: Would it curb climate change?, USA
Ever since belching smokestacks arose during the Industrial Revolution, greenhouse gases and human population have climbed in lockstep to higher and higher levels... 7242. October 11, 2010 | The New York Times
World Bank Pressured on Clean Energy, USA
NEW YORK — Once the coal-fired Medupi Power Station in Lephalale, South Africa, is fully operational in 2015, it will emit 26 million tons of carbon dioxide a year. And when the Tata Ultra Mega plant in western India is fully serviceable in 2012, its annual carbon dioxide emissions are expected to total 23.4 million tons... 7243. October 11, 2010 | Reuters
SCENARIOS-Republican election impact on climate control, USA
WASHINGTON - Republicans are poised to make big gains in the Nov. 2 congressional elections, putting them in position to reverse Democrats' drive for comprehensive climate control legislation... 7244. October 11, 2010 | Star Tribune
Minnesota ethanol plants' price is pollution, USA
Five ethanol facilities in Minnesota have been cited in the past 12 months for widespread air and water quality violations. They have paid more than $2.8 million in penalties and corrective actions... 7245. October 10, 2010 | GMANews.TV
'Chemical leak' near school downs teacher, 14 students in Iloilo, Philippines
A suspected chemical leak from a construction site downed a teacher and 14 students of a high school in Iloilo City Monday afternoon... 7246. October 10, 2010 | thestar.com
GO service resumes after leak, Canada
GO service is back to normal after a chemical leak in Mimico caused delays for those travelling on GO trains... 7247. October 10, 2010 | The Guardian
BP plans to close its US safety watchdog, USA
BP's Office of the Ombudsman set up after fatal explosion at Texas City refinery will stop taking complaints after June 2011... 7248. October 9, 2010 | Bangkok Post
Six suspects arrested with 'ice' chemical, Thailand
Six suspected drug traffickers have been arrested for trafficking tens of thousands of pseudoephedrine tablets, which could have been used to produce around 8 million methamphetamine pills... 7249. October 8, 2010 | Oldham Advertiser
Chemical alert after fire, UK
A fire at an industrial estate sparked a chemical emergency. Crews from Hollins, Chadderton, and Hyde were scrambled to a chemical storage company on Drury Lane, Hollinwood, at 11.30pm last night... 7250. October 8, 2010 | The Times-Picayune
Chalmette refinery worker dies; officials investigate gas leak, USA
A contract worker at Chalmette Refining LLC's Chalmette plant died Wednesday night, authorities said...
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