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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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7751. June 30, 2010 | ABC News
Clock ticking on growing toxic waste pile, Australia
As Australia prepares to export a large stockpile of toxic waste to Denmark, the pressure is on to find a local solution to a new wave of persistent organic pollutants... 7752. June 30, 2010 | BYM Marine Environment News
USA. EPA moves to cancel all uses of toxic pesticide Endosulfan, USA
American Bird Conservancy today hailed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to end all U.S. uses of the insecticide endosulfan (trade name: Thiodan prior to 2002 and later called Thionex) which has been found to pose reproductive and neurological risks to birds, other wildlife and humans... 7753. June 30, 2010 | Facilities Management News
EPA seeks employee participation in chemical safety inspections, USA
June 30, 2010—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released interim guidance that would provide greater transparency in the agency's chemical safety inspections process... 7754. June 30, 2010 | WSWS
The oil spill and the food web, USA
The ecological destruction of the oil disaster in the Gulf is perhaps most aptly embodied in the pictures of brown pelicans made lifeless by a thick coating of toxic sludge. However, the true toll may spread far beyond these dreadful images... 7755. June 29, 2010 | AFP
Storing carbon emissions faces leak dilemma, France
DREAMS of braking global warming by storing carbon emissions from power plants could be undermined by the risk of leakage, according to a study published on Sunday... 7756. June 29, 2010 | The Nation
Van explodes off Vibhavadi highway, Thailand
Published on June 29, 2010 An NGV-fuelled commuter van exploded yesterday, wounding the driver who was sleeping inside with air-conditioning turned on while parked on the shoulder of Vibhavadi Rangsit highway in Din Daeng area... 7757. June 29, 2010 | The Nation
Four-party panel completes Map Ta Phut solution, Thailand
The Federation of Thai Industries expects about 10 out of the 76 industrial projects suspended in the Map Ta Phut area to remain frozen after a list of projects harmful to the environment is implemented... 7758. June 29, 2010 | Montgomery Advertiser
EPA removing toxic chemicals from closed facility in Prattville, USA
PRATTVILLE -- Sulfuric acid. Cyanide sulfate Muratic acid. Nickel sulfate... 7759. June 29, 2010 | WPXI.com
Cleaning Crew Finds Highly Toxic Substance Inside Elliot Home, USA
ELLIOT, Pa. -- Emergency responders blocked off Bucyrus Street in Elliot Tuesday morning after a cleaning crews found a barrel of potassium cyanide inside a home... 7760. June 29, 2010 | Xinhua
Chemical plant on fire in Beijing, casualties unknown, China
Fire fighters are struggling to contain a blaze in a chemical plant in the southwest outskirts of Beijing... 7761. June 29, 2010 | Japan News and Discussion
Chemical explosion in southern Pakistan kills 18, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — At least 18 people were killed and 30 injured when a truck filled with chemicals exploded in Hyderabad in southern Pakistan on Monday, police said... 7762. June 28, 2010 | Reuters
Oil spills hits Mississippi shore, Alex looms, USA
Thick oil from BP Plc's Gulf of Mexico spill washed ashore in Mississippi for the first time as tropical storm Alex moved into the Gulf, posing a threat to the cleanup operation... 7763. June 28, 2010 | Hindustan Times
Russia ready to enact law against sea oil pollution: Medvedev, Russia
Russia is all set to enact a law against sea oil pollution which will lay a new legal basis for preventing aftermaths of man-made catastrophes such as the recent oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico... 7764. June 28, 2010 | Quad-City Times
Oil leak is no match for carbon pollution, Mexico
The pollution of oil in the Gulf of Mexico, as environmentally tragic as it is, is nothing when compared to the amount of carbon pollution released into the environment every day. We see the bubbling mess spilling into the gulf... 7765. June 28, 2010 | The New York Times
Toxic Mercury Is More at Home in Seawater, Study Finds, USA
It has long been known that mercury levels in seafood can prove poisonous to humans. Methylmercury, an especially toxic form of mercury, can lead to kidney dysfunction and neurological disorders... 7766. June 28, 2010 | Handling & Storage Solution
Chemical leak at distribution centre injures 28, USA
A chemical leak at a frozen food distribution centre in the Midlands has injured 28 people.
.. 7767. June 28, 2010 | The Denver Post
Millions of gallons spilled in Colo. over 2½ year period, USA
Oil and gas companies have reported almost 1,000 spills to Colorado regulators over the past 2 1/2 years, totaling 5.2 million gallons of drilling liquids and oil... 7768. June 28, 2010 | The Jordan Times
Climate change could wipe out 40% of species in Arab world - report, Jordan
AMMAN - Arab countries will be devastated by climate change, which threatens to wipe out almost half of the species in the region and transform the Levant into an “infertile crescent”, warned a report released on Sunday... 7769. June 27, 2010 | Bhutan Observer
Could we not make the best of our wastes?, Bhutan
Up until now, we have blamed the lack of alternative for plastic bags as the cause of failure of the plastic ban. Now that the alternative has finally come, in the form of reusable jute bags, we will have one less thing to blame... 7770. June 27, 2010 | Thanh Nien Daily
Official damage assessment 'groundless': river polluter, Vietnam
Taiwanese-owned Vedan on Saturday reiterated that it will not compensate local farmers for damage caused by its polluting acts... 7771. June 27, 2010 | The Statesman
Chemical curse, India
THIRTY years ago it was one of the great environmental issues, along with the hole in the ozone layer and CFC chemicals. Now acid rain may be making a comeback — but this time, there’s a change in the chemicals responsible... 7772. June 26, 2010 | The States
Hong Kong air pollution blamed on political system, Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Democracy activists are not the only ones unhappy with a slow pace of electoral reform in Hong Kong... 7773. June 26, 2010 | The Daily Telegraph
Why Botox could make you sad, UK
You don't just smile because you're happy - you could also be happy because you're smiling. Researchers have discovered that being unable to smile when you are happy may reduce the intensity of feeling... 7774. June 26, 2010 | Manorama Online
Toxic Union Carbide waste: 6 workers partially lose vision, India
Bhopal: Six workers lost their vision partially following exposure to toxic waste in the industrial town of Pithampur in Dhar district, doctors treating them said Saturday... 7775. June 26, 2010 | The Hindu
Chemical leak at port channel?, India
ISAKHAPATNAM: Dead fish were found floating along the port channel on Friday, due to suspected chemical leak. Strong odour from the mass of putrefying fish prompted the environmental activists to alert the district Collector and the AP Pollution Control Board...
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