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The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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8176. March 23, 2010 | iol
Pollution of Lake Victoria is worsening, Uganda
Kampala - Pollution in parts of Lake Victoria is worsening so fast that soon it may be impossible to treat its waters enough to provide drinking water for the Ugandan capital, a senior official said on Monday... 8177. March 23, 2010 | Bloomberg
Hong Kong Government Under Fire as Pollution Soars (Update3), China
Hong Kong’s government faces renewed calls to improve air quality as residents endure a second day of such sev... 8178. March 23, 2010 | NZ HERALD ONLINE
Hong Kong's toxic levels soar, China
Hong Kong's air pollution has soared to record levels, the Environmental Protection Department says, warning that a toxic stew enveloping the city was a danger to the public... 8179. March 22, 2010 | Thanh Nien Daily
Polluting starch, rubber factories shut down, Vietnam
Seven cassava and rubber processing factories were ordered to close down in the southern province of Tay Ninh Wednesday for polluting the local environment... 8180. March 22, 2010 | Thanh Nien Daily
Vedan responsible for 77 pct of Thi Vai River pollution, Vietnam
Taiwanese-owned MSG maker Vedan Vietnam will accept responsibility for 77 percent of the pollution suffered by the Thi Vai River flowing through the southern province of Dong Nai, the Vietnam Environment Administration said on Tuesday... 8181. March 22, 2010 | UNEP
Time to Cure Global Tide of Sick Water, UNEP
Turning Two Millions Tons of Waste - Equal to Over Two Billion Tons of Wastewater - into Economic Resource Could Benefit Human Health, Agriculture and the Environment... 8182. March 22, 2010 | Illinois Homepage.net
Explosion at Tuscola Chemical Plant, USA
People in Tuscola woke up to a loud blast and sirens this morning... 8183. March 22, 2010 | Henderson Daily News
Martin Lake named for pollution increases, USA
A study released last week by the nonpartisan Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) group found mercury emissions increased at more than half of the country's 50 largest mercury-emitting power plants... 8184. March 22, 2010 | itv.com
Pollution concerns, UK
Are some Londoners shortening their lives simply by breathing? There are claims today that the capital has the worst air quality in Britain - and that it is causing more than three thousand people to die prematurely every year... 8185. March 22, 2010 | EPA
EPA Solicits Input on Ocean Acidification and Carbon Dioxide Limits Under Water Pollution Law, (EPA) USA
SAN FRANCISCO - The Environmental Protection Agency launched an effort today seeking public input on how to address ocean acidification under the Clean Water Act... 8186. March 22, 2010 | IOSH
Man dies after toxic fume leak, UK
A man has died following a gas leak at a factory near Grimsby, it has been announced... 8187. March 22, 2010 | Sri Lanka News
Laws to reduce toxic metals in paints, Sri Lanka
The Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry yesterday said it will introduce regulations aimed at limiting toxic metals, such as Lead and other metal compounds in paints to avoid health hazards... 8188. March 22, 2010 | The Raw Story
Chinese consumed millions of gallons of toxic sewage oil: study, China
Chinese cooking oil siphoned from restaurants' waste tanks and stripped out of raw sewage is being resold on the cheap and has for years tainted approximately one out of every ten meals cooked in the eastern nation, according to a recent study... 8189. March 22, 2010 | Cincinnati.com
Gas tank leak cleanup costly, USA
Ex-owner says he can't pay; stimulus money to help Neil W. Ritze owned a Columbia Township gas station when engineers removing his underground fuel tanks discovered a leak in 1997 - a release that has... 8190. March 22, 2010 | WTRF
Car Soars into House, Causes Gas Leak, USA
A car crashed into the side of a home in Weirton, causing a natural gas leak. WEIRTON -- There are no injuries to report after crews in Weirton responded when a car crashed into a home... 8191. March 22, 2010 | The Orange County Register
Gas leak reported in Anaheim Hills, USA
ANAHEIM – Firefighters were responding Monday morning to reports of a natural-gas leak near a residential area in Anaheim Hills... 8192. March 22, 2010 | oaoa.com
Gas leak, USA
A family of four was transported to Medical Center Hospital late Monday evening after experiencing a carbon monoxide leak in their home in the 2700 block of North Century Avenue... 8193. March 21, 2010 | The Nation
What Asean can learn from EU on environment, Thailand
A recent annual international seminar, marking the ninth anniversary of the Administrative Court in Bangkok, highlighted how nations of the European Union improved their environmental protection law as a result of being part of a unified political bloc... 8194. March 21, 2010 | Starnewsonline
Fire shuts down operations at Wilmington’s Corning factory, USA
A fire shut down operations Sunday at Wilmington’s Corning factory. The company was assessing the damage Sunday evening and hoped to resume operations at the optical fiber plant Monday, said Karl Ehemann... 8195. March 20, 2010 | UNEP
Ship Made From Reclaimed Plastic Bottles Sets Sail To Raise Awareness on Waste, UNEP
The Plastiki Helping to Deliver a Global Call to Action and a Spectacular 'Message in a Bottle' San Francisco (United States), 20 March 2010 - Adventure Ecology founder and environmentalist David de Rothschild and... 8196. March 20, 2010 | The Vancouver Sun
Supposed climate 'fix' possibly toxic, Canada
Sprinkling iron in the sea has long been touted as a fix for global warming, but researchers are now warning such geoengineering could feed the growth of toxic algae... 8197. March 20, 2010 | Gazettelive
Depressed mum drank toxic fluid, UK
A TROUBLED mum who drank cleaning fluid on Christmas Day and died three days later may have been making a “cry for help”, an inquest heard... 8198. March 20, 2010 | Kyodo
Toxic oil used in 1 in 10 meals in China, China
Beijing, China's food safety watchdog has warned restaurants across the country against using filthy and toxic ''drainage'' oil after a report revealed that one in every 10 meals in the country is cooked with such oil... 8199. March 20, 2010 | New Zealand Police
Tokoroa Gas Leak, New Zealand
Police have just lifted cordons in place on several roads in Tokoroa while gas workers dealt with a ruptured gas main... 8200. March 19, 2010 | Environmental Health News
Phthalates exposure may double breast cancer risk ... or not, Environmental Health Perspectives
Women with higher exposure to additives used in some personal care and food products may have an increased risk of breast cancer...
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