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24 - 26th June 2013
The International Workshop to Strengthen Capacities for Sound Chemicals Management in South-East Asia Region
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901. January 5, 2021 | Environmental Health News
Op-ed: The reckless embrace of banned pesticides in the US
There's a reason the pesticide aldicarb is banned in more than 100 countries and one of only 36 pesticides out of thousands designated as "extremely hazardous" by the World Health Organization. 902. January 4, 2021 | Reuters
S.Korea to cut railway CO2 emissions by replacing diesel trains by 2029
South Korea aims to cut some 30% of carbon emissions from railway travel by replacing all diesel passenger locomotives with a new bullet train by 2029, President Moon Jae-in says. 903. January 4, 2021 | Fast Company
A hidden source of emissions while we’ve been stuck inside: Your home cooking
Especially if you have a gas stove, spending more time at home for a year may have been bad for your lungs. 904. January 4, 2021 | Salon
When a little bit of poison is good for you: Inside the theory of dose response
How the concept of dose response shaped modern science and vaccinology. 905. January 1, 2021 | The Guardian
Avoid using wood-burning stoves if possible, warn health experts
Charity calls for people to use alternative, less polluting heating and cooking options if they can. 906. January 1, 2021 | Chemical & Engineering News
Is the end near for chrysotile asbestos?
US EPA confirms all 6 current uses pose unreasonable cancer risks to workers and consumers. 907. December 30, 2020 | Agenda.GE
Study: Children in Georgian kindergartens exposed to harmful particles
Children in public kindergartens in Georgia are exposed to elevated levels of harmful particles in indoor air, a newly published study has shown. 908. December 29, 2020 | The Guardian
Dangerous spices: Why India's cooking powders pose a risk of lead poisoning
Exposure to the heavy metal from spice powders and car batteries is affecting child health across the subcontinent. 909. December 27, 2020 | South China Morning Post
Parts of Hong Kong suffer serious air pollution, with smog likely to remain at least for another day
Parts of Hong Kong suffered serious air pollution on Sunday, with environmental authorities expecting the smog to last at least another day or until strong winds disperse the contaminants. 910. December 24, 2020 | The Philadelphia Inquirer
Croda’s chemical plant on the Delaware River fails a pollution test, casting doubt on its rebuilding effort
More than two years after a leak of explosive, cancer-causing ethylene oxide shut the twin Delaware Memorial Bridge spans on Thanksgiving weekend, Delaware officials say they will let the U.K.-based Croda chemical company briefly restart its Atlas Point EO production unit on the west bank of the Delaware River next month, to test whether it's still leaking. 911. December 23, 2020 | The Guardian
Microplastics revealed in the placentas of unborn babies
Health impact is unknown but scientists say particles may cause long-term damage to foetuses. 912. December 22, 2020 | Reuters
Pollution deaths in India rose to 1.67 million in 2019
India, whose cities top global pollution lists, faces a growing economic as well as human toll from bad air quality, which was linked to 1.24 million, or 12.5% of total deaths in the previous such study for 2017. 913. December 21, 2020 | BBC
Wildfire smoke may spread infectious disease
Smoke from wildfires could be a surprising new route for the spread of microbes, experts believe. 914. December 17, 2020 | The Guardian
Clean air zones to tackle traffic pollution delayed or on hold
Measures to tackle illegal air pollution, which kills tens of thousands of people a year in the UK, are being delayed or shelved despite growing evidence of the health risks. 915. December 17, 2020 | The Guardian
Air pollution caused girl's death, coroner rules in landmark case
A coroner has made legal history by ruling that air pollution was a cause of the death of a nine-year-old girl. 916. December 17, 2020 | The Guardian
Rob Bilott: The poison found in everyone, even unborn babies – and who is responsible for it
Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS – known as forever chemicals – are in the blood of virtually every person on the planet. And they will only accumulate. 917. December 17, 2020 | USA Today
A serious threat': Plastics we use every day are leaching hazardous chemicals, report says
According to a scientific report issued Tuesday, the plastics we commonly use contain and leach hazardous chemicals, including some that threaten human health, especially the body's endocrine system. 918. December 17, 2020 | Chemical & Engineering News
US EPA to regulate dry cleaning solvent
Dozens of perchloroethylene uses pose health risks to workers and consumers. 919. December 16, 2020 | The Guardian
Air pollution verdict shines political light on UK's invisible killer
Analysis: death of Ella Kissi-Debrah means MPs can no longer ignore dangers of dirty air. 920. December 16, 2020 | The Guardian
Opinion: Cosmetics, cellphones, guitar strings: where we found 'forever chemicals'
PFAS, which can be hazardous to our health, are found everywhere. We need to regulate them as a class. 921. December 16, 2020 | Des Moines Register
Iowa water lead levels expose thousands of Iowans, UI researchers say
1 in 5 newborns in Iowa has elevated levels of lead, based on a 2017 study of blood samples, a UI researcher said. "The numbers are eye-opening." 922. December 16, 2020 | NJ spotlight News
Mix of 'forever chemicals' and COVID-19 is concern
As feds explore whether vaccines are made less effective by PFAS chemicals in the blood, one expert cautioned against jumping to conclusions. 923. December 13, 2020 | BBC
Glyphosate: Calls to ban cancer-linked weedkiller in Wales
There are fears the weedkiller is being sprayed near schools and nurseries and could cause harm. 924. December 10, 2020 | EOS
Will rising temperatures make rice too toxic?
Greenhouse experiments reveal how higher temperatures act to elevate arsenic levels in rice and may help focus efforts to solve a crisis threatening food systems around the world. 925. December 8, 2020 | The Intercept
PFAS chemical associated with severe COVID-19
A Danish study found that people with elevated levels of a compound called PFBA were more than twice as likely to have a severe form of Covid-19.
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