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Heshan decision to abandon uranium plant ‘unjustified’
When Chinese nuclear authorities approached an overseas expert about plans to build a nuclear fuel facility in Heshan, in the western Pearl River Delta, he immediately raised concerns about locating such a plant so close to a major urban area. “It was a few years ago. I asked if they had another choice,” the expert […]
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Explaining the death of craft villages
… While many craft villages in Hanoi, Thua Thien – Hue and Quang Nam are operating in moderation, the tile and ceramic villages in the two provinces of Vinh Long and An Giang are forced to narrow production scale because their outdated methods of production causes environmental pollution. According to the Department of Natural Resources […]
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Eureka Forbes Purifies Water for Rural India
Minty-fresh it may well taste, but there’s a reason you don’t swallow your fluoride toothpaste. If consumed at more than 1.5 milligram per litre, the mineral poses serious health hazards. But in the Mahbubnagar district, just south of Hyderabad, fluoride contamination has been a persistent problem and its cause cannot be linked to an affinity […]
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EPA addresses contamination at former aluminum site (Century Aluminum)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Century Aluminum of West Virginia to develop an updated cleanup plan for a former industrial facility in Ravenswood, West Virginia, that was used for the storage and disposal of hazardous materials that were byproducts of aluminum production. EPA is currently overseeing cleanup activities at the site, where […]
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Tesco reviews UK tea blends as scientists spark fluoride fears
Tesco will review its tea blends after scientists warned that economy private label teas sold by the grocer and other UK retailers are high in fluoride and that drinking over a liter per day could promote the bone disease skeletal fluorosis… Click here to read full article
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EU decision on Fipronil
EU Decision Abstract The European Food Safety Authority asked the Panel on Plant Protection Products and their Residues to develop an Opinion on the identification of pesticides to be included in cumulative assessment groups (CAGs) on the basis of their toxicological profile. In 2008, the PPR Panel adopted an Opinion on the suitability of existing […]
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HFO-1234yf: EU coolant row heats up
European Union member states are being urged to follow France’s lead and ban the sale of Mercedes-Benz vehicles containing a prohibited chemical in its air-conditioning system. However, Mercedes-Benz continues to protest its innocence, stating that its cars are type-approved for sale across Europe. It held an emergency meeting with European Union officials on July 17 […]
European Union Greenhouse/Ozone Gases -
Global and Chinese PVDF Industry Report
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global and Chinese PVDF Industry Report” report to their offering. The ‘Global and Chinese PVDF Industry Report’ is a professional and in-depth research report on the global PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride, or polyvinylidene difluoride) industry with a particular focus on the Chinese situation. It provides basic information […]
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Arsenic in Drinking Water: Costly Change Could Lower Levels
In early August, the Environmental Protection Agency is set to decide on a petition to change the source of fluoride in U.S. drinking water. Currently, the source of fluoride in most public water supplies is fluorosilicic acid, according to government records. The petition calls for the EPA to instead require the use of pharmaceutical-grade sodium […]
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Dioxin found in buried barrels near Kadena
The Okinawa Defense Bureau recently found dioxin and other hazardous chemicals from barrels unearthed at a former U.S. military installation in the city of Okinawa, officials said Monday, suggesting they may have contained herbicides or agricultural chemicals. The bureau, however, said the possibility that the barrels were carrying defoliants used in the Vietnam War is […]
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