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WHO’s working group on climate and sustainable development concerned with recent climate changes
World Health Organization published its 10th Europe Global Change and Health alert and introduced a new working group Climate change, green health services and sustainable development (CGS)
29.09.2010
Our children are safer - BPA banned in Austria
The Minister of Health in Austrian Government announced ban on BPA in children’s products
27.09.2010
Nanomatériaux : informer le consommateur… mais pas trop
Dans un avis publié le 16 juin, le Conseil national de la consommation recommande de mieux informer le consommateur sur la présence de nanos dans les produits. Un avis peu ambitieux, qui passe à côté du problème selon l'association Vivagora.
23.09.2010 | Actu-Environnement
Exporting an Epidemic: A Global Asbestos Crisis
Asbestos is banned in the European Union, in the United States it is legal but the industry has to pay a lot for demages that have been made
23.09.2010 | Jim Morris
Save Our Potatoes
The Great GM Free Potatoe Celebration will be held in Poland and the Netherlands in October
21.09.2010 | International Coalition to Protect the Polish Countryside
Lead and phthalates found in toys
The limit for allowable phthalates was surpassed by 16 out of the 23 toys that failed the tests, three exceeded the limit for lead, and four were over the cap for both chemicals.
20.09.2010 | Seer Press, J.G Enriquez
Ms. Michelle Bachelet as Head of UN Women
Secretary-General's press encounter announced Ms. Michelle Bachelet as Head of UN Women on September 14th
20.09.2010
Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment
"Chernobyl death toll: 985,000, mostly from cancer", concludes new book
07.09.2010 | Karl Grossman, Op-Ed News
EU climate chief calls for new carbon mechanisms
More money for poorest nations, pilot projects
07.09.2010 | Reuters
New Stockholm Convention Newsletter
New Stockholm Convention Newsletter provides parties and other information on ongoing activities of Stockholm Secretariat
30.08.2010 | Stockholm Convention Newsletter
