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Nuclear Waste Crisis
The lies surrounding safe waste dumping
09.07.2008 | ZDF, Heute

First Reach substance hit-list emerges
The European chemicals agency has published a first draft list of substances that could eventually be subject to tough authorisation requirements prohibiting marketing and use unless firms can show there is a compelling reason to allow them.
04.07.2008 | ENDS Europe DAILY

Argentina bans phtalates in children's products
Manufacture, import and export are banned
13.06.2008 | Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL)

Chernobyl: negative effects on children's health
After the Chernobyl nuclear accident on April 26, all children in the contaminated territory participated in yearly medical examination
30.05.2008 | Environmental Health 2008

Carbon nanotubes that look like asbestos, behave like asbestos
Pilot study in Nature Nanotechnology
23.05.2008 | Volkskrant, Ben de Raaij

Next Round of Crucial UN Climate Change Negotiations Set to Kick Off in
The next round of UN-sponsored global climate
21.05.2008 | UNFCC

Greenpeace: consoles not green enough
Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft do not put much effort into removing toxic chemicals out of their products
20.05.2008 | Greenpeace

Experts require radical change of agricultural policy
Poor harvests, towering food prices and revolts: to make sure there will be enough food worldwide 4000 scientists and politicans have asked to reform agricultural policy completely, warning that we need reforming markets against hunger
15.04.2008 | Der Spiegel / NRC Handelsblad

Organic Rebellion
A short Star Wars like animation by terre.tv on organic rebellion
08.04.2008 | Chantal van den Bossche

Europe reaffirms its environment-health efforts
European governments will reaffirm their commitment to reducing negative environmental impacts on public health during three days of high-level discussions in Milan
10.03.2008 | ENDS Europe Daily