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Nov 20, 2012 (UPI)

British researchers say they've developed a system to quickly detect minute trace amounts of chemicals like pollutants, explosives or illegal drugs. The technol...

Greenpeace warns of chemicals in global fashion

Nov 20, 2012 (AFP)

Two-thirds of high-street garments tested in a study by Greenpeace contained potentially harmful chemicals, the group said Tuesday, highlighting the findings wi...

Cleanup of Most Challenging US Contaminated Groundwater Sites Unlikely for Many Decades

Nov 18, 2012 (SPX)

At least 126,000 sites across the U.S. have contaminated groundwater that requires remediation, and about 10 percent of these sites are considered "complex," me...

Fines levied over Clean Air Act violations

Nov 14, 2012 (UPI)

Two former importers of vehicles and engines from China have agreed to pay fines for violating the Clean Air Act, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Enviro...

More landmine victims in Myanmar despite curbs on use

Nov 13, 2012 (AFP)

The number of reported landmine casualties in Myanmar rose sharply last year, despite signs that the army has reduced its use of the deadly weapons, a study sai...

Toxic nickel found near leaking Finnish mine: agency

Nov 13, 2012 (AFP)

Toxic levels of nickel have been found in a Finnish lake after waste water began to leak from a nearby mine, the government's environmental agency said on Tuesd...

China to test 'social risk' of major factories: official

Nov 12, 2012 (AFP)

China will start assessing the "social risk" of major projects, its environmental protection minister said Monday, after anti-pollution protests forced a series...

Smog in Indian capital blamed on vehicle increase

Nov 07, 2012 (AFP)

A choking smog that has enveloped New Delhi for more than a week has been partially caused by a rapid increase in vehicles on the streets of India's capital, en...

USDA Patents Method to Reduce Ammonia Emissions

Nov 02, 2012 (SPX)

Capturing and recycling ammonia from livestock waste is possible using a process developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers. This invention ...

EU Council adopts marine fuel sulfur cuts

Oct 31, 2012 (UPI)

The European Union has adopted a new measure placing strict limits on the sulfur content of marine fuels, especially those used in the Baltic and North Seas. Th...

More than 50 detained in China pollution protests

Oct 30, 2012 (AFP)

China's eastern city of Ningbo detained more than 50 people over violent protests last week that successfully blocked a planned chemical plant, state media said...

China protesters wary after chemical plant victory

Oct 29, 2012 (AFP)

Protesters who forced a Chinese city to halt work on a new chemical plant massed outside government offices Monday in a wary response to a victory which highlig...

EU takes Italy back to court over illegal landfills

Oct 24, 2012 (AFP)

The European Commission said Wednesday it was hauling Italy back to court to seek a large fine after the country failed to clear up more than 250 landfills, som...

New methods might drastically reduce the costs of investigating polluted sites

Oct 11, 2012 (SPX)

New methods might allow polluted sites to be investigated and monitored long term at significantly reduced costs. Authorities and those who have to remediate po...

Pollution row strangles Italian steel giant ILVA

Oct 08, 2012 (AFP)

Time was running out for the ILVA steel mill in southern Italy on Monday, following an order from Italian prosecutors for shutdown operations at the site to beg...

S. Korean villagers evacuate after toxic leak

Oct 06, 2012 (AFP)

Dozens of South Korean villagers evacuated to a temporary shelter Saturday following a toxic chemical leak in the southeastern city of Gumi as officials assesse...

Council of war gathers for world's biodiversity crisis

Oct 05, 2012 (AFP)

Efforts to save Earth's natural resources kick into high gear next week amid warnings that as little as a decade remains to fend off a species extinction that a...

Mobiles phones getting less toxic: researcher

Oct 03, 2012 (AFP)

Mobile phone manufacturers, responding to consumer and regulatory pressure, are using fewer toxic substances in their products, researchers in the United States...

Remarkable enzyme points the way to reducing nitric acid use in industry

Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)

An enzyme in the bacterium that causes potato scab could help create new, environmentally-benign biocatalysts with the potential to cut use of the highly corros...

Solving the stink from sewers

Sep 24, 2012 (SPX)

The rotten egg gas leaking from sewer pipes and costing billions of dollars worldwide in odour control may soon be far less of a problem thanks to new research ...