SCMP Thursday, 28 March, 2013, 12:00am News›Hong Kong HEALTH Cheung Chi-fai chifai.cheung@scmp.com Government is believed to be calling in global experts as it sets out a seven-year road map World Health Organisation experts will help set Hong Kong’s air quality objectives, according to a schedule to be released by the Environment Bureau today, a source [...]
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Causeway Bay API soars above WHO safety guidelines
Saturday, 09 March, 2013, 12:00am News›Hong Kong ENVIRONMENT Cheung Chi-fai chifai.cheung@scmp.com Government urged to curb vehicle emissions as calm weather lets exhaust gases linger Environment officials came under pressure to cut vehicle emissions after dangerous pollution levels were recorded in one of Hong Kong’s busiest shopping districts yesterday. In Causeway Bay, the air pollution index [...]
HK shares air pollution concerns with WHO
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=29603&icid=3&d_str= HK shares air pollution concerns with WHO (12-20 16:54) The Hong Kong government has raised concerns about air pollution with the World Health Organization in Geneva. The WHO’s director-general, Margaret Chan Fung Fu-chun, says she was contacted in October by a senior government official with responsibility for “environmental health.” Chan — who served as [...]
Fine pollutants inside buses twice WHO limit, study finds
SCMP Submitted by admin on Oct 13th 2012, 12:00am News›Hong Kong ENVIRONMENT Jolie Ho jolie.ho@scmp.com People on Hong Kong buses are breathing air containing twice the level of fine pollutants as that deemed safe by the World Health Organisation, an environmental group said yesterday. Friends of the Earth conducted tests in June and July, and found the [...]
Dr. William Suk, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences on World Health Organization Report “Persistent Organic Pollutants: Impact on Child Health” -Scientific Knowledge Supports Worldwide Effort to Minimize POPs Exposure
Cancer Action News Network Donald L. Hassig, Producer 315.262.2456 __________________________________________________________________________________ Loving the Earth Environmental Revolution Dr. William Suk, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences on World Health Organization Report “Persistent Organic Pollutants: Impact on Child Health” -Scientific Knowledge Supports Worldwide Effort to Minimize POPs Exposure Beginning in the first part of the 20th century, industrialized [...]
WHO cancer report a wake-up call for Hong Kong on air pollution
SCMP – 18 June 2012 One of the leading questions of our times is just what it will take to convince the government to treat air pollution with a greater sense of urgency. It is a life and death issue. The Hedley Environment Index, maintained by University of Hong Kong researchers, shows that there has [...]
Finding raises diesel cancer fears
HK Standard Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organization declared yesterday. Mary Ann Benitez and Choya Choi Thursday, June 14, 2012 Diesel fumes cause cancer, the World Health Organization declared yesterday. The conclusion, announced after a week-long meeting of a panel organized by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, may make vehicle [...]
Officials urged to heed WHO diesel warning
SCMP News that fumes raises cancer risk means officials should clean up and reduce diesel fleet, groups say Dennis Chong Jun 14, 2012 The government should cut the number of diesel-powered vehicles on the streets, and make the remainder less polluting, to protect pedestrians now the World Health Organisation has classified diesel fumes as a [...]
IARC: DIESEL ENGINE EXHAUST CARCINOGENIC
Lyon, France, June 12, 2012 ‐‐ After a week-long meeting of international experts, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), today classified diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1), based on sufficient evidence that exposure is associated with an increased risk for lung [...]
Air Pollution and Sustainable Development
XVI SDE Seminar Series towards Rio+20 Sustainable Development and Environmental Health – SDE – PAHO/WHO Wednesday May 23rd, 2012 - In English with simultaneous translation to Spanish Time: 12:00 am – 1:30 pm – EDT (Washington, DC USA) To check your time zone, see the World Clock Website: Website PAHO/WHO Rio+20 at: http://bit.ly/oxoRdS Environmental Health Inequalities in [...]