http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/display/article-display/1225685644/articles/waste-management-world/markets-policy-finance/2012/02/UAE_Ban_Opens_Market_to_Oxo-Biodegradable_Plastics_Firm.html Concerned by the prospect of plastic pollution accumulating in the deserts and the sea, the United Arab Emirates has brought forward its policy to ban all disposable plastic products except those made from oxo-biodegradable plastic. Decree 77/5, which bans plastic bags and other plastic products has been moved forward from next year to this year. [...]
Posts on ‘June 18th, 2012’
CUHK to start 10-year plan on Ka Ho residents’ health
http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/36605-cuhk-to-start-10-year-plan-on-ka-ho-residents%E2%80%99-health.html Home | Macau | CUHK to start 10-year plan on Ka Ho residents’ health CUHK to start 10-year plan on Ka Ho residents’ health 18/06/2012 10:05:00 The government has commissioned the Chinese University of Hong Kong for a 10-year study of health conditions of the residents in Ka Ho,where local people complained of illness due to [...]
Dying from Particulate Air Pollution on Hot and Cold Days in Shanghai, China
http://www.co2science.org/articles/V15/N24/C3.php Reference Cheng, Y. and Kan, H. 2012. Effect of the interaction between outdoor air pollution and extreme temperature on daily mortality in Shanghai, China. Journal of Epidemiology 22: 28-36. Background Noxious air pollution is bad enough under temperature regimes to which people are accustomed; but when the stress of extreme heat or extreme cold is [...]
where did the political will go Donald ?
SCMP – 18 June 2012 Today’s SCMP Debate is the second in a weekly series as part of our buildup to the 15th anniversary, on July 1, of the establishment of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong. In our second instalment, we ask six long-time residents how they view Hong Kong as a place [...]
The clean-up begins on China’s dirty secret – soil pollution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/12/china-soil-pollution-bonn-challenge A farmer in Sichuan, China – one of the regions suffering most from soil contamination. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Nowhere is the global push to restore degraded land likely to be more important, complex and expensive than in China, where vast swaths of the soil are contaminated by arsenic and heavy metals from mines and factories. [...]
EPA proposes stricter soot pollution standards
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20120617/NEWS02/306170020/EPA-proposes-stricter-soot-pollution-standards WASHINGTON — In a step that officials said would save lives, the Obama administration Friday announced new air quality standards intended to reduce the amount of soot that can be released into the air. Environmental groups and public health advocates welcomed the move by the Environmental Protection Agency, saying it would protect millions of [...]
UCLA Professor Sues for Firing over Diesel Pollution Study Whistleblowing
http://reason.com/blog/2012/06/14/ucla-professor-sues-for-firing-over-dies A California epidemiologist who lost his job with UCLA not long after challenging the science behind claims that diesel pollution was responsible for 2,000 deaths a year in the state is suing to get his job back. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) announced today it had filed suit Wednesday in Los Angeles [...]
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 [...]