Dangerous chemicals found at UN
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Vials of potentially dangerous chemicals removed from Iraq have been found in a UN building in New York, the UN says.
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United Nations officials found vials of dangerous chemicals, which had been removed from Iraq a decade ago, in a U.N. building in New York, but U.N. officials said on Thursday there was no danger.
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UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 30 -- U.N. weapons inspectors stumbled upon evidence of Saddam Hussein's elusive weapons of mass destruction: a vial of potentially lethal chemical gas that was stored in a U.N. shipping crate in Midtown Manhattan more than 10 years ago and forgotten, U.N. officials announced...
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The Bhopal disaster in India in 1984 was the world&#39;s worst chemical disaster. Toxic gas leaked from the poorly maintained and understaffed plant owned by Union Carbide, killing up to 20,000 people and leaving 120,000 chronically ill.
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A chemical found in shampoo and hand lotions may damage the developing nervous system, research suggests.
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The United Nations on Monday added 14 pesticides and chemicals, including lead additive for petrol, to a growing list of toxic substances in which trade is restricted.
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WASHINGTON -- The head of the United Nationsâ nuclear inspection arm told the UN Security Council on Monday that nearly 380 tons of high-grade explosives that could be used in nuclear bombs or terrorist weapons are missing from a storage facility in Iraq
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The UN says fake prescription drugs are swamping developing nations with sometimes fatal results.
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Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned with pure TCDD, one of the most toxic chemicals, the scientist analyzing his blood said.
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Up to 14 open-air sites in Ivory Coast's port city of Abidjan have been contaminated by toxic waste, and four trucks that transported the waste are missing, U.N. officials said Friday.
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The poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has turned the world spotlight on polonium. But other potentially deadly radioactive substances are also around us, in smoke detectors and other household, industrial or hospital items.
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VIENNA -- The UN atomic watchdog agency has found evidence of secret nuclear experiments in Egypt that could be used in weapons programs, diplomats said yesterday.
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UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N. task force has uncovered a pervasive pattern of corruption and mismanagement involving hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts for fuel, food, construction and other materials and services used by U.N. peacekeeping operations, which are in the midst of their largest...
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The United Nations found small amounts of a chemical warfare agent, removed from Iraq a decade ago, in offices near its New York headquarters but officials said on Thursday there was no danger.
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11 October 2004 - With the United Nations and its workers facing a level of threat that has increased exponentially over the years, Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed a new security structure to help protect the more than 100,000 UN officials and
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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council issued a statement yesterday expressing ``deep concern" about North Korea's threat to conduct its first test of a nuclear explosive, saying it would ``jeopardize peace, stability, and security in the region and beyond."
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Iraqi scientists will assess pollution ranging from oil spills to scrap metal from destroyed military vehicles in an effort to tackle environmental damage in the war-ravaged country, the United Nations said on Tuesday.