Around the World: Toxic Spill
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FORCES in north-western Spain are struggling to contain a toxic chemical spill into the Umia River heading to the Atlantic Ocean.  (c) 2006 Daily Mirror. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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THE LIVES lives of dozens of birds - including three rare avocet chicks - are in danger after an oil spillage polluted a North-East nature reserve.  Staff at WWT Washington Wetland Centre, on Wearside, were last night monitoring the water at Wader Lake after oil was found.
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( Philadelphia -- November 28, 2004) --  Dozens of birds have fallen victim to a big oil slick on the delaware river. A tanker spilled 30-thousand gallons of crude oil into the river between Philadelphia and southern New Jersey.
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Deadly toxic waste which caused a   health crisis in Ivory Coast will be shipped to France for   treatment in mid-October, a French embassy official said on   Tuesday, as the death toll from the scandal reached eight.
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Text of report by Shi Jiangtao in Beijing headlined: "Website names and shames polluters" by Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post website on 15 September  The mainland's first web-based database on water pollution to be run by a non-governmental organization was unveiled yesterday.
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About 140 million people globally face arsenic poisoning from drinking water, more than previously realised.
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Pollution from pesticides and insecticides in various parts of Greece has risen dangerously, while similar toxic substances have been detected in olive oil as well as imported fruit and vegetables on sale in ...
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Officials in Spain are struggling to contain a highly toxic chemical river spill heading towards the Atlantic.
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By Nisha Sabanayagam; Ranjeetha Pakiam; Minderjeet Kaur; Teresa Yong;  THE tipping point is very close.   Environmentalists warn that once past it, our countrys environmental deterioration will lead to irreversible consequences.  It may already have happened.
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At least 10 people died and thousands were sickened after chemical waste pumped from a tanker was dumped across the capital city in August.
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MILTON, Ont. (CP) - Canadian industries are on notice about 17 more toxic substances that could be dangerous to human health or the environment, and they must prove that it's safe to use such chemicals, federal Health Minister Tony Clement said Monday.
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By Amos Maki, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.  Dec. 19--When Dan Cowan first laid his eyes on a heavily polluted  industrial site in Charleston, S.C., in 1998, he could hardly believe what he  saw.
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Assembly member Huw Lewis is demanding answers and assurances from Welsh Water following a river chemical spillage.   A death toll of around 1,000 fish was expected after three tonnes of aluminium sulphate leaked into the Taf Fechan from Pontsticill water treatment works on August 13.
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KIEV/MOSCOW  - Scores of people sought medical help on Wednesday after a poisonous chemical spill in Ukraine, Greenpeace said, and warned of the dangers to health and the environment from the toxic fumes.
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Yes, it's dirt-cheap and will mobilize people throughout the developing world. And that is exactly why it poses a threat to the environment and global energy supplies.
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Volunteers in the Philippines are getting shorn to save the shore. The cast-off clippings of human hair are going to be used to help mop up oil from a disastrous spill that has fouled beaches, coral reefs and mangrove swamps.
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For several decades researchers have studied toxin levels in Arctic peoples and wildlife and tracked pollution sources. Peter Ross is a marine mammal toxicologist with the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Sidney, British Columbia.