Canada to Ban and Restrict Toxic Chemicals
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Canada to ban and restrict toxic chemicals    OTTAWA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Canada will seek to clean up the environment by banning and restricting dangerous chemicals in a four- year chemicals management program, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday.
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U.S. environmental regulators are considering removing lead, a heavy metal linked to learning problems in children, from a list of regulated pollutants because past rules have greatly reduced levels of the toxin.
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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans tentatively agreed yesterday to prohibit customs agents from seizing prescription drugs that Americans buy in Canada .
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The sale and use of paint removers containing dichloromethane, a chemical with toxic vapor, would be restricted under a proposal made by European Union regulators on Thursday.
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Canada said on Thursday it had banned fishing boats from Greenland and the Faroe Islands from its ports because of their "highly irresponsible" overfishing of shrimp stocks outside Canadian waters.
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THURSDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A new Canadian study may finally explain how a key compound found in the U.S.-banned insecticide DDT accelerates the growth of breast cancer tumors.
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Governments of EU nations and lawmakers agreed on new legislation to control the use of chemicals in industry after years of haggling over how to balance health and environmental concerns against fears that excessive red tape would stifle business.
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By The Associated Press  HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Sierra Club asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday to ban industrial and household detergents containing a class of toxic chemical compounds that can cause male fish to develop certain female characteristics.
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Ontario will ban junk food in elementary schools within a few weeks, Education Minister Gerard Kennedy said yesterday. The warning came as Kennedy said &quot;dozens&quot; of school boards have not complied with his
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Canada will ban all smoking in federal prisons next year to improve the health of prisoners, staff and visitors, the government said on Wednesday.
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GENEVA: Up to 15 hazardous substances are expected to be added to a &quot;watch list&quot; regulating international trade in toxic industrial products and pesticides, the UN&#39;s environmental agency said.
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By MATTHEW DALY  WASHINGTON - Toxic fumes from gasoline, motor vehicles and fuel containers would be cut significantly under new federal rules the Bush administration developed under legal pressure from environmental groups.
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Methyl bromide set to be banned next year because it contributes to the destruction of the ozone layer.
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OTTAWA - Health Canada said it will issue a new warning about the painkiller Bextra as regulators in the US said they were strengthening warnings about the drug.
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The federal safety level for benzene, a leukemia-causing air toxin found throughout Houston and routinely inhaled by petrochemical plant workers, is too high to protect workers from blood cell
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The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of five (m) million doses that are available from plants in Canada and Germany.
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The European Parliament approves landmark legislation to control the use of toxic chemicals in industry.