Firm: Mercury Emitted in Indonesia
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JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 22 -- A U.S. mining company acknowledged Wednesday that it released tons of mercury into the air and water over five years at one of its gold mines in Indonesia but denied causing harm to anyone's health.
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Some restaurants and retailers around the country have started testing the fish they sell in response to concerns about the amount of mercury in seafood.
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Four years ago, a federal court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to set limits on the release of mercury and other harmful emissions from cement factories.
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Coolers for storing breast milk, a baby bottle cooler and a vinyl pacifier carrying case were among products found to have high levels of lead by an environmental group.
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Strict rules for crematoria to limit mercury pollution from tooth fillings have been announced.
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A Kyoto-Protocol project is providing the garbage-strewn areas of the so-called island paradise with clean energy. But Indonesia needs more projects like this
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Elevated mercury levels may be associated not only with neurological problems but with cardiovascular disease among adults as well.
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To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS  Contact: Tom Lalley of the World Wildlife Fund, +1-202-778-9544, tom.lalley@wwfus.org   BALI, Indonesia, Feb.
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By Rina De Silva  PETALING JAYA: A novel way to protect the environment is in the pipeline.  A group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and residents' associations plans to buy up multi-million ringgit green lungs nationwide so that they would not be developed.
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Indonesian rights campaigners have had their worst fears confirmed with the news the country&#39;s best-known activist was apparently a victim of arsenic poisoning.
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A report about high mercury levels in some sushi in Manhattan prompted concern among some residents but others shrugged.
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BREMEN, Germany, Sep 21 (IPS) - The Panamanian flagged ship Probo Koala unloaded  more than 550 tonnes of toxic waste at Abidjan port in C- te  d'Ivoire a month back. Emissions from that toxic waste have  killed seven people and poisoned thousands.
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New York state needs to do a better job at reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants and warning residents about fish contaminated with the poisonous element, environmentalists said Thursday.
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By Rupa Damodaran  YTL Corp Bhd, a diversified group, has submitted a proposal to the Government to clean up polluted rivers at an estimated cost of RM400 million each.  Managing director Tan Sri Francis Yeoh said that this is one- fifth of the cost that has already been proposed.
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Laboratory tests on sushi bought in Manhattan revealed tuna with mercury levels so high that a diet of six pieces a week would exceed accepted safety levels.
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JAKARTA - American mining company Newmont Corporation has admitted to having pumped 33 tons of mercury into the air and water at an Indonesian mine â-ut its chief executive insisted the releases posed no health risk.
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RENO-- The New York Times&#39; on-going war against Newmont Mining resumed Wednesday as the Times accused the mining company of &quot;putting tons of toxic mercury vapors into the air in Indonesia.