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Canada: New reports shed light Fording River pollution problems
2014-10-13 04:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: The Fording River seems to run through paradise in the wild Canadian Rocky Mountains, but Environment Canada experts say it is so heavily polluted that fish are hatching with terrible deformities and dying by the thousands. Teck Coal Ltd. has long acknowledged their responsibility concerning a pollution problem in the Elk Valley, with the company spending $600-million over the next five years in an unprecedented effort to improve water quality. But two Environment Canada reports prepared as...
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Pollution concerns continue at India textile units
2014-10-11 15:29:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Dyeing and textile units in the Indian town of Pali, in Rajasthan state, are continuing to release pollutants and contaminants into the local environment, despite repeated calls for stricter monitoring and the closure of non-complying facilities.
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Frost & Sullivan: Pollution Control A Costly Business
2014-10-10 10:32:03| pollutiononline Home Page
Hundreds of companies across numerous industries are faced with the obligation to lower their emissions in order to meet legislative requirements coming into force 1stApril 2015, and again 1stApril 2020
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Beijing Raises Smog Alert as Pollution Envelops North China
2014-10-10 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Beijing raised its air pollution alert to orange, the second-highest level, triggering limits on some industrial production as smog enveloped northern China for a second day. The concentration of PM2.5, fine particulates that pose the greatest risk to human health, was 445 micrograms per cubic meter at 5 p.m. near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center said on its website. The WHO recommends 24-hour exposure to PM2.5 at concentrations no higher than 25....
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China Pollution Levels Hit 20 Times Safe Limit
2014-10-10 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Days of heavy smog shrouding swathes of northern China pushed pollution to more than 20 times safe levels on Friday, despite government promises to tackle environmental blight. Visibility dropped dramatically as measures of small pollutant particles known as PM2.5, which can embed themselves deep in the lungs, reached more than 500 micrograms per cubic metre in parts of Hebei, a province bordering Beijing. The World Health Organizations guideline for maximum healthy exposure is 25. In the...
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