Month: April 1999

Pollution may cause prostate cancers to become more aggressive

Environmental pollutants may cause slow-growing prostate cancers to become more aggressive, according to preliminary research carried out at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Senators favour voluntary carbon emission reductions over Kyoto ratification

US senators have introduced legislation to reduce carbon emissions by strengthening existing voluntary carbon emissions reductions programs, rather than by implementing the terms of the Kyoto Treaty or by giving the US EPA more power over US energy policy.

Germany urges tighter European chemicals policy

Germany is to push its European Union (EU) partners to make a united call for a fundamental review of European chemicals policy before its presidency term ends June 30.

CHINA: half the population consumes contaminated water

Over half of the population of China consume water that fails to meet minimum quality standards, and China has several times the rate of liver and gastric cancers as India, according to a new study by the World Resources Institute.

EPA releases long-term strategy for beaches

The EPA has released a long-term strategy to help states and localities protect public health at beaches and recreational waters.

COLUMBIA: pollution charges succeed where legislation has failed to get results

A new system of pollution charges to complement environmental legislation is getting results in Columbia where the traditional 'command and control' approach has failed, according to a study by the World Bank's New Ideas in Pollution Regulation (NIPR) programme.

Reductions in ozone depleters may dry up

The currently hopeful progress in removing ozone-damaging gases from the atmosphere may stall early in the new millennium, according to new research.

Service launched to help implement EPA Refrigerant regulations

A company has published an inspection guideline to help organizations comply with the US EPA's Clean Air Act Title VI refrigerant regulations.

Groups quit food panel

All environmental, consumer and public interest members of the US government's food quality advisory panel have quit in protest at what they call a "hijack" of legal protections for children against toxic pesticides.

EPA’s Index of Watershed Indicators upgraded

The US EPA's Office of Water has released an upgraded version of its Index of Watershed Indicators (IWI).

Joint venture could help reduce Chinese greenhouse gas emissions

A joint venture formed by US technology and manufacturing company AlliedSignal and Shanghai Zhixin Enterprises Company (ZXCO) to manufacture amorphous metal core products could help the Chinese reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases.

AUSTRALIA: new method to remove DOC from water

Australian scientists have developed a new way to remove organic materials, for example from the breakdown of rotting vegetation, from the water supply.

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