Day: 15 January 1999

Endocrine disrupters may kill salmon at sea

A study by researchers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Environment Canada has found that past spraying programs against the spruce budworm may be behind the disappearance of salmon at sea.

Pakistan: experts oppose Karachi sewerage project

Experts in Korangi are opposing an expensive new sewerage project, as it does not make good use of the existing system, and entails high operating costs.

India: dangerous toxins found in Mumbai water supply

The National Environmental Engineering Institute has found worryingly high levels of toxins including heavy metals and trihalomethanes, in samples of water supplied to the town of Mumbai.

Thailand Industrial Estates Authority aims for 14001

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has embarked on an ambitious program to have all its operations certified to ISO14001 by 2000.

China: Five-year prison sentence in first criminal environmental case

The former head of a Chinese paper mill has been sentenced to five years in prison, in China's first criminal environmental case.

Cambodia: WHO says no mercury threat from hazwaste dump

A World Health Organisation official has declared that there is 'no immediate danger' of mercury poisoning from a dumped consignment of hazardous waste, imported from Taiwan, although the mercury content is 20,000 times higher than safety standards.

Japan: Endocrine Disrupters – now on the political agenda

The Environment Agency in Japan held its first major international conference on the endocrine disrupter issue Dec 11-13th, in Kyoto. On the first two days of the three-day event, scientists from around the world gathered to discuss their results and opinions on what action needs to be taken on the endocrine disrupter issue. Report by Asia Environmental Review (ASER).

Spain drafts EIA bill

The Spanish Environment Ministry has drafted a bill requiring environmental impact assessments for certain urban industrial and agricultural developments.

US firms oppose EU packaging waste Directive revision

Any revision of the European Directive on packaging and packaging waste would be premature, and the Directive ought to be left as it is for its second five-year phase, says the American Chamber of Commerce in Brussels (ACCB) in a recently published position paper.

New draft standards on packaging and the environment

The European standards body, CEN, has issued five draft standards and a guidance document for public comment, in support of the Union directive for packaging and packaging waste (94/62/EC).

Spanish National Park opposes re-opening of mine

The management board of Europe's largest nature reserve has officially opposed the re-opening of the Los Frailes zinc mine that caused a major ecological disaster by spilling contaminated wastes into the Agrio and Guadiamar rivers, which feed one of the major water sources to the Doñana National Park, last April.

Germany cancels nuclear re-processing contracts from 2000

The German Government has announced that it will ban the re-processing of German nuclear waste in France and the UK at the end of this year.

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