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April 12, 2018, Thursday | International
Skripals poisoned with nerve agent, chemical arms watchdog confirms
UK findings revealed that poison used on former Russian spy Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury attack was novichok nerve agent
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March 07, 2018, Wednesday | International
North Korea assassinated Kim Jong-nam with chemical weapon: US
Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, died after two women approached him and smeared a deadly nerve agent on his face in Malaysia on February 13 last year
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January 21, 2018, Sunday | Current Affairs
Love cosmetics? Beware, they may cause infertility, problems in pregnancy
Most of the cosmetics, including nail polish, anti-bacterial soaps, anti-ageing creams, hair sprays and perfumes, have a severe effect on female fertility
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February 26, 2017, Sunday | International
Airport to be screened for toxic chemicals
Kim Jong Nam was murdered on February 13 at Kuala Lumpur's main airport with VX nerve agent
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October 22, 2016, Saturday | International
UN accuses Syrian government of carrying out a third chemical attack
Investigations reveal helicopters flying from two military bases dropped barrel bombs containing chlorine gas
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June 22, 2016, Wednesday | International
Barack Obama to sign toxic chemical rules; first overhaul in 40 years
Still, some Republicans opposed the legislation and called it an overzealous Washington takeover of a matter
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June 08, 2016, Wednesday | International
Congress sends Barack Obama bill to regulation toxic chemicals
Backers of the bill said it would clear up a hodgepodge of state rules and update and improve a toxic-chemicals law that has remained unchanged for 40 years
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October 11, 2015, Sunday | Opinion
Letters: Silent killers
With reference to the editorial, "Toxic food" (October 8), Silent Spring's author Rachel Carson was probably the first person to draw attention to the destruction wrought by agrochemicals. Industry launched a massive - and eventually, unsuccessful - ...
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October 10, 2015, Saturday | Current Affairs
Mystery kidney disease linked to global warming
It is most prevalent among manual labourers on sugar cane plantations in the hotter, lower altitudes of Central America's Pacific coast
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August 22, 2015, Saturday | Current Affairs
Breastfeeding may expose babies to toxic chemicals
Breastfeeding may expose babies to a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer
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April 22, 2014, Tuesday | International
Indications of toxic chemical use in Syria this month: US
Probably chlorine was used in Syria
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October 26, 2013, Saturday | International
Norway rejects U.S. request to destroy Syria's chemical weapons over technical, legal reasons
According to the UN Security Council resolution agreed to in September, the toxic chemicals are to be transported out of Syria by January 2014
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May 04, 2013, Saturday | International
At Texas fertiliser plant, a history of theft, tampering
The Texas fertiliser plant that exploded two weeks ago, killing 14 people and injuring about 200, was a repeat target of theft by intruders who tampered with tanks and caused the release of toxic chemicals, police records reviewed by Reuters ...
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June 07, 2012, Thursday | Economy & Policy
Decision on toxic waste on June 8 Center to take over Bhopal Memorial Hospital
Union home minister P Chidambaram, who is heading a Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal gas disaster, said here on Tuesday the group will meet on June 8 decide on the remediation of 390 metric tonnes of toxic waste lying in closed entity of Union ...
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February 02, 2012, Thursday | Opinion
Kanika Datta: In the court of public opinion
Dow Chemicals will continue to struggle to exorcise the ghosts of Bhopal
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August 14, 2011, Sunday | Economy & Policy
China shuts down chemical plant after mass protest
Succumbing to mass protests, Chinese authorities today ordered an immediate shut down of a chemical plant in northeastern Dalian city after a toxic pollution scare sparked urgent evacuations.
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July 20, 2011, Wednesday | Economy & Policy
Whose toxic waste is it anyway?
An indifferent parent and lethargic govt are responsible
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July 09, 2011, Saturday | Economy & Policy
Union Carbide toxic waste to be disposed of at DRDO, Nagpur
The Madhya Pradesh government is reportedly making preparations to move the toxic waste on the closed factory premises of Union Carbide.
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April 14, 2011, Thursday | Opinion
Letters: Paying the polluter
This refers to the report “Manmohan Singh assures help on Tirupur pollution issue” (April 11). Is it right to bail out the knitwear industry of Tirupur with an outlay of Rs 1,000 crore when the industry has been polluting the region by ...