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Asbestos found in several campus buildings
The CSUN environmental health & safety department disseminated a report in January that lists 18 buildings on campus with remnants of asbestos-containing materials.
South Africa: Mines Threaten the Environment
[RNW Africa] Cape Town - While mining is the cornerstone of many African economies, the industry has a dark side. Across the continent, millions are struggling with the environmental, health and social implications of mining. "Sustainability should be a strategic imperative."
Party-list solon to probe Caraga mining firms’ compliance to environmental laws
BUTUAN CITY—Ako Bikol Rep. Rodel Batocabe on Thursday said he was seeking an investigation on the reported violation of environmental and health hazard laws, and nonpayment of taxes by four large-scale mining firms based in the Caraga region. Batocabe said that on Tuesday, he filed House Resolution No. 2124 for an investigation into the compliance [...]
Bioterrorism Funding Withers As Death Germs Thrive In Labs, Nature
In early October 2001, just days after Bob Stevens hiked through North Carolina's Chimney Rock Park and drank from a waterfall, government officials were retracing his steps. They were desperate to know why the 63-year-old man lay gravely ill in a Florida hospital. His diagnosis: anthrax.
Env’l code amendment pushed
Councilor Bernard Al-ag has filed a proposal in the city council on Tuesday to amend Environmental Health and Sanitation Code to streamline the processing of health certificates in the City Health Office (CHO). Al-ag, chair of the committee on health, said in his privilege speech during the plenary that the amendment is needed to fast-track the processing in the health office. About 70,000 ...
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