Chemicals
The general public often construes the word "chemical" to mean a harmful synthetic substance. In fact, however, the term applies to any element or compound, either natural or...
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One of the Japanese whaling vessels operating in the Antarctic
Ocean was harassed Friday by people believed to be members of a U.S.
anti-whaling civic group when they threw bottles containing...
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New York (dpa) - A week after suspect chemical substances were
discovered in a United Nations archive, a panel was set up on Friday
to investigate the bizarre circumstances ...
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BRUSSELS, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The EU industry chief unveiled
plans on Friday to revise the bloc's toy safety standards with a
ban on some chemicals and on packaging toys as giveaways with
foods suc...
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Prague (dpa) - The Czech inventors of a new, highly-effective
chemical substance that could be developed into a medicine against
smallpox, herpes and common colds are distra...
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Most of Japan's bays are hit with red tides or contaminated with
toxic substances and need detailed checkups, a study showed Tuesday.
The Ocean Policy Research Foundation, a Tokyo-based res...
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The following are the highlights of a joint statement on the
further strengthening of bilateral cooperation on environmental
conservation signed Wednesday by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro As...
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China said Tuesday that the water quality of its rivers and
lakes faces ''intermediate pollution,'' with 60 percent of the total
contaminated to some extent.
Zhang Lijun, deputy director o...
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Rostock, Germany (dpa) - The casualty toll from a riot on Saturday
in the German port city of Rostock has been sharply reduced after an
analysis of the injuries.
...
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Jakarta (dpa) - Ministers and security chiefs from six
Asia-Pacific nations concluded their two-day meeting in Indonesia
Tuesday with plans to strengthen networks to prevent...
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Chemicals
Bottles of chemical substance thrown at Japanese whaling ship
