US: HCWH and 25 Other Groups Support EPA Right-to-Know Policy for Chemical Hazards
Environmental Protection – 26 Labor and environmental organizations have filed detailed comments voicing support for a change in a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency policy that denied public access to information the agency receives from the chemical industry, according to a press release from the Environmental Defense Fund and Earthjustice. more

India: Untreated Bio-medical Waste
Nagaland Post – Disposal of bio-medical wastes by hospitals, nursing homes and clinics is becoming a serious issue as it poses grave health hazards to public. more

India: Pollution Control Board Contributes More to State
The Morung Express – Kohima Municipal Council launched its 2nd phase Demo Project on Solid Waste Management under Nagaland Pollution Control Board and Central Pollution Control Board. Under the initiative of Nagaland Pollution Control Board, KMC has added hearse truck and Bio-medical waste for the first time, and a tipper making it total 8 tippers for the state capital. more

India: Minister Leaves for India to See Medical Waste Management
The New Nation – Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr AFM Ruhul Huq left for India on a visit at the invitation of United Nation Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to see for himself the medical waste management activities. During the visit, the minister will visit hospitals in Bangalore to observe UNIDO-run activities styled 'Environmentally Sound Management of Medical Wastes in India. more

India: India Reopens Bhopal Toxic Gas Leak Case
The Guardian – India's supreme court has reopened the Bhopal toxic gas leak case in response to a government petition seeking harsher punishment for officials from Union Carbide, the chemical company responsible. more

Afghanistan: Gas Sickened Girls in Afghan Schools
NYTimes – Blood tests have confirmed that a mysterious series of cases of mass sickness at girls’ schools across the country over the last two years were caused by a powerful poison gas. more

Sweden: Swedish Agencies Map Out Bisphenol A Action Plan
Foodqualitynews – Sweden's food safety and chemical agencies met last week to begin mapping out an action plan to decide if the country would impose a national ban on bisphenol A. more

US: Study: BPA May Cause High Testosterone Levels
NewsInferno – Men exposed to high levels of the polycarbonate plastic bisphenol A test with what WebMD described as a small but significant increase in testosterone, the male sex hormone. The study appears in Environmental Health Perspectives. BPA is found in a wide variety of consumer products and is known to imitate the hormone estrogen. more

India: State's Climate Change Action Plan Gathering
Times of India – Extreme weather conditions will have effects on public health according to predictions made by scientists in the state's climate change action plan framework. The report also outlines broad adaptation and mitigation strategies. In the framework, effects of global warming and climate change and their resultant impacts in health, water resource, agriculture, livelihood, economic growth and sustainability in Bengal are outlined. more

China: E–waste Recycling a Health and Environmental Hazard
Med India – Scientists are raising concerns about recycling electronic waste from computers, cell phones and other goods, claiming that this might create significant health and environmental hazards. Scientists from China and the United States have identified numerous toxic elements in the emissions from an e–waste recycling workshop in southern China, which uses low-tech methods to separate reusable electronic components from the circuit boards. more

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