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Dust pollution in Beijing contains deadly poison
Analysis of the Chinese Academy of Sciences showed that the smog that struck Beijing and its northern provinces last month contained a large amount of toxic chemicals.
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The people of Argentina evacuated because of toxic smoke
Poison smoke spread throughout Argentina's capital yesterday, causing people in many areas to evacuate.
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Thousands of Germans evacuated for poisonous clouds
More than 2,000 people in northern Germany were evacuated after poisoning a poison from a factory into the environment.
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Lake of death in Cameroon
Unlike other volcanic lakes, underneath Lake Nyos there is a great amount of ghosts. Once a shock occurs, CO2 gas will leak into the water, forming carbonic acid. It can…
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IPTD technology to treat dioxin in Da Nang airport
With this technology, soil and mud contaminated with dioxin (also known as Agent Orange) will be transferred into abutments, where experts will raise the temperature to…
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The US participates in dioxin treatment at Da Nang airport
On the morning of May 8, Vietnamese and American experts began to consider the technical design of heat-absorbing technology to treat poisoning at Da Nang airport, a hot…
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Beijing 'heavy pollution', people go online to breathe
The dense fogs surrounded China's Beijing capital in the past few days, causing health concerns, leaving hundreds of flights canceled.
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Thailand: Alligators, poisonous snakes lurk on the street after the flood
Every day, Bangkok authorities receive about 10 calls from residents reporting that they have seen pythons and poisonous snakes on the street.
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Coal gas from primitive stoves affects human health
A study published in the journal Science (USA) on October 13 showed that primitive stoves, still widely used in the world, are the cause of killing about 2 million peopl…
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The risk of recurring Lake Nyos disaster killed 1,700 people
25 years ago a cloud of carbon dioxide (CO2) spread from Lake Nyos in Cameroon suddenly struck villages around the lake, killing more than 1,700 people. Until today, sci…
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China: Lead poisoning children, Shanghai closed 14 factories
Shanghai City has just decided to close 14 of the 17 battery generation plants to refine the technical criteria, after the test results show that 32 children have been p…
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Death god threatens Nigeria
The Nigerian government is urgently building dams to prevent the possibility of a dangerous lake on Cameroon's crater breaking and releasing toxic gas.
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The Danube water is no longer toxic
The toxic metal and organic compounds stop flowing into the Danube thanks to its detoxification efforts on one branch.
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Broken waste reservoir, Hungary declared a state of emergency
On October 5, the Hungarian government declared a state of emergency in the three western provinces after a reservoir of industrial waste broke ...
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Mud poison spills into the second longest river in Europe
On October 7, bauxite waste from the huge reservoir in Hungary reached the Danube river, threatening the ecosystem of the river.