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Norway to Go
Norway will ban mercury |
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26 Dec 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 9:31 AM on 26 Dec 2007 Come Jan. 1, Norway will completely ban mercury in manufacturing, imports, and exports. "Mercury is among the most dangerous pollutants. Good alternatives to mercury exist already and it is therefore right to introduce this ban," says Environment Minister Erik Solheim, with due formality. Norway's standards exceed that of the European Union, which will ban mercury in thermometers in the first half of 2009 and in exp ... |
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| Topics: European Union, mercury, news, Norway, progress, toxics (all these topics) |
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All Heil Breaks Loose
Six decades after World War II, Nazi U-boat poses threat to Norway |
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11 Jan 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| All Heil Breaks Loose Six decades after World War II, Nazi U-boat poses threat to Norway What's scarier than a Nazi U-boat slinking along your shores? A Nazi U-boat sunk along your shores, with 65 tons of mercury still inside. In coastal Norway, residents are keeping a wary eye on a 62-year-old casualty of war that could pose a whole new danger. With time and seawater causing corrosion in a number of the submarine's 1,857 canisters of ... |
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| Topics: news, Norway, toxics (all these topics) |
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Northern Blights
Flame retardants are yet another toxic threat to polar bears |
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09 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Northern Blights Flame retardants are yet another toxic threat to polar bears New research confirms that polar bears -- for years known to be victims of northward-spreading toxic substances -- are accumulating in their bodies worrying levels of flame retardants called polybrominated diphenyl ethers. The effects of this PBDE contamination are unknown, but similar chemicals are believed to be weakening the bears' ... |
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| Topics: Greenland, news, Norway, toxics, wildlife (all these topics) |
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