Tag:chemicals

Agric & Biotech

CSOs call for robust legislation to regulate pesticides, chemical inflow

Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have called on the Federal Government and legislators to take action and make a robust legislation to regulate the...

Michael Simire - June 27, 2023

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Fishermen, residents lament use of chemicals to tackle oil spill

Fishermen and residents in Koluama 2 community in Bayelsa State have bemoaned the use of toxic dispersants to contain ongoing oil leak at Conoil’s...

Michael Simire - January 18, 2023

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Study describes pollution from chemicals, wastes as key driver of biodiversity loss

All eyes are on global biodiversity this week, as the world celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity on Saturday, May 22, 2021 and...

Michael Simire - May 21, 2021

Gender

IPEN, SAICM report illustrates chemicals’ disproportionate impacts on women

A report published by the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) and the Strategic Alliance for International Chemicals Management (SAICM) illustrates the impact of chemicals on...

Michael Simire - January 21, 2021

Health

Study links deaths in Bangladeshi children to agriculture chemicals

Excessive and improper applications of insecticides and other agriculture chemicals in local fruit orchards may have triggered an outbreak of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES),...

admin - July 24, 2017

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Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions COPs open with GEF, Nigeria side-events

The thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP-13), the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties...

admin - April 26, 2017

Health

Study shows unsafe chemicals use in salon products

A recent study released by Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev Nigeria) under the auspice of the US-based Developing World Outreach Initiatives...

admin - April 5, 2016

Science & Tech

UNEP forum devises strategy to curb chemicals’ risks

An International Conference on Chemicals Management has agreed on a plan that could prevent the annual deaths of more than one million people exposed...

admin - October 4, 2015

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