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[Title] => FPA bans use of technical grade endosulfan
[Summary] => The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) has banned the use of technical grade endosulfan and its related alpha isomers and formulations as pesticide, Food security chief Francis Pangilinan announced yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2015-01-26 00:00:00
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[Title] => Green groups push for return of pesticide shipment
[Summary] => Concerned environmentalists and health groups urged the outgoing Arroyo administration yesterday to ship out some 10 metric tons of the highly toxic pesticide endosulfan back to its Israeli manufacturer.
[DatePublished] => 2010-06-13 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1685860
[AuthorName] => Rhodina Villanueva
[SectionName] => Metro
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[Title] => UN bans nine more toxic chemicals
[Summary] => GENEVA (Xinhua) - Over 160 governments have agreed at a week-long meeting in Geneva to ban or restrict nine more toxic chemicals, including insecticide Lindane, the United Nations Environment Programme announced yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2009-05-10 14:01:19
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[ArticleID] => 462703
[Title] => EDITORIAL - Hazardous substances
[Summary] => Crop pests are hardy, nasty creatures, and it takes powerful stuff to zap them sufficiently to ensure a good harvest.
[DatePublished] => 2009-05-01 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[SectionName] => Opinion
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[ArticleID] => 462327
[Title] => DENR urged to support ban on 'nasty' chemicals
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines – Environmental groups yesterday called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to actively support global action to ban nine more “extremely nasty” chemicals that pose significant risk to human and ecological health, as they pushed for the expansion of the original 12 Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) under the Stockholm Convention.
[DatePublished] => 2009-04-30 00:00:00
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[ArticleID] => 305874
[Title] => Waste-free SEAG suportado ng mga Sports ambassadors
[Summary] => Ipinahayag ng mga dating atleta at ngayo’y naglilingkod bilang ‘Sports Ambassador’ ang pakikiisa sa programang ‘Waste-free SEA Games ‘ ng Eco-Waste Coalition at Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Philsoc).
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-08 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[SectionName] => PSN Palaro
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[Title] => Importation, use of PCBs monitored
[Summary] => The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will now strictly monitor the importation and use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
In line with this, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Elisea Gozun has issued Administrative Order 2004-01, or the chemical control order, that provides the guidelines for the proper utilization, disposal and storage of PCBs, including the clean-up of PCB-contaminated sites.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-15 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
[Focus] => 0
[AuthorID] => 1097368
[AuthorName] => Mike Frialde
[SectionName] => Nation
[SectionUrl] => nation
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[Title] => That we may breathe clean, healthy air
[Summary] => Themes guide in undertaking two major air quality improvement activities this September. They are "Save Our Sky: There Is A Hole Lot More To Do For Our Children" dubbed by United Nationa Environment Programme, the Protection of the Ozone Layer and "Persistent Organic Pollutants: The Challenge to the Academe" for the educators’ assembly.
[DatePublished] => 2003-09-14 00:00:00
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[AuthorID] => 1168285
[AuthorName] => Benny G. Enriquez
[SectionName] => Business
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[Title] => Government asks: Don’t seek fare hike
[Summary] => The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) appealed to public transportation operators yesterday to refrain from seeking a fare increase.
Remedios Belleza, an LTFRB member, said the board cited the burden to the public in making the appeal.
"We understand why they want to seek the fare adjustment. We respect their right to do so," she said. "But we just hope they could still delay their plans to file the petition (for a fare increase)."
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-24 00:00:00
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[Title] => Better alternatives to hospital waste incinerators
[Summary] => Thermal and chemical technologies are cheaper and more effective alternatives to incineration of hospital wastes which is found to emit dangerous pollutants in the environment, a US-based Filipino chemist said.
Dr. Jorge Emmanuel, who specializes in the management of hazardous and biohazardous waste, said he personally recommends thermal technology in the form of "autoclaving," because it is cheaper than high-tech incinerators and uses steam to destroy pathogens.
[DatePublished] => 2001-08-20 00:00:00
[ColumnID] => 133272
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[SectionName] => Science and Environment
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