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Ozone hole mystery: China insulating chemical said to be source of rise
Cut-price Chinese home insulation is being blamed for a massive rise in emissions of a gas, highly damaging to the Earth's protective ozone layer.
Workers hospitalised after chemical container explodes
Three workers at Phong Phu Corporation in District 9 on Monday were treated at Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City for severe chemical burns after an accident at the company's factory.— Photo tienphong
Well water causing cancer in central commune
VietNamNet Bridge – Residents of Viet Xuyen Commune in central Ha Tinh Province are worried that contaminated well water is exposing them to cancer after a spate of deaths caused by the killer disease recently.
Three Thai citizens fined for dipping durians into chemicals
VietNamNet Bridge – Three Thai men were fine and expelled for working in Vietnam without permits by the authorities of Tien Giang Province.
Vietnam: Biggest rhino horns transit nation
Vietnam is the largest transit nation of the illegal transportation of wild animal samples such as rhino horns and elephant tusks.
Health watchdog continues test on rice noodles
The Vietnam Food Administration said that it would continue to test all fresh rice vermicelli products in the country following a scandal that rice noodles were contaminated with Tinopal whitening agent.
Competent agencies powerless in fruit preservation chemical management
VietNamNet Bridge – While analysts have rung the alarm bell over the abuse of agents to preserve fruits, the Plant Protection Agency affirmed it has not licensed any products.
No poison found in sunflower seeds
VietNamNet Bridge – The Food Safety Department of the Ministry of Health has said that the 34 samples of sunflower seeds in four provinces did not contain toxic chemicals that cause brain atrophy.
