Article: Landfill sites 'link' to birth defects.(News)

Article: Toxic waste landfill sites may cause ...
The Scotsman;  August 7, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... further away from the landfill sites women lived. One Scottish ... t know yet whether landfill sites are causing this increase ... 000 tonnes of liquid toxic waste, 12,000 tonnes of ... waste was dumped in landfill sites. Dr Richard Dixon ...

Article: Ten people died and tens of thousands sought emergency medical ...
Geographical;  January 1, 2007 ;     565 words ...Ten people died and tens of thousands sought emergency medical attention after toxic waste was dumped at several landfill sites in the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan. The waste, which originated from a Panamanian ...

Article: Landfill sites linked to risk of birth defects ...
The Independent - London;  August 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the 19,196 landfill sites in the UK. Many ... special sites take toxic waste such as solvents ... was higher near landfill sites. Researchers ... disposed of in landfill sites by 2013. But ... the burial of toxic waste. "This study ...

Article: Landfill sites blamed for birth defects
The Scotsman;  August 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ...BABIES born in communities near landfill sites containing toxic waste have a 7 per cent higher risk of being born with ... statutory target to eliminate toxic waste dumping in landfill sites." The study, carried out between 1982 and ...

Article: Birth defects and landfill sites.
M2 Presswire;  August 16, 2001 ;     673 words ... ... than 300 landfill sites in England ... to accept toxic waste and thousands ... suggests that landfill sites taking other ... A list of toxic waste sites is ... eliminate toxic waste dumping in landfill sites." CONTACT ...

Article: Significant Breakthrough In Treatment of Toxic ...
PR Newswire Europe;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... leachates (toxic waste) from landfill sites. Newman commented ... leachates from landfill sites, and highly toxic waste from sources ... constant flow of toxic waste through the ... and spills; landfill sites which excrete ...

Article: FEARS OVER TOXIC WASTE.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  August 13, 1998 ;     514 words ... ... of mothers living within three kilometres of landfill sites containing hazardous waste. According to Friends ... medical research clearly shows a link between landfill sites containing toxic waste and extremely serious birth defects," he said ...