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A group of western and Middle Eastern nations have announced a Syrian-led task force to identify and destroy the remnants of the country's chemical weapons programme inherited from the ousted regime of Bashar Al Assad. During a special ceremony at the United Nations in New York on Wednesday
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Approximately 200 litres of the highly toxic herbicide Paraquat were spilled on a highway in Dorris, California, on Tuesday morning 17 March. The spill led to the Siskiyou County sheriff's office issuing a shelter-in-place order while emergency responders and cleanup crews worked the incident scene. The order was
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Representatives of the US Defense Threat Reduction Agency have visited officials belonging to Kenya's National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to introduce their chemical security programme and explore areas of collaboration with NEMA and other partner agencies. According to information published by NEMA, the meeting on 17 March highlighted
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is strengthening their capacity to respond to a possible mass-casualty CBRN event due to the war in Iran. The United Nations health agency's first situation report on the escalation of conflict in the Middle East issued on 11 March notes that the potential
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A government official in the Canadian province of New Brunswick has named the company allegedly responsible for spilling a substance containing hexavalent chromium in Fredericton last week. Speaking in a news conference, Charbel Awad, deputy environment minister of New Brunswick, said XL Plating and Machining allegedly spilled 900 litres of
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The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has released a landmark report on artificial intelligence and the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention. Released on 3 March 2026, the report "provides a structured, forward-looking assessment of how AI is reshaping chemical science and related disciplines, and what this
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Fifteen male suspects have been arrested by operatives of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged involvement in illegal dealing wth radioactive solid minerals. This is according to the local online outlet, PM News Nigeria. According to the statement released by spokesperson Dele Oyewale on Tuesday 10
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Dutch police were deployed to the small hamlet of Langeweg in the Netherlands' on Monday morning, 9 March, after a suspected hazardous substance was found in a small shed. Local outlet BN De Stem reported that EOD and CBRN units responded to assess the situation. Reports suggested that the
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Environmental officials in the US state of South Carolina ordered the Silfab Solar facility in Fort Mill to immediately cease all operations on Thursday 5 March after a second chemical spill in one week. The week's second spill occurred shortly before 08:30 as York County posted a
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The radiation, chemical and biological defence units of the Ukrainian armed forces recorded nearly 400 cases of Russian forces using special munitions equipped with chemical irritants against Ukraine in February 2026. This is according to the head of the communications department of the Command of the Support Forces of the
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Three-hundred gallons of potassium hydroxide were spilled at a Silfab Solar plant in York County, South Carolina, in an incident on Tuesday 3 March. In a post on Facebook clarifying the incident, York County said that the incident occurred at approximately 09:45 on Tuesday. Emergency responders and a York
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A shopping plaza in Middleboro, Massachusetts, was safely evacuated on Wednesday afternoon, 25 February, after a gas leak likely caused by a snowplow. CBS News reported that the fire department responded shortly after noon to the Hannaford supermarket parking lot after reports of a strong smell of gas. Crews confirmed