OECD warns of rising premature deaths, costs of air pollution

Edit Yahoo Daily News 09 Jun 2016
LONDON (Reuters) - Outdoor air pollution could cause 6 to 9 million premature deaths and represent an economic cost of around $2.6 trillion a year by 2060 unless action is taken, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a report released on Thursday ... Outdoor air pollution caused more than 3 million premature deaths in 2010 but that number could double or triple by 2060, the report showed....

Air pollution to cause 6-9 million premature deaths and cost 1% GDP by 2060 (OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Edit Public Technologies 09 Jun 2016
9/6/2016 - Outdoor air pollution could cause 6 to 9 million premature deaths a year by 2060 and cost 1% of global GDP - around USD 2.6 trillion annually - as a result of sick days, medical bills and reduced agricultural output, unless action is taken, according to a new OECD report ... The OECD projections imply a doubling, or even tripling, of premature deaths from dirty air - or one premature death every four or five seconds - by 2060....

Air pollution to cause 6-9 million premature deaths by 2060; India, China face maximum threat: ...

Edit DNA India 09 Jun 2016
Air pollution could cause 6-9 million premature deaths by 2060, with India and China facing threat of maximum number of such mortalities, according to an OECD report ... "Outdoor air pollution could cause 6 to 9 million premature deaths a year by 2060 and cost 1% of global GDP around $2.6 trillion annually as a result of sick days, medical bills and reduced agricultural output, unless action is taken," the report said....

Air Pollution Seen Reducing China’s Economy 2.5% by 2060

Edit Bloomberg 09 Jun 2016
Air pollution may reduce the size of China’s economy as much as 2.5 percent by 2060 by extending worker sick days, damaging crops and increasing health care costs, according to a new report that urges governments to enact tougher environmental laws....

Urgent action needed to stop terrifying rise in air pollution, warns OECD

Edit The Guardian 09 Jun 2016
“There will also be a heavy economic cost to not taking action. We must prevent these projections from becoming reality.” ... If current trends continue, one person will die prematurely every four or five seconds from air pollution by 2060. The cost of 1% of global economic output every year by 2060 would equate to about $330 per head of population, arising from sick days, healthcare costs and lost productivity ... ....

Suspension from Official Quotation (KBL Mining Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jun 2016
(Source. KBL Mining Limited) ce7a5ad9-b19b-404b-8ae2-f26c7a8f7495.pdf. MARKET RELEASE. 8 June 2016. KBL Mining Limited. SUSPENSION FROM OFFICIAL QUOTATION ... Security Code.. KBL. Andia Petropoulos. Adviser, Listings Compliance (Sydney). ASX Compliance Pty Limited. ABN 26 087 780 489. 20 Bridge Street. Sydney NSW 2000. www.asx.com.au Customer service 13 12 79. Level 3, 2 Elizabeth Plaza, NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2060 PO Box 98, NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2059. Tel ... Fax....

Art in Public Places Committee (City of Santa Rosa, CA)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jun 2016
(Source. City of Santa Rosa, CA). City of Santa Rosa. Board Vacancies. The City Council is seeking volunteers interested in serving on the Art in Public Places Committee to serve a term to run concurrently with the appointing Council Member's term ... at the Finley Community Center, Person Senior Wing, >2060 W. College Avenue, Santa Rosa....

Drivers at building supply giant to stage 24-hour strike in overtime pay dispute (UNITE)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jun 2016
(Source. UNITE). Drivers working for landscape products group, Marshalls will stage a 24-hour strike on Monday (13 June) in their long-running dispute over overtime pay ... The 24-hour strike will start at 01.00 on 13 June ... The company's profits are also up, as are dividends to shareholders ... ENDS. Notes to editors.. For more information please contact Unite senior communications officer Shaun Noble on 020 3371 2060 or 07768 693940. Email....

Defence secretary under fire over ‘buy American’ procurement policy (UNITE)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jun 2016
(Source. UNITE). Defence secretary Michael Fallon has serious questions to answer about the UK's secretive procurement policy - the latest controversy being the decision to buy nine maritime patrol aircraft from America ... Unite assistant general secretary for manufacturing, Tony Burke said ... ENDS. Notes to editors.. For more information please contact Unite senior communications officer Shaun Noble on 020 3371 2060 or 07768 693940. Email....

Amarantus Announces cGMP Manufacturing Readiness for Its Engineered Skin Substitute (ESS) Program at Lonza Walkersville (Amarantus Bioscience Holdings Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jun 2016
(Source. Amarantus Bioscience Holdings Inc). SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --. Amarantus BioScience Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB ... The Company will open enrollment at the first site, the U.S ... Two additional civilian sites will be opened after ISR to accelerate enrollment of the study ... Ascendant Partners, LLC ... Original documenthttp.//www.amarantus.com/news/press-releases/detail/2060/amarantus-announces-cgmp-manufacturing-readiness-for-its....

America By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa Election Coverage Special ‘The New Deciders’ to Air on PBS Stations September 6, 2016 (CPB - Corporation for Public Broadcasting)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Jun 2016
(Source. CPB - Corporation for Public Broadcasting) ... airing on PBS Sept. 6, 2016 ... 'Black Millennials ... ABTN will also examine if/how major political parties are taking notice. 'Latino Evangelicals ... Projected to grow from 18 million in 2014 to more than 40 million by 2060, Asian-Americans constitute the majority in more than a half-dozen cities in the greater Los Angeles area and are becoming a dominant political and cultural force ... # # #....

Free green waste disposal at Council waste depots due to storm damage (Shoalhaven City Council)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
(Source. Shoalhaven City Council). ISSUED. 1.15pm Monday 6 June 2016. Shoalhaven City Council will waive tipping disposal costs for green waste that has resulted from the recent storm and damaging winds ... CONTACT ... Original documenthttp.//www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/My-Council/Media-releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2060/Free-green-waste-disposal-at-Council-waste-depots-due-to-storm-damage ... (noodl....

Trading Halt (KBL Mining Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Jun 2016
(Source. KBL Mining Limited) a8c4b68b-4687-470a-9eae-1efd86f30ccf.pdf. MARKET RELEASE. 6 June 2016. KBL Mining Limited. TRADING HALT. The securities of KBL Mining Limited (the "Company") will be placed in Trading Halt Session State at the request of the Company, pending the release of an announcement by the Company ... Security Code.. KBL ... Level 3, 2 Elizabeth Plaza, NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2060 PO Box 98, NORTH SYDNEY NSW 2059. Tel ... Fax....
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