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Chemistry World July 1, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Chemical security efforts spread The EU and the US are simultaneously taking action in a bid to secure chemical facilities and prevent their misuse by terrorists.
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Chemistry World May 6, 2011 Ned Stafford	Endosulfan banned as agreement is reached with India India has reversed its opposition to a ban on the pesticide endosulfan, paving the way for the 127 nations of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to agree a global moratorium on the use of the highly toxic pesticide.
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