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More than 4,800 boxes of ice cream are found to be contaminated with Covid in China as anti-epidemic authorities scramble to contact people who could be affected Three samples of locally produced ice cream were found to be contaminated Health officials in Tianjin municipality are tracing those in contact with boxes 1,662 company employees have been … Read more
Contaminated blood scandal which left tens of thousands of NHS patients infected with hepatitis C is ‘a disaster bigger than Hillsborough’ By Holly Bancroft For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:47 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 01:26 GMT, 27 December 2020 The contaminated blood scandal which left tens of thousands of NHS patients infected with … Read more
Crops grown near Chernobyl are still contaminated, more than three decades after the worst nuclear disaster in history. Almost half the grain analyzed by scientists in Ivankiv, about 30 miles from the power plant, showed levels of strontium 90 far above recommended levels. It was also present at unsafe levels in firewood and wood ash … Read more
Lidl urgently recalls two chicken dishes over fears they are contaminated with salmonella Lidl recalled two products over fears they could give people food poisoning These are Red Hen Breaded Chicken Nuggets and Southern Fried Chicken Pops The production batch was found to contain the dangerous bacteria salmonella By Antonia Paget For Mailonline Published: 14:56 … Read more
Contaminated water with the potential to damage human DNA could soon be released into the Pacific Ocean, Greenpeace claims. The utility company operating the tsunami-devastated nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan, said last year it will run out of space to store massive quantities of it by 2022. This has added immense pressure on the … Read more
A sheep farmer bought wine and flowers for his primary school teacher wife after planting a jar of baby food containing metal shards at Tesco, a court has heard. Nigel Wright, 45, was caught on CCTV taking two jars and placing them into his trolley. He then takes out a contaminated jar and puts it … Read more
A sheep farmer bought wine and flowers for his primary school teacher wife after planting a jar of baby food containing metal shards at Tesco, a court has heard. Nigel Wright, 45, was caught on CCTV taking two jars and placing them into his trolley. He then takes out a contaminated jar and puts it … Read more
Councils can BULLDOZE contaminated homes and crush cars as a last resort under new laws to stop second wave of coronavirus Boris Johnson remains determined to avoid a second nationwide lockdown Councils able to draw on laws to impose lightning closures of public buildings As last resort the 1984 Control of Disease Act allows for … Read more
CDC updates its guidelines to say coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ from contaminated surfaces – but warns it still ‘may be possible’ CDC says ‘touching surfaces or objects’ no longer considered a primary method of transmission It has been added to list of ways in which the virus does not spread ‘readily’ Differs from earlier … Read more
Swapping ozone-depleting chemicals for more ‘environmentally friendly’ alternatives has inadvertently allowed other harmful compounds to contaminate our food and water supplies Chlorofluorocarbons were restricted in the 1980s due to their impact on ozone Researchers say the compounds used as an alternative could be just as bad Unlike CFCs the new compounds don’t break down in … Read more