Tag: contamination
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#MorningMonarchy: August 1, 2017
Robot maps, poison papers and the right stuff + this day in history w/MTV’s launch and our song of the day by Belle & Sebastian on your Morning Monarchy for August 1, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: August 10, 2016
Portland Public fools, GMO mosquitoes and baby chimeras + this day in history w/Agent Orange and our song of the day by the Pixies on your Morning Monarchy for August 10, 2016.
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U.S. Hospitals Overdo Ebola Plans, Posing New Risks
from reuters.com: Fear of Ebola is causing U.S. hospitals to take precautions that, paradoxically, might backfire, increasing the risk to those caring for a patient with the deadly disease, researchers […]
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The US Meat Processing Company At The Rotten Center of China’s Latest Food Scandal
from QZ.com: A US-owned factory in Shanghai is at the center of China’s latest food scandal: Chinese health authorities have suspended operations at Shanghai Husi Food, owned by the Illinois-based […]
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Cancer-inducing benzene traced in China water supply
from RT.com: Residents of Lanzhou, northwest China, have started panic-buying bottled water after city authorities confirmed the lethal chemical compound benzene was contaminating the city’s drinking water at 20 times […]
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Infected meat could reach UK’s plates, inspectors warn
Fears expressed over shakeup in rules that shifts responsibility for checking quality shifts to food companies. from theguardian.co.uk: Food inspectors have issued a grim warning that more infected animals could […]
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West Virginia official says residents are breathing cancer-causing agent after chemical spill
from blacklistednews.com: A West Virginia state official told legislators on Wednesday that he “can guarantee” some residents are breathing in a cancer-causing substance due to the chemical spill that occurred […]
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Fracking study finds combustible levels of methane in water after EPA gave the all clear
from RT.com: A report has found contaminated drinking water in parts of Texas, infuriating residents who had pressured the EPA to test for methane only to see the agency back […]
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Over 1,000 ill in Japanese frozen food scandal
from sbs.com.au: More than 1,000 people have fallen ill after eating pesticide-contaminated frozen food as a scandal widens across Japan, Jiji Press has reported. People have reported vomiting, diarrhoea and […]
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Breast Milk Bought Online May Contain Harmful Germs
Nearly three-quarters of samples from an Internet milk-sharing site contained microbes that could make a baby sick from webmd.com: The researchers did not name the specific websites used in their […]
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Arsenic Contamination Threatens Water in Hanoi
from NYTimes.com: Arsenic-laden sediment that washed down from the Himalayas eons ago underlies vast stretches of Asia, from Pakistan to China. When it gets into underground aquifers, as has happened […]