Can Private Law Protect Communities Living Near Chemical Facilities from Flood Water Contamination

Climate change is a worldwide phenomenon with terrifying environmental consequences that are unfolding right before our eyes. Natural calamities such as hurricanes and floods are becoming more often as a result of irresponsible human activity such as fossil fuel burning. When extreme weather even...

Wastewater Analysis Shows Increased Contamination of Designer Drugs

Chemical analysis of water flowing in the sewage of ten different countries has shown that new psychoactive substances are spreading across the world.

This year one of the designer drugs, the mephedrone analog 3-methyl methcathinone, was detected in New Zealand for the first time. Previ...

Boots Food Supplements Recalled Over Fears of Contamination

31 brand products owned by Boots have been recalled by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) over fears of pesticide contamination.

The European Union has prohibited the use of Ethylene oxide in foods as it is said to be toxic if swallowed by the European Chemicals Agency (EHCA). ...

Human error caused contamination in 1.63 million doses of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine in Japan

Highlights

• Takeda confirms that contamination in vials occurred due to human error
• The contaminants were pieces of stainless steel

Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said that the contamination that was found in the Moderna COVID-19 v...

Contamination found in Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine in Japan

Highlights

• Foreign material found in five unused vials of Pfizer
• Three cities in the country are requesting Pfizer to analyze the vaccines

Contamination has been found in five unused vials of Pfizer Inc.’s Coro...

Japan receives around 180,000 contaminated shots of Moderna vaccine, halts immunization

HIGHLIGHTS

•  Japan receives contaminated vaccine shots of Moderna vaccine
• 180,000 vaccine sots are assumed to be contaminated

The Japanese health ministry had given Emergency use approval to Moderna in May this y...

NEW CHEMICAL PROJECT FOR PFAS CLEANUP PROGRAM APPROVED BY U.S SENATE

Highlights:

• The House and Senate have recently agreed on funding for an extensive cleanup program at the Florida State Fire College, scrubbing and cleansing the sites contaminated by polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl.
• Also known as ‘forever che...

CHECK CONTAMINATION AT HOME

Highlights:

-Purity of food is a big challenge nowadays.

-Food adulteration and contamination are common.

-You can conduct some basic tests at home to check the purity of food.

Purity of food is a big challenge nowadays. No...

JIMMY JOHN’S QUESTIONED OVER FOOD SAFETY AMID YET ANOTHER FOOD CONTAMINATION EPISODE

Highlights:

• The FDA demanded that the president of the fast-food chain provide documentation of policies and procedures that it uses to meet requirements of the federal laws.
• The agency also wants documentation that the chain has instituted controls t...

SANITIZER CONTAMINATION CAUSES MILK PRODUCTS TO BE RECALLED IN ONTARIO, QUEBEC

Highlights:

• Canada’s Agropur Co-operative is recalling some of its contaminated milk products in Ontario and Quebec.
• Contaminated food and drink products may not appear or smell foul but may cause health issues.

Dairy products...

Biochips Market Growing Fast

When a set of microarrays are gathered together, they make biochips that are designed to empower several biochemical responses. Moreover, biochips are designed to function in organic situations as well as recognize and perform unlimited complex biochemical responses and all this is done in a limi...

Abu Dhabi set to 'significantly diminish' single-time-use plastics till 2021

Plastic contamination is the gathering of plastic items and particles (for example plastic jugs, packs, and micro beads) in the Earth's condition that unfavorably influences untamed life, natural life living space, and humans. Plastics that go about as poisons are sorted into miniaturized sca...

Refuses to use green light

Globally renowned contamination expert Professor Andrew Watterson last month debunked a string of safety 'assurances' given by developer Link Group Ltd to the Scottish Government. The concession came once Professor Watterson, of the University of Stirling, told the Telegraph that all thre...