Former pupils and parents tell public inquiry how disabled school kids were given contaminated blood

Parents who sent their children to a specialist school where disabled pupils were given infected blood products were not given details of the treatment their sons were receiving, an inquiry has heard. Several pupils who attended the Lord Mayor Treloar College, a special education boarding school in Hampshire, in the 1970s and 1980s were given … Read more

Organisms found in NASA’s clean rooms may have already contaminated Mars, scientist warns

NASA is eyeing the 2030s to put the first human boots on Mars, but a scientist suggests the American space agency may have already sent forms of life aboard its Perseverance rover to the Red Planet. Christopher Mason, a geneticist at Weill Cornell Medicine, suggests that although NASA takes extreme measures to clean spacecraft and … Read more

Florida reservoir ‘contaminated with radioactive wastewater could collapse imminently’

A Florida reservoir contaminated with radioactive wastewater could collapse ‘at any time’ and has prompted evacuations as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on Saturday. A significant leak at a large pond of wastewater was discovered on Friday at the old Piney Point phosphate mine in the Tampa Bay area north of Bradenton. … Read more

Florida reservoir ‘contaminated with radioactive wastewater could collapse imminently’

A Florida reservoir contaminated with radioactive wastewater could collapse ‘at any time’ and has prompted evacuations as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on Saturday. A significant leak at a large pond of wastewater was discovered on Friday at the old Piney Point phosphate mine in the Tampa Bay area north of Bradenton. … Read more

Scadal as Lighthouse Covid lab in Milton Keynes ‘processed hundreds of contaminated samples’

A Covid testing lab at the heart of the UK’s swabbing scheme processed potentially hundreds of contaminated samples every day, an undercover probe has claimed. A BBC Panorama investigation found a number of safety breaches and failings at the Lighthouse Lab in Milton Keynes during the second wave.  Lab workers had rushed vital checks, discarded … Read more

Scadal as Lighthouse Covid lab in Milton Keynes ‘processed hundreds of contaminated samples’

A Covid testing lab at the heart of the UK’s swabbing scheme processed potentially hundreds of contaminated samples every day, an undercover probe has claimed. A BBC Panorama investigation found a number of safety breaches and failings at the Lighthouse Lab in Milton Keynes during the second wave.  Lab workers had rushed vital checks, discarded … Read more

Five people feared to have died after eating contaminated chicken imported from Poland

Five people are suspected to have died and hundreds more, including children, became seriously ill after eating contaminated chicken imported from Poland. The meat was turned into cheap frozen nuggets and breaded chicken products sold by major supermarkets across the UK over the past year. Some 480 people are known to have fallen ill with … Read more

Five people feared to have died after eating contaminated chicken imported from Poland

Five people are suspected to have died and hundreds more, including children, became seriously ill after eating contaminated chicken imported from Poland. The meat was turned into cheap frozen nuggets and breaded chicken products sold by major supermarkets across the UK over the past year. Some 480 people are known to have fallen ill with … Read more

More than 4,800 boxes of ice cream are found to be contaminated with Covid in China

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

More than 4,800 boxes of ice cream are found to be contaminated with Covid in China

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