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
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
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
Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have welcomed the government’s decision to increase payments after a 40 year-long battle for justice. The Government has announced it is resolving disparities in financial support between England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, as well as addressing broader issues, such as support for bereaved partners. The contaminated blood scandal … Read more
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 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
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