... toxic. A researcher at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was among a small group of scientists with the expertise and the high-tech equipment necessary to determine the source of the contamination...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The widow of a man who died after receiving contaminated heparin told a congressional subcommittee Tuesday "we have a false sense of security" in a land where people expect to be ...
... Not according to a new study. Scientists report that almost one in five rooms studied with no visible mold was in fact "highly contaminated" by fungus which could aggravate conditions such as asthma.
Federal drug regulators believe that a contaminant detected in a crucial blood thinner that has caused 81 deaths was deliberately added.
... compound – as if the substance were being burnt in the water itself”.
In order for the contaminants to be oxidised in the water, the Energy and Environmental Chemical Engineering team to which Dr. ...
Consumers in Alberta are being warned not to eat ground beef sold in January at Paradise Halal Meat Market in Edmonton because it may be contaminated with E. coli O157: H7.
... possibility that glacial melting is releasing large amounts of the banned pesticide DDT, which is contaminating the environment in Antarctica. The study is scheduled for the June 1 issue of ACS` bi- ...
... consumption.
"Dolphins may be becoming stranded as a direct consequence of mercury contamination which damages their neurological system. They become potentially confused and disorientated, and ...
Long-range forecasts of beach bacterial contamination are inching closer to reality because of a new water quality prediction method scheduled for publication in the July 15 issue of the ACS' ...
A Saskatchewan researcher has returned to Iqaluit to start studying the possible health effects of oil-contaminated soil - and possibly contaminated dust - in the city's Lower Base area.
The contamination of groundwater with arsenic poses a risk to the health of millions of people, especially in the densely populated river deltas of Southeast Asia. To date, no method has been ...
Researchers have created maps highlighting areas at risk from groundwater arsenic contamination in South-East Asia and Bangladesh.
WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Eleven potential drinking water contaminants will not be regulated, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined Thursday.
... , the sediments and living creatures therein. They measure the concentration of contaminants and analyse the biological consequences that these cause in the aquatic organisms, using biomonitoring. "We ...
... of harmful chemicals. By measuring rates of oxygen use in developing fish, which are sensitive to contaminants and stressful conditions, the technology could reveal the presence of minute levels of ...
