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Looking for contamination from Camp Gordon Johnston

The Army Corps of Engineers is seeking the help of county residents to locate possible contamination sites. During World War II, the federal government acquired over 150,000 acres around Carrabelle including Dog Island to use as a training center, Camp ...

Price Chopper recalls potato salad; no illnesses reported, but listeria contamination possible

SCHENECTADY — Price Chopper is voluntarily recalling “Regular Homestyle Potato Salad” because of possible listeria contamination. The potato salad included in the recall was sold by the pound at the grocery store’s delis between March 19 and March ...

EPA cites Mamaroneck, villages for coliform contamination in waterways

MAMARONECK — The Town of Mamaroneck and its two villages have been cited for violating federal water-quality standards after an inspection found high levels of coliform bacteria at seven locations. Three of those spots are in the Village of Mamaroneck ...

Toxic plutonium seeping from Japan's nuclear plant

Japan says highly toxic plutonium is the latest contaminant found seeping into the soil outside the plant, further hindering efforts to restore the cooling system. Officials in Japan call the situation "very grave." Safety officials say the amounts are not ...

P.M.: Japan on 'maximum alert' over nuke crisis

Toxic plutonium was the latest contaminant found trickling out of that stricken nuclear plant. The plutonium has been detected in soil in several spots outside the complex. Plutonium is a highly toxic substance which breaks down very slowly, remaining ...

Workers at Japan Nuke Plant 'Lost the Race' to Save Reactor, Expert Says

Highly toxic plutonium was the latest contaminant found seeping into the soil outside the plant, TEPCO said Monday. Safety officials said the amounts did not pose a risk to humans, but the finding supports suspicions that dangerously radioactive water is ...

Fukushima sea contamination likely to be local: Scientists

So far, the biggest contaminant identified by Japanese officials has been radioactive iodine 131. Samples of water taken close to the plant have been as high as 1,850 times the legal limit of iodine, but levels have fallen back, Japanese officials said on Tuesday.

Japan: Nuke Plant Was Poorly Safeguarded

Highly toxic plutonium was the latest contaminant found seeping into the soil outside the plant, TEPCO said Monday. Safety officials said the amounts did not pose a risk to humans, but the finding supports suspicions that dangerously radioactive water is ...

Officials admit safeguards lacking

Plutonium was the latest contaminant found seeping into the soil outside the plant, TEPCO said. Safety officials said the amounts did not pose a risk to humans, but the finding supports suspicions that dangerously radioactive water is leaking from damaged ...

Group calls for more research into Camp Lejeune cancer cluster

During the hearing, Solomon said disease clusters could point to an environmental contaminant, the way research into a Leukemia cluster in Woburn, Mass., first linked exposure to the chemical trichloroethylene, or TCE, to cancer in humans. The events ...

Biggest spike in radiation at Japan nuclear plant

That left the complex with nowhere near enough protection against the tsunami. Highly toxic plutonium was the latest contaminant found seeping into the soil outside the plant, TEPCO said. Safety officials said the amounts did not pose a risk to humans ...

Study examines plant-soil relationship and uptake of contaminants in ryegrass

One highly carcinogenic contaminant commonly found in soil is called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. They are the byproduct of the incomplete combustion of coal, oil, gas, and garbage. These contaminants can also be manufactured; they can be found in ...

Nuclear unpreparedness: Japan to review safety standards; quake, tsunami risk was dismissed

Highly toxic plutonium was the latest contaminant found seeping into the soil outside the plant, TEPCO said Monday. Safety officials said the amounts did not pose a risk to humans, but the finding supports suspicions that dangerously radioactive water is ...

WHO: Radiation risk remains localized

Shoppers in Beijing, Shanghai and other parts of China have stripped supermarket shelves empty of table salt in recent days in the false belief that it either wards off radiation injuries or that the nation’s supply would be contaminated by radioactive fallout.

Food from Japan may be contaminated

THE IMPORT of products of Japanese origin will be banned if necessary, Health Minister Christos Patsalides said yesterday, citing possible radiation contamination. Patsalides also gave instructions yesterday for a meeting of the Food Safety Council to ...

Drunk driving can spoil your Holi revelry

And drunk driving is said to be a major reason behind such cases. Besides, due to continuous use of contaminated colours, irritation in eyes begins. Thus, eye-related problems also go up," said Dr D P Mishra, a city-based physician. He said that people ...

Radiation Fears Add to Japan’s Economic Woes

In Hong Kong there was a run on baby formula from Japan because mothers feared future supplies would be contaminated or unavailable. In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it was considering increasing the monitoring of ...

We are all contaminated Japanese citizens”

To take advantage of all the features on FRANCE24.COM , please click here to download the latest version of Flash Player. IN THE FRENCH PAPERS, March 18th, 2011 “We are all contaminated Japanese citizens”. French papers focus on humanitarian crisis in ...

FDA not ready to act on tainted wipes, despite new recall

after FDA tests indicated they may be contaminated with Elizabethkingia meningoseptica, rare bacteria tied to life-threatening infections in newborns, people on ventilators and others who may be very ill. “Those are significant pathogens,” said Rogers.

25 yrs on, health risks still stalk Chernobyl

Nearly 25 years after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine , children and teenagers who drank contaminated milk or ate affected cheese in the days and weeks after the explosion still suffer from an increased risk of thyroid cancer ...

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