On Saturday, Fukushima workers will be able to stop pumping radiation-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean. Experts say no lasting damage has been done.

Anyone planning a storage facility for atomic waste should make sure to bury their canisters in an area where green rust will form.

Wealthy, well educated people who choose to drink bottled water rather than water from public supplies may be no less exposed to potentially cancer-causing water contaminants, according to new research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health.As part of the EPICURO national bladder cancer study, researchers from all ...

Evidence leads to Food & Drug Administration investigationRecently, a research team from the Department of Emergency Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University discovered an alarming amount of lead contamination in ceramic cooking and eating utensils sold in Philadelphia's Chinatown. The team, led be Gerald O'Malley, D.O., director ...

Arrowsight's Food Defense Program provides food processors, meat producers and bottlers with a solution for reducing the risk of intentional acts of food and beverage contamination. Mount Kisco, NY (PRWEB) February 18, 2011 Arrowsight (http://www.arrowsight.com) has introduced a Food Defense Program that provides food processors, meat ...

Governmental agencies in the United Kingdom recently instituted guidelines banning physicians' white coats and the wearing of long-sleeved garments to decrease the transmission of bacteria within hospitals due to the belief that cuffs of long-sleeved shirts carry more bacteria. However, a new study shows that after an eight-hour day, there ...

Governmental agencies in the United Kingdom recently instituted guidelines banning physicians' white coats and the wearing of long-sleeved garments to decrease the transmission of bacteria within hospitals due to the belief that cuffs of long-sleeved shirts carry more bacteria. However, a new study published today in the Journal of Hospital ...

A simple, automated method of tracking E. coli uses a laser to detect and monitor the microbe in potentially contaminated bodies of water or waterways. The technique described this month in the International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design could reduce the incidence of waterborne disease outbreaks.

Samples taken from sperm whales across the Pacific Ocean showed signs of exposure to toxic pollutants. Those from the Galapagos were most severe.

Commercial feed appears to be a source of Salmonella contamination in commercial swine production units, according to a new article. Moreover, nearly half of isolates found in pigs were multidrug resistant. The findings suggest that pork could be a source of human infection. They also strongly question the conventional wisdom ...

Engineers have developed a sensor that may revolutionize how drugs and medical devices are tested for contamination, and in the process also help ensure the survival of two species of threatened animals.

Scientists found a way to help predict which species are likely to be most effected by radioactive contamination. The scientists in Chernobyl said that the secret to a species' vulnerability lies in its DNA. The research helps to reveal which species are most likely to decline or become extinct in ...