Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of Fish

Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of FishHarpoon on the bow of a whale hunting ship. The Humane Society International, WWF and the Lenfest Ocean Program have presented three new reports debunking the...

In China, 64 get hepatitis from one blood donor

Around 64 people who received a blood transfusion at a hospital in the Giuzhou Province in southern China have been infected with hepatitis C due to the blood being contaminated. Authorities at the hospital say that the contaminated blood has been traced to a donor who had...

Nigeria - Teething Pain Medicine Kills 84 Kids

NIGERIA - The number of children who have died from a contaminated baby medicine has now risen to 84, from 34 in December.  The poison has caused the death of 75% of the 111 children who have been sickened...

Gaza desperately short of food after Israel destroys farmland

It's no great surprise of course, but the scale of the destruction is emerging. Blockaded Gaza will need even more aid."Gaza desperately short of food after Israel destroys farmlandOfficials warn of 'destruction of all means of life' after the three-week conflict leaves...

China Dairy Boss Pleads Guilty in Melamine Case

The trial of the chairwoman of the now bankrupt Sunlu Group, a Chinese company at the centre of the tainted milk scandal, started today.  Sixty-six year old Tian Wenhua has pleaded guilty to charges of...

Chinese Dairy Bankrupt after Tainted Milk Scandal

Dairy producer Sanlu Group, at the center of a melamine scandal in September which sickened nearly 300,000 and killed at least 6 babies, has filed for bankruptcy. " A court in Shijiazhuang, China, where the company...

Antifreeze Laced Teething Medicine Kills At Least 34 Children

At least 34 children in Nigeria are dead after consuming a teething medicine laced with an antifreeze ingredient.  More than 5,000 batches of My Pikin Teething Mixture have been seized by the National Agency...

Contaminated Cocaine Hits British Columbia, 10 Seriously Ill

BC health officials are warning of contaminated cocaine which has led to serious illness in at least 10 Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland cases. " The patients suffered from bone marrow suppression and an...

Irish Pork Contamination Spreads to Beef; EU Seeks Answers

The Irish pork scare may have contaminated livestock in the United Kingdom, according to new reports. Some of the contaminated pork from the Republic of Ireland may have been given to cattle in Northern Ireland,...

Health Concerns Cause Total Irish Pork Recall

Up until early this year Ireland had one of the best economies in the world but now everything appears to be going wrong. "Health Concerns Cause Total Irish Pork Recall By Tom Rivers London 07 December 2008 ...

Supply of medicine assured in red tide-hit Albay province

"MALACAÑANG HAS directed the Department of Health (DoH) to ensure enough medicines in Albay province and other areas affected by the red tide."The DoH is strengthening its campaign to ban the consumption of the contaminated shellfish due to red tide. We need to boost the...

Listeria alert Ontario : Old Style brand Thin Sliced Honey Ham

Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a warning regarding possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination of the "Old Style brand Thin Sliced Honey Ham," sold only in Ontario, exclusively in Price Chopper stores in the province. " OTTAWA, November 3, 2008 – The...

E. Coli Outbreak in Vermont Sickens 10, Linked to Restaurants

An E. coli outbreak in Vermont has sickened 10 individuals and been linked to 3 different restaurants.  "Department of Health officials offered little specific information on the outbreak, saying only that it...

China Protests Milk Import Bans at WTO Meeting More Milk Scandal

With another recall in the melamine contaminated milk scandal coming today, one that found unacceptable levels of melamine in chocolate candies, you would think that the Chinese officials would be offering abject...

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