China: 200 villagers sickened by arsenic in water

The "melamine in milk" scare which was a big blow for China is not yet over. And now "arsenic in water" sickens hundreds more. "BEIJING —  The number of villagers sickened by drinking water...

Hong Kong cake found with melamine

The tainted milk scandal in China is widening outside of baby milk, with the toxic chemical malamine now being found in a cake in Hong Kong."The Hong Kong government says melamine has been detected in a locally...

Tomatoes Get Bad Rap, Jalapenos may be salmonella culprit with 943 ill

Government health investigators had initially focused on some types of fresh tomatoes, which have been removed from menus across the country, but are turning toward jalapenos as sicknesses continue. "Recently,...

More than 350 sickened by tomato Salmonella outbreak

US food safety officials said today that more than 350 people have fallen ill from a Salmonella outbreak linked to certain kinds of tomatoes.I just had tomatoes with my lunch so I'm hoping that wasn't a bad...

'Cloverfield' Sickens Moviegoers

Despite its devastatingly good weekend at the box office, it was the monster movie's cinematography that really got moviegoers churning."Cloverfield, the blockbuster horror film selling out cinemas across America,...

Experts: 'Meteor' Gases Likely Caused by Geyser

"Based on reports of fumes emanating from the crater, some scientists actually suspect that the event could have been some kind of geyser-like explosion rather than a meteorite impact."

Keira Knightley Sick Of Britney Spears And Lindsay Lohan

"The English actress says that she is sickened by celebrities who expose themselves to photographers, and claims their actions make them "s**ttier than everybody else. Actress Keira Knightley has taken a pot-shot at celebs like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan for flashing...

FDA Was Aware of Dangers To Food

Sorry, but I'm on a major food safety thing today. Both this story from the Washington Post and the AP item about an overwhelmed FDA (see below) are growing evidence of a public that is growing increasingly...

Germ outbreak reported at L.A. hospital

"A hospital has closed its neonatal and pediatrics intensive care units to new admissions after a potentially fatal bacterium sickened seven children, including an infant who may have died from the infection, officials said. White Memorial Medical Center shut down the...

World's Largest Cruise Ship Docked With 2nd Virus Outbreak

"he world's largest cruise ship was held in port Monday for intensive cleaning after a second outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in two voyages sickened 108 people."

Stephen Colbert: Don’t Love and Leave YouTube

"We in the Colbert Nation are sickened by the recent news that heavy-handed trial lawyers at Viacom, representing Comedy Central, have asked YouTube to force its users to remove video clips from The Colbert...

Judge Allows 9/11 Lawsuits To Go Forward

"A federal judge on Tuesday refused to toss out claims by thousands of emergency workers who sued New York City and about 150 private contractors after the workers were sickened by dust at the World Trade Center site."

Spinach Contamination Linked to Cattle Ranch

"Three samples of cattle fecal matter from one ranch in California's Salinas Valley have tested positive for the same strain of E. coli bacteria that sickened 199 people in 26 states and left three dead after they ate contaminated spinach. It's not certain that the ranch was...

Military Family Values

This stuff can't tell the difference between the unborn child of a U.S. soldier, and the child of an enemy.

9 Calif. farms the focus in E. coli probe

"Health authorities hunting the source of a nationwide E. coli outbreak are focusing on nine California farms after discovering what could be a crucial clue: an opened bag of spinach left in the refrigerator of someone sickened by the bacteria. The bag of tainted Dole baby...

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