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VA Doctor Refuse Responsibility for HIV infected patients

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politiste.comHere is food for thought for those who wish for a National Health care system run by the United States Government.  The Department of Veterans Affairs is a socialized...

Philippines: Tainted Peanut Butter Factory Suspended

After the China "tainted milk" issue and the Ebola Reston virus found in Philippine swine. The Department of Health has again discovered a new health threat to Filipinos.Salmonella. "Health Secretary Francisco...

China Adopts Food Safety Law

BEIJING - China's legislature has enacted a new food safety law Saturday, to go into effect on June 1st.  The National People's Congress has approved the law, which will ensure food safety "from the...

70 ill in China after eating tainted pig organs

After death in coal mine there is another bad news from China. Eating tainted pig organs proved costly and at least 70 people in Southern China fell sick. " At least 70 people in Guangdong province have suffered food poisoning over the past three days after eating pig organs...

Many dead after consuming tainted alcohol in Nepal

At least 9 people have died in few days after consuming illegal hooch. All the deceased have drunk alcohol served from a drum at a village market on Sunday. Dozens of people have been admitted in local hospital with headaches, vomiting, prolonged unconsciousness complaints...

UN suspends contracts given to disgraced Indian Satyam computers

Disgraced Indian IT company Satyam has got another blow. They have lost another client. The United Nationas has suspended tainted company from its Secretariat's work and placed all ongoing contracts with the...

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...

WHO Establishes Tolerable Levels for Melamine

The World Health Organization, in a meeting in Ottawa this past week, has now set up a tolerable daily intake (TDI) standard for melamine in food and drink.  "The World Health Organization says an...

Food safety needs public science

Food safety needs public science :  public service professional union speaks out The national union representing professionals and scientists in the public service has launched a campaign to advocate for...

Family opts out of listeriosis class-action suit

Leamington, Ontario deputy mayor Rob Schmidt announced this week that his family will not participate in the class-action suit being brought against Maple Leaf Foods over the listeriosis outbreak traced to...

1,500 dogs die from tainted feed in China

After baby milk food scandal China's products have been under intense scrutiny  all over the world. High levels of industrial toxins were found last year in exports ranging from toothpaste to toys. The milk scandal has resulted in recalls and the blocking of Chinese...

China's Toxic Milk Update: More Recalls and Bans

The milk scandal in China continues to worsen: nearly 60,000 children have been affected, numerous people have been arrested and some face death if convicted, countries are banning the import of Chinese milk...

China Moves To Save Face In The Milk Scandal

The People's Republic has instituted a standard for allowable melamine in milk and milk products.  Prior to this latest case of poisonous products, there were no standards at all for presence of...

China Withholds Number of Kids Sickened by Melamine

China has refused to release updated statistics of the total number of children sickened by the melamine-tainted milk scandal in a clear move to censor media coverage of the country's failed dairy industry and...

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