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Fresh contamination scare for New Zealand dairy giant

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 07:52

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra faced a new contamination scare on Monday with the forced recall of nearly 9,000 bottles of cream which had been tainted with E.Coli bacteria.

New predictive method pinpoints arsenic hotspots

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 21:50

European and Chinese researchers have built a model to predict the presence of arsenic groundwater contamination in China and elsewhere where millions are at risk, according to work published Thursday.

New predictive method pinpoints arsenic hotspots

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 09:31

European and Chinese researchers have built a model to predict the presence of arsenic groundwater contamination in China and elsewhere where millions are at risk, according to a work published.

Govt fails to provide clean drinking water: SDMC

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 20:49

South Delhi Municipal Corporation accused Delhi government of failing to provide clean drinking water after one person died allegedly due to consumption of contaminated water in Rajokri locality.

Japan probes alleged cover-up at nuclear plant

Last Updated: Sunday, July 22, 2012, 21:21

Subcontractors allegedly forced workers at Fukushima Dai-ichi plant to underreport the amount of radiation they were exposed to.

China hit by baby milk contamination scandal

Last Updated: Thursday, June 14, 2012, 23:09

China has been hit by a new food contamination scandal as its consumer quality regulator found an "unusual amount" of mercury in baby formula produced by country`s top milk producer.

No contamination in DJB water: Delhi govt

Last Updated: Friday, June 8, 2012, 00:45

In the wake of reports that the water supplied by DJB is contaminated, Delhi govt said no contamination has been found in the drinking water.

Silver nanoparticles `may lead to sensors that detect water contamination`

Last Updated: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 13:39

In a new study, scientists including one of Indian origin, have tried to make a semiconductor-graphene-metal film that could help detect even very low-level concentration of organic contaminations in water.

Int`l centre to tackle contamination of water: Jairam

Last Updated: Thursday, May 10, 2012, 16:44

Government said it was setting up an international centre in Kolkata to deal with such problems.

Fukushima contamination `chronic and lasting`

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 10:23

The IRSN said the main radioactivity leaks occurred between March 12-25 in about 15 incidents.

DRDO working on systems to detect nuke contamination

Last Updated: Friday, February 24, 2012, 11:32

DRDO is developing an array of ground-based and unmanned aerial systems to detect and map contamination zones in all geographical conditions.

No link between fracking, contamination: Study

Last Updated: Friday, February 17, 2012, 20:50

A University of Texas study says there`s no direct link between groundwater contamination and a controversial process to extract oil and gas known as fracking.