Enlarge / What else is in there? (credit: Getty | Bloomberg) An investigation by Kaiser Health News into thousands of recent drug recalls reveals a frightening record of medicines in the US being tainted with dangerous bacteria, mold, glass shards, rubber bits, cancer-causing chemicals, mysterious powders, and worrying metal particles. There were also cases of medications […]
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E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce tied to tainted Arizona irrigation canal
Tainted irrigation water appears to be the source of a national food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, U.S. health officials said.
“You f***ing show respect. Who are you?” – Manchester derby tainted by post-match brawl
Published time: 11 Dec, 2017 19:21 Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho had a bottle thrown at him after Sunday’s Manchester derby descended into brawl when he told City’s players, “You f***ing show respect. Who are you?” It is reported that Mourinho had a bottle thrown at his head, and Manchester City assistant coach Mikel Arteta […]
‘Tainted by association’: CIA whistleblower says progressives kicked him off EU panel (VIDEO)
John Kiriakou, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, has told RT America that he was kicked off a panel at the European Parliament because a fellow panelist objected to his association with Russia as a Sputnik Radio host. Kiriakou, who spent two-and-a-half years in jail for exposing the CIA’s torture program in 2007, was invited to […]
EU says 40 countries now affected in tainted egg scandal
A total of 40 countries have now been affected by a Europe-wide contaminated egg scandal, an EU official says. CBC | Health News
Thousands more possibly tainted eggs found in Britain
British Food Standards Agency says it’s likely that the number of eggs that have come to the UK is closer to 700,000 than the 21,000 officials previously believed had been imported. CBC | Health News
Travellers to Mexico warned about tainted alcohol after woman dies
The U.S. State Department is warning tourists going to Mexico about reports of tainted or substandard alcohol causing drinkers to become sick or pass out. CBC | Health News
Tainted heart surgery devices linked to factory
Open-heart surgery patients in Canada and around the world were infected with bacteria from medical devices. Now scientists have traced the likely source of contamination to a factory where the devices were made. CBC | Health News
E-mails phished from Russian critic were “tainted” before being leaked
Enlarge / This fraudulent e-mail was sent in a successful attempt to phish the Gmail password for reporter David Satter. (credit: Citizen Lab) E-mails stolen in a phishing attack on a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin were manipulated before being published on the Internet. That’s according to a report published Thursday, which also […]
Province, city to compensate North Battleford, Sask., tainted water victims
The Government of Saskatchewan and the City of North Battleford are set to compensate young people who became sick in the city’s 2001 tainted water scandal. CBC | Health News