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  • March 2008

    • Drugs Found in US Water Supply

      Associated Press  |  Mar 10, 08 7:50 AM CDT

      Drugs Found in US Water Supply

      (Newser) - Small amounts of a wide range of prescription and over-the-counter drugs have been found in drinking water used daily by 41 million Americans in 24 major cities. A major AP investigation found pain killers, anti-seizure drugs, angina and cholesterol medications, mood-altering drugs, and other pharmaceuticals in tap water, the water table and aquifers. More »

  • February 2008

    • Great Lakes Study Mired in Politics: Author

      Washington Post  |  Feb 18, 08 7:52 AM CST

      Great Lakes Study Mired in Politics: Author

      (Newser) - A report suggesting industrial contamination in the Great Lakes poses health threats to residents is being suppressed by the feds, says study author Chris De Rosa, who also claims he was demoted because of his findings. The study found 230,000 "vulnerable" people are living in polluted areas, but the government cited concerns with methodology, reports the Washington Post.  More »

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      environment  • pollution  • FEMA  • contamination  • health risks  • FEMA trailers  • Great Lakes

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • Producer Recalls 68K Pounds of Calif. Spinach

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Aug 30, 07 4:07 PM CDT

      Producer Recalls 68K Pounds of Calif. Spinach

      (Newser) - A California produce company is recalling over 68K pounds of bagged spinach after a sample taken from one of the company's packing plants tested positive for salmonella, the San Jose Mercury News reports. But Metz Fresh has likely averted a repeat of last year's contaminated spinach mess, corralling 90% of the potentially contaminated produce before it hit stores. More »

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      California  • food  • safety  • contamination  • spinach

    • Chinese Follies Are All Too Familiar

      Boston Globe  |  Aug 27, 07 9:28 PM CDT

      Chinese Follies Are All Too Familiar

      (Newser) - Before Americans get on their high horse about China’s recent lapses into substandard products—not to mention those fake Harry Potter translations—they should look long and hard at their own history, the Boston Globe suggests. In the 19th century, it was the US that was considered the nation that cut corners. It’s a normal, if not necessarily forgivable, phase Stephen Mihm calls “adolescent capitalism.” More »

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      China  • Harry Potter  • exports  • contamination  • capitalism  • knockoff  • Charles Dickens

    • Fire Probe Focuses on Pipe Failure

      New York Times  |  Aug 20, 07 10:24 AM CDT

      Fire Probe Focuses on Pipe Failure

      (Newser) - A broken standpipe may have crippled the battle against Saturday's Deutsche Bank tower blaze near Ground Zero. Water filled the basement as flames on higher floors raged, the Times reports, and water from the hose connected to the suspect standpipe apparently didn't reach past the fifth floor. Firefighters spent precious minutes pulling hoses up the side of the building. More »

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      New York  • Environmental Protection Agency  • firefighters  • Ground Zero  • fires  • contamination  • Deutsche Bank

  • July 2007

    • Chinese Goods Flunk Gov't Safety Tests

      Bloomberg  |  Jul 4, 07 3:08 PM CDT

      Chinese Goods Flunk Gov't Safety Tests

      (Newser) - The Chinese government acknowledged today what people around the world suspected—many products manufactured by the world's largest exporter of consumer goods are unsafe. One-fifth of its manufactured wares fail to meet government safety standards, a regulatory agency said in a posting on its website. Despite the findings, which did not cover exports, spokesmen continue to tout Chinese product safety. More »

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      China  • food  • safety  • consumer  • exports  • recall  • imports  • contamination  • pet food recall

    • Oil Spill Worsens Floods

      Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 07 2:30 PM CDT

      Oil Spill Worsens Floods

      (Newser) - The floods overwhelming the Midwest worsened today as 42,000 gallons of crude oil accidentally released from a refinery on Sunday made its way farther downstream. A malfunction at a plant in Coffeyville, Kan., on the Oklahoma border, contaminated flood waters with a thick, pungent layer of sludge that threatens residents' health and the local economy, the AP reports. More »

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      environment  • flood  • safety  • Midwest  • water  • Kansas  • oil spill  • Oklahoma  • contamination

  • June 2007

    • Chinese PR Combats Export Rap

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 30, 07 11:05 AM CDT

      Chinese PR Combats Export Rap

      (Newser) - China is on a public relations blitz to keep its exports solvent after nonstop coverage of unsafe toothpaste, fish and even tires in the US, China's largest customer, last week. Beijing broke its pattern of protest over the coverage, shutting down 180 offending factories and promising consumers that tainted food represents a fraction of US imports from China. More »

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      China  • health  • food  • safety  • fish  • contamination  • public relations  • toothpaste

    • FDA Flags Chinese Seafood

      Associated Press  |  Jun 28, 07 6:12 PM CDT

      FDA Flags Chinese Seafood

      (Newser) - Add farmed seafood to the list of unsafe goods imported from China. The FDA will detain three varieties of fish as well as shrimp and eel, the agency said today, after tests revealed the presence of antibiotics and antifungals that aren't approved in the US for use in aquaculture. The level of contamination and risk to consumers are low. More »

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      China  • food  • FDA  • imports  • contamination  • seafood  • drug safety  • banned foods

    • Toothpaste Scare Widens—Again

      New York Times  |  Jun 28, 07 7:41 AM CDT

      Toothpaste Scare Widens—Again

      (Newser) - The Chinese toothpaste scare is far from over and is more than just a scare. Tainted tubes have turned up, as expected, in discount stores—but officials have also found them in institutions such as prisons and hospitals, the Times reports. Nearly 1 million tubes containing varying amounts of a chemical found in antifreeze have been distributed, mostly in Georgia. More »

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      China  • Florida  • Georgia  • food  • safety  • food safety  • chemicals  • contamination  • toothpaste  • tainted toothpaste

    • China Closes 180 Food Plants

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 28, 07 3:51 AM CDT

      China Closes 180 Food Plants

      (Newser) - The Chinese government has shut down 180 food manufacturing plants for racking up a whopping 23,000 violations in the last six months, most of them for using chemicals and industrial materials as food fillers to cut costs. Almost all were small and unlicensed, making it unlikely their products, worth some $26 million, reached international markets. More »

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      China  • food  • safety  • food safety  • chemicals  • contamination

  • May 2007
  • March 2007

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