Health

Canada to restrict mercury products

Canadians are being asked to consider a ban on products that contact mercury arguing they damage children's development. Thermometers, thermostats, batteries and fluorescent bulbs would all be taken off the...

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Pollution Leads To More Resistant Bacteria

Swedish scientists have discovered that antibiotic factories in India, where there is a huge pharmacological manufacturing industry, have been pumping massive doses of antibiotics into rivers. The result has been...

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Silver to solve urgent need for emergency water supplies

Fancy a drink? If, like me, you've been glued to the television watching round-the-clock news footage of the earthquake which recently brought New Zealand to its architectural knees, you'll know...

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EU steps up the fight against toxic chemicals

The European Commission has taken major steps in the way it reviews and approves toxic chemicals that are used to make consumer products which are available within the EU. They...

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Do little girls stay too clean?

Credit: Shutterstock One of the most popular of the Just William stories tells how William and his Outlaw friends were joined one day by the cherished and sheltered Violet Elizabeth...

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Reusable bags found to contain dangerous levels of lead

Picture © Suprijono Suharjoto Scientists have found that many reusable bags provided by retailers in the US contain excessive levels of lead. The US non-profit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF),...

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