Parents who sent their children to a specialist school where disabled pupils were given infected blood products were not given details of the treatment their sons were receiving, an inquiry has heard. Several pupils who attended the Lord Mayor Treloar College, a special education boarding school in Hampshire, in the 1970s and 1980s were given … Read more
A Covid testing lab at the heart of the UK’s swabbing scheme processed potentially hundreds of contaminated samples every day, an undercover probe has claimed. A BBC Panorama investigation found a number of safety breaches and failings at the Lighthouse Lab in Milton Keynes during the second wave. Lab workers had rushed vital checks, discarded … Read more
Victims of the contaminated blood scandal have welcomed the government’s decision to increase payments after a 40 year-long battle for justice. The Government has announced it is resolving disparities in financial support between England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, as well as addressing broader issues, such as support for bereaved partners. The contaminated blood scandal … Read more
More than 4,800 boxes of ice cream are found to be contaminated with Covid in China as anti-epidemic authorities scramble to contact people who could be affected Three samples of locally produced ice cream were found to be contaminated Health officials in Tianjin municipality are tracing those in contact with boxes 1,662 company employees have been … Read more
Contaminated blood scandal which left tens of thousands of NHS patients infected with hepatitis C is ‘a disaster bigger than Hillsborough’ By Holly Bancroft For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:47 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 01:26 GMT, 27 December 2020 The contaminated blood scandal which left tens of thousands of NHS patients infected with … Read more
Engineers at MIT have developed a Velcro-like sensor made from silk microneedles that detects if food is contaminated with bacteria or spoiled using color-changing ‘bioinks.’
A sheep farmer bought wine and flowers for his primary school teacher wife after planting a jar of baby food containing metal shards at Tesco, a court has heard. Nigel Wright, 45, was caught on CCTV taking two jars and placing them into his trolley. He then takes out a contaminated jar and puts it … Read more
Councils can BULLDOZE contaminated homes and crush cars as a last resort under new laws to stop second wave of coronavirus Boris Johnson remains determined to avoid a second nationwide lockdown Councils able to draw on laws to impose lightning closures of public buildings As last resort the 1984 Control of Disease Act allows for … Read more
Swapping ozone-depleting chemicals for more ‘environmentally friendly’ alternatives has inadvertently allowed other harmful compounds to contaminate our food and water supplies Chlorofluorocarbons were restricted in the 1980s due to their impact on ozone Researchers say the compounds used as an alternative could be just as bad Unlike CFCs the new compounds don’t break down in … Read more
A father has blocked a bin lorry in the street in a 30-minute standoff after being told his recycling could not be emptied because it had an empty Pot Noddle tub. Robert Watts, 44, claimed when his wife Linzie, 29, offered to remove it, bin men still refused as the rubbish would now be ‘contaminated’. … Read more