Coca-Cola is scrambling to pull some of its products from shelves after discovering that they may be contaminated. While the potential contamination does not seem to pose a serious threat to public ...

This essay is part of a series on environmental health. Everywhere they look, they find particles of pollution, like infinite spores in an endless contagion field. Scientists call that field the ...

U.S. federal regulators have detected possible radioactive contamination in a second food product imported from Indonesia, even as recalls of potentially tainted shrimp continue to grow. Officials ...

Globally, one in ten people are affected by food-borne diseases each year. [iStockphotos] Unsafe foods, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), contribute to poor health, including impaired ...

Explainer - What does it mean when a boil water notice is issued due to possible E coli contamination? Here's what you need to know. Several Auckland suburbs were put under a boil water alert Monday ...

Contamination is anything put in the recycling bin or barrel that can’t be recycled here in Southern Arizona. That includes food particles left in containers, plastic bottles with liquid left in them, ...

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Clean water is a necessity for life, yet its safety can’t always be taken for granted. According to reports and scenarios that came to light in recent years, many U.S. communities face rising concerns ...

After years of staying mostly quiet about a cancer-linked chemical in county drinking water wells, Seminole officials have launched an aggressive effort to get the polluters to clean up what they say ...