contamination

Last fall, officials in Newark, New Jersey handed out water filters to the public in order to ease the problem of lead contamination in the drinking water. The EPA, however, has concerns for the effectiveness of these filters, which has led to water bottles to be distributed throughout the city…

As reported by Lena H. Sun and Joel Achenbach in The Washington Post, a string of 60 sicknesses in 16 states since March have been linked to a pervasive romaine lettuce E. Coli contamination. The FDA has traced the contamination origin to Yuma, Arizona but the exact farm has yet to be discovered. …

Image Credit: Abdullah Pope/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images As reported by Jacey Fortin in The New York Times, a large egg distribution farm in North Carolina has recalled over 206 million eggs due to potential salmonella contamination. The recall was initiated as a result of a joint effort…

 Image Above: An officer standing guard near the Lactalis factory in Craon, France, last month while investigators were on the premises. Credit: Damien Meyer/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images As reported by Liz Alderman in The New York Times: The French dairy brand "Lactalis" recalled 7,000…