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# Contaminated

Last year
2022
Health of 6,000 people put at risk by contaminated drinking water, environment body finds
Meeting E coli standards is a basic requirement in the provision of safe drinking water.
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Nov 25th 2022, 6:30 AM
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FSAI issues third recall notice for own-brand bottled water over contamination fears
The latest batch relates to bottled water sold in Applegreen stores.
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Oct 23rd 2019, 6:44 PM
Being treated with chemical pipe cleaner had 'devastating' impact on children
Over 40 children attending a dental clinic in Clare were treated with water contaminated by pipe cleaner.
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Mar 23rd 2018, 5:53 PM
Theresa May announces inquiry into Britain's contaminated blood scandal
Thousands of patients were given blood products infected with diseases.
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Jul 11th 2017, 2:58 PM
Putting rubbish in the wrong wheelie bin? It'll cost you an average of €30 every time
Greyhound said the reaction to the new measures has been positive.
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Mar 14th 2017, 6:10 AM
Chilling two-minute video captures 'stunning decay' of Chernobyl exclusion zone
Chernobyl was the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster .
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Mar 12th 2016, 10:00 PM
These are the 20 Dublin homes with the most lead in their drinking water
There’s some familiar addresses related to water protests.
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May 5th 2015, 5:20 PM
World's most dangerous toy measured how much it contaminated children
This 1950s science set contained four types of uranium ore.
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Feb 18th 2015, 3:30 PM
Nurse charged with murdering patients by poisoning them in Manchester hospital
The male nurse has been charged with the murder of three patients.
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Mar 29th 2014, 8:43 AM
Man dies from toxic chemicals delivered with box of shoes
Seven others have been injured by contaminated parcels in China.
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Dec 21st 2013, 5:14 PM
Fukushima leak upgraded to a "serious incident"
The nuclear regulator in Japan had originally given it a rating of Level 1, an ‘anomaly’.
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Aug 28th 2013, 8:25 AM
Possible contamination leads to water restrictions in Tipperary
Residents of Clonmel have been issued with a boil notice, while certain restrictions are still in place across Dublin as well.
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Aug 15th 2012, 9:27 AM
Agent Orange clean-up launched in Vietnam decades after war ends
US and Vietnam are commencing a landmark project to remove dangerous defoliant sprayed by American forces to defoliate Vietnam’s forests.
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Aug 9th 2012, 12:17 PM
Kyrgyz officials facing charges over radioactive coal
The imported coal was distributed to schools, an orphanage and a home for the elderly in Kyrgyzstan.
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Feb 8th 2012, 7:35 PM
Three die in hospital where drips were contaminated with insulin
Police in the northwest of England are searching for the person who tampered with the saline drips.
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Jul 16th 2011, 6:33 PM