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Bayer faces billions in payouts for decades-old toxic mess

Bayer faces billions in payouts for decades-old toxic mess

by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management

On Tuesday Bayer was hit with a $100 million verdict in the most recent case blaming it for students and faculty at a Seattle-area public school being sickened by exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, contained in aging fluorescent-light fixtures.The company...
India’s toxic smog cuts off visibility in several areas

India’s toxic smog cuts off visibility in several areas

by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 14, 2024 | Health, Indian News, Risk Management

The minimum temperature in Delhi fell to 16.1 degrees Celsius (61°F) on Thursday from 17 degrees C the previous day, weather officials said. Its pollution ranked in the ‘severe’ category for the second day in a row, with a score of 430 on an index of air...
Microwaving plastic food containers can release billions of small toxic plastic particles, according to a study

Microwaving plastic food containers can release billions of small toxic plastic particles, according to a study

by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 23, 2023 | Facts, Health

”It is really important to know how many micro- and nanoplastics we are taking in,” said Kazi Albab Hussain, the study’s lead author and a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, US ”Many studies, including ours, are demonstrating...

Gambia ‘advanced’ in exploring legal action over toxic Indian cough syrup

by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 20, 2023 | Health, Indian News, Risk Management

At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died from acute kidney injury last year. A government-backed investigation found that the deaths were “very likely” caused by contaminated medicines made in India. The small West African country has...

Indian firm used toxic industrial-grade ingredient in syrup

by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 29, 2023 | Health, Indian News

Sources said the syrup was made with industrial-grade PG, a toxic material widely used in liquid detergents, antifreeze, paints or coatings, and to enhance the effectiveness of pesticides. NEW DELHI: The Indian manufacturer of cough syrups that Uzbekistan said last...

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