As of 31 December 2021, 84 countries – comprising 43% of all countries – have legally binding controls to limit the production, import and sale of lead paints. In the majority of countries worldwide, using lead paint in homes and schools is not prohibited, creating a significant risk of children’s …
Swiss consumer giant Nestle has said it plans to resume sales in its Maggi noodles in November, after a food scare saw them taken off shelves. In May, Indian food safety authorities banned the production and sale of the product after claims they contained dangerously high levels of lead. That …
Soldering materials were one of the main causes of the lead-in-water scandal, according to the chairman of a review committee on fresh water quality in public estates. Cheung Tat-tong, from the Review Committee on Quality Assurance Issues Relating to Fresh Water Supply of Public Housing Estates - which is due …
Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has warned Nigerians to be careful of the distribution and sales of a particular brand of Maggi noodles produced by Nestle India in the country. NAFDAC said these noodles contain excess lead and are therefore unsafe and hazardous for …
The tanneries in Kasur in Pakistan, where the world-famous handmade “Kasuri jutti” is made, is spreading pollution across the border in Punjab. The tanneries are dumping tonnes of hazardous chemicals into a Sutlej tributary that flows into India. This is causing serious health problems for the residents of villages in …
People who take unregulated complementary medicines are at a higher risk of being contaminated by heavy metals, a medical scientist has warned. Research from the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE) reveals that certain complementary medicines, especially Ayurvedic treatments – an Indian traditional …
Water with lead levels nearly 80 times World Health Organisation safety standards has been found at the Hong Kong public housing estate where the city’s tainted water scandal began, in the latest round of tests by a concern group. A water sample from Yan Ching House on Kowloon City’s Kai …
Narrow pipes installed with materials welded together with lead could be responsible for excessive levels of the heavy metal found in Hong Kong water, a member of the task force set up to investigate the scandal said. Dr Chan Hon-fai, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Water Resources and Quality …
Rivers in western Uttar Pradesh like Kali, Krishna and Hindon have been polluted to dangerous levels because of the industrial waste released illegally into them by the industries. So grave is the pollution that they have also contaminated the groundwater of hundreds of villages located on the banks of these …
On 8 November 2013, super typhoon Haiyan made landfall in Philippines. On 24 November, the Chinese hospital ship arrived in Philippines to help with disaster relief efforts. Drinking water was collected at a variety of locations, and the concentration levels of lead were determined with field test kit. The results …
The lead-in-water scare has spread to another primary school where a sample was found to contain levels of the heavy metal more than 21 times over the safe limit. St Francis of Assisi's Caritas School on Wai Chi Street, Shek Kip Mei, said a sample taken from a water fountain …
VISAKHAPATNAM: Urging people to use clay Vinayakas coloured with vegetable paints, the president of the Visakha Public Library S Vijay Kumar said that Plaster of Paris and chemical colours are harmful for the environment and should not be used. Launching a poster promoting use of clay Vinayakas at the Public …
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found lead contamination in fresh batches of Nestlé India's Maggi noodles tested over the last two months. Out of 46 samples randomly collected from across the state, four showed excess lead content. This lead content, expressed in `parts per million' (or PPM) …
The country's apex consumer dispute re dressal commission NCDRC, on Monday admit ted the Centre's complain against Nestle India seeking Rs 640 crore for its alleged unfair trade and deceptive practices pertaining to Maggi instant noodles. Issuing notice to Nestle, the commission directed it to respond by September 30 (the …
Two more public housing estates joined the list of those with excessive lead in their water supply, the government announced this evening, noting that at one of them the level exceeded the WHO’s safety standard by more than 14 times. The latest estates hit by the contamination crisis are Un …
The Bombay high court on 13 August 2015, struck down FSSAI’s order of a nationwide ban on the sale of Nestle India's popular 2-minute Maggi noodles. Nestle India has been asked to conduct fresh safety tests on the product before relaunching it. Order of the Bombay High Court in the …
Four water samples taken from flats in phases one and two of Wah Fu Estate in Pok Fu Lam contained the heavy metal nickel, a skin irritant, at well above the World Health Organisation standard, the Democratic Party said yesterday. Although the 20 samples taken were all clear of lead …
Thousands of Dublin homeowners are receiving letters from Irish Water this week warning households their water may be contaminated with lead above the safe legal limit. More than 2,000 letters have been sent to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area and parts of Dublin this week, and the same letters will be sent …
LEAD levels in Shanghai pre-schoolers are a quarter of what they were 20 years ago and are similar to those in children in Western countries, according to a new study. This dramatic drop can be attributed to the city adopting non-leaded petrol in 1997, cleaner energy and improved hygiene, said …
The latest round of government-sponsored testing found that more children, breastfeeding mothers and pregnant women have health-threatening levels of lead in their blood as Hong Kong's tap water contamination scare spread to three more public housing estates yesterday. Among the third batch of 294 blood test results announced yesterday, 33 …
An alliance representing five public housing estates affected by the lead water scare has been formed to help residents seek compensation. Convened by Democratic Party vice-chairman Andrew Wan Siu-kin, the Drinking Water Victims Alliance has brought on board legal and medical experts to advise residents on how to take legal …
