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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has declared that all fresh spinach is again safe for human consumption. However, this outbreak was not the first time we saw this type of E. coli contamination and will not be the last. Dating back to 1995, this most recent E. coli poisoning episode is the 20th occurrence linked to spinach, lettuce and other salad greens. Coal mining has long been considered one of the most dangerous professions. That’s because when methane, which is released during the coal mining process, comes into contact with coal dust, it becomes highly combustible. In the old days, coal miners used canaries to let them know when a blast was imminent. It was a simple [...] “In total, 20 petrol tanks were involved, each said to hold three million gallons of fuel.” “The Buncefield depot is a major distribution terminal operated by Total and part-owned by Texaco, storing oil, petrol as well as kerosene which supplies airports across the region, including Heathrow and Luton. The country’s fifth largest fuel distribution depot, [...] A 50-mile stew of toxic benzene floated up the Songhua River for 10 days before Chinese authorities acknowledged the severity of what has been the most serious river pollution in recent memory here. Not until the dense mess hit the major city of Harbin last week was it no longer possible to cover up the [...] At approximately 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 6, 2005, an F3 tornado tore a path through parts of Kentucky before jumping the Ohio River into southwest Indiana. This tornado produced drastic results for many areas, but did the most damage to Evansville, Indiana. |
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