Even though groundwater only makes up an estimated 0.61% of the water on Earth, it accounts for 98% of the available freshwater (Fetter, 1999). In many parts of the world (including southwestern North ...

Contamination at CDC lab delayed rollout of coronavirus tests The CDC took weeks to remove a troubled test component, which wasn't needed for virus detection. Anthony Tran, center, the public health ...

Cross-contamination in a laboratory was at fault for the finding of a finished product positive for Salmonella, according to a study. In 2013, during a routine analysis of food samples, one finished ...

Contamination from a firefighting foam has been found at Brookhaven National Laboratory, raising concerns from an advisory group that a soon-to-be-regulated chemical has spread off-site to private ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — State health officials on Friday disclosed an incident at a state lab that revealed cross-contamination of test samples, drawing into scrutiny at least 52 drug cases ...

A lab used by the NFL for COVID-19 testing of players, coaches and other staff says that 77 false positives were returned over the weekend because of a contamination. “On August 22, BioReference ...

Indore water contamination: 15 people have died so far after consuming contaminated water in Indore's Bhagirathpura locality ...

HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — Neighbors of Dartmouth College property where for years the Ivy League school disposed of mice and other small animals used in science experiments say they fear pollution from the ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Contamination in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention central laboratory complex in Atlanta caused a massive delay in the production of ...

An accidental cross-contamination event has placed a scientist and around 52 cases related to cocaine under intense scrutiny. The scientist failed to identify a substance in a blind test correctly, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — The DNA evidence linking a ...

The cross contamination most likely occurred because chemical mixtures were assembled into the kits within a lab space that was also handling synthetic coronavirus material. The scientists also said ...