Posts Tagged ‘ Water Samples ’

Scientists find superbugs in Delhi drinking water 

April 9, 2011
Scientists find superbugs in Delhi drinking water 

A girl waits to collect drinking water from a water tanker in New Delhi, March 21, 2007. A gene that makes bugs highly resistant to almost all known antibiotics has been found in bacteria in water supplies in New Delhi used by local people for drinking, washing and cooking, scientists said on Thursday. The NDM [...]

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It’s official: Vedan killed the Thi Vai river

December 8, 2009
It’s official: Vedan killed the Thi Vai river

A technical survey briefed to local government leaders and representatives of Vedan Vietnam concludes that the MSG maker caused eighty to ninety percent of the pollution of the Thi Vai River. Vedan discharged waste water to the Thi Vai River for years. Nearly fifteen months after Vedan Vietnam was detected discharging large quantities of untreated liquid [...]

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Loose management over bottled water production

May 9, 2009
Loose management over bottled water production

Vietnam now has hundreds of thousands of bottled water producers. Information about their failure to meet standards in terms of food hygiene and safety has recently raised public concern. Violations in regulations on food quality, hygiene and safety for bottled pure water have become serious. Water of sub-standard hygiene and safety can cause dangerous diseases [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...