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Many Pani Puri Samples Had Cancer-Causing Chemicals: Karnataka Minister
The Karnataka health department is investigating the use of carcinogenic coloring agents in pani puri water, following concerns about potentially harmful ingredients.
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Russia Breached Global Chemical Weapons Ban In Ukraine War: US
The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using riot control agents "as a method of warfare" in Ukraine.
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Researchers Develop Method to Destroy 'Forever Chemicals' Leaving Only Benign End Products
Researchers have discovered a method of breaking down PFAS or perfluoroalkyl chemicals, also known as "forever chemicals" that have been in use as a waterproofing and nonstick agent for more than 70 years. The new technique could be used to successfully degrade 10 perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs) and perfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic acids (PF...
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India Cautions UN Over Threat Of Biological Agents Misuse As Weapons
India has cautioned over the "heightened"threat of misuse of biological agents and chemicals as weapons against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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"Has Credible Information": US Says Russia May Use "Chemical Agents" In Ukraine
The United States has "credible information" that Russia "may use... chemical agents" in its offensive to take the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday.
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World Cancer Day 2021: Chewing And Smoking Tobacco- A Risk Factor For Multiple Kinds Of Cancer
World Cancer Day: Chewing tobacco contains a minimum of 28 cancer-causing chemicals, medically known as carcinogens. The primary cancer-causing agents in chewing tobacco are the tobacco-explicit nitrosamines (TSNAs).
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Know About Some Common Aesthetic Medicine Treatments for Skin Problems
From chemical peels to oxygen facial and fillers, read here to know some of the most common aesthetic medicine treatements which help in healing skin from the effects of ageing and sun damage.
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Novichok-Type Nerve Agent Found In Kremlin-Critic's Samples: Watchdog
The global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday that samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who claims he was poisoned by the Kremlin, contained a Novichok-type nerve agent.
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US Lawmakers Ask Donald Trump To Investigate Kremlin Critic's Poisoning
The leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked President Donald Trump on Wednesday to consider whether the Russian government poisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a chemical nerve agent, which would subject Moscow to sanctions.
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Vladimir Putin's Critic Poisoned With Chemical Nerve Agent: Germany
Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed that he was poisoned by a Novichok chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, demanding explanations from Moscow.
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Armed Forces Must Be Trained To Tackle Chemical-Biological Threats: Rajnath Singh
Early detection of chemical-biological agents is the prerequisite for successful protection and decontamination, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.
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US Strongly Condemns Russia's Poisoning Of Former Spy Says White House
The White House said on Friday the United States strongly condemned Russia's use of chemical weapons against a former Russian agent in Britain, two days after the U.S. State Department announced sanctions over the move.
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UK Chemical Weapons Inspectors To Collect New Nerve Agent Samples
Inspectors of the world's chemical weapons watchdog will return to Britain on request of the government to take new samples of the nerve agent which killed one person and injured another in Amesbury, England, in June.
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UK Woman Exposed To Soviet-Era Nerve Agent Dies, Murder Probe Launched
A middle-aged British woman, who somehow came into contact with the Soviet-era nerve agent known as Novichok, died Sunday evening at a hospital in south England where she was being treated for exposure to the military-grade chemical weapon.
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2 More Victims Of Soviet-Era Chemical Weapon Found In British Town
A man and woman, now both in a coma at a hospital in southwest England, were poisoned by the nerve agent known as novichok
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Many Pani Puri Samples Had Cancer-Causing Chemicals: Karnataka Minister
The Karnataka health department is investigating the use of carcinogenic coloring agents in pani puri water, following concerns about potentially harmful ingredients.
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Russia Breached Global Chemical Weapons Ban In Ukraine War: US
The United States on Wednesday accused Russia of violating the international chemical weapons ban by deploying the choking agent chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops and using riot control agents "as a method of warfare" in Ukraine.
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Researchers Develop Method to Destroy 'Forever Chemicals' Leaving Only Benign End Products
Researchers have discovered a method of breaking down PFAS or perfluoroalkyl chemicals, also known as "forever chemicals" that have been in use as a waterproofing and nonstick agent for more than 70 years. The new technique could be used to successfully degrade 10 perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs) and perfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic acids (PF...
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India Cautions UN Over Threat Of Biological Agents Misuse As Weapons
India has cautioned over the "heightened"threat of misuse of biological agents and chemicals as weapons against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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"Has Credible Information": US Says Russia May Use "Chemical Agents" In Ukraine
The United States has "credible information" that Russia "may use... chemical agents" in its offensive to take the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday.
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World Cancer Day 2021: Chewing And Smoking Tobacco- A Risk Factor For Multiple Kinds Of Cancer
World Cancer Day: Chewing tobacco contains a minimum of 28 cancer-causing chemicals, medically known as carcinogens. The primary cancer-causing agents in chewing tobacco are the tobacco-explicit nitrosamines (TSNAs).
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Know About Some Common Aesthetic Medicine Treatments for Skin Problems
From chemical peels to oxygen facial and fillers, read here to know some of the most common aesthetic medicine treatements which help in healing skin from the effects of ageing and sun damage.
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Novichok-Type Nerve Agent Found In Kremlin-Critic's Samples: Watchdog
The global chemical weapons watchdog said on Tuesday that samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who claims he was poisoned by the Kremlin, contained a Novichok-type nerve agent.
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US Lawmakers Ask Donald Trump To Investigate Kremlin Critic's Poisoning
The leaders of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked President Donald Trump on Wednesday to consider whether the Russian government poisoned Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a chemical nerve agent, which would subject Moscow to sanctions.
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Vladimir Putin's Critic Poisoned With Chemical Nerve Agent: Germany
Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed that he was poisoned by a Novichok chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, demanding explanations from Moscow.
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Armed Forces Must Be Trained To Tackle Chemical-Biological Threats: Rajnath Singh
Early detection of chemical-biological agents is the prerequisite for successful protection and decontamination, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.
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US Strongly Condemns Russia's Poisoning Of Former Spy Says White House
The White House said on Friday the United States strongly condemned Russia's use of chemical weapons against a former Russian agent in Britain, two days after the U.S. State Department announced sanctions over the move.
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UK Chemical Weapons Inspectors To Collect New Nerve Agent Samples
Inspectors of the world's chemical weapons watchdog will return to Britain on request of the government to take new samples of the nerve agent which killed one person and injured another in Amesbury, England, in June.
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UK Woman Exposed To Soviet-Era Nerve Agent Dies, Murder Probe Launched
A middle-aged British woman, who somehow came into contact with the Soviet-era nerve agent known as Novichok, died Sunday evening at a hospital in south England where she was being treated for exposure to the military-grade chemical weapon.
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2 More Victims Of Soviet-Era Chemical Weapon Found In British Town
A man and woman, now both in a coma at a hospital in southwest England, were poisoned by the nerve agent known as novichok
