Medscape

Duodenoscope Contamination Rates Still Lethally High: FDA

The latest interim results from US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–mandated postmarket surveillance studies of duodenoscopes continue to show unacceptably high contamination rates after ...
Beyond Pesticides

Report on Pesticide Contamination of Nation’s Groundwater Shows Widespread Exposure and Health Threats

(Beyond Pesticides, October 15, 2025) The latest Scientific Investigations Report for 2025 from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), entitled “National Water Quality Program: Multidecadal Change in ...
Medscape

Effect of Two Work Practice Changes on the Microbial Contamination Rates of Pharmacy-Compounded Sterile Preparations

There is no doubt that these occurrences of microbial contamination are a failure of one or more elements of contamination control. Perhaps it was an inadvertent ...
FoodNavigator

PFAS in the food chain: Exposure pathways, policy shifts, and testing readiness

Per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have moved from a minor contamination concern to a mainstream food safety risk, driven by mounting evidence of environmental persistence, dietary exposure, ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Colorado Bacterial Contamination Rates in Retail Meat

Chicken and ground turkey showed the highest contamination rates for Salmonella and Campylobacter—the two bacteria most commonly associated with foodborne illness. Nearly 1 in 4 bacterial isolates ...