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Two men discovered a vial labelled "Polonium 210" in a garden in the town of Vaihingen an der Enz, north-west of Stuttgart, Germany, during an Easter egg hunt on Sunday, 5 April. According to Yahoo News, the discovery triggered an emergency response as authorities tested for the potentially
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Chemical, biological and radiological units of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded over 400 cases of Russia using chemical munitions against Ukrainian positions in March 2026. More than 13,000 cases of Russia using dangerous chemical substances have been recorded since the start of their full-scale
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A total of 90 people from 50 houses were evacuated from the area after a tanker carrying some 30,000 litres of liquified petroleum gas crashed in a rural village north of Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday night 4 April. According to the Prahova County Police Inspectorate, the tanker is understood
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The United States government has donated CBRN protective equipment to the southeast African country of Mozambique. The chargé d’affaires at the US Embassy in Maputo, Abigail Dressel, delivered the equipment on Thursday 2 April to the permanent secretary of the Mozambican Interior Ministry, Victor Canhemba Júnior. Speaking at the
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Fifteen workers at a fish processing factory in the Milas district of Muğla, Turkey, were hospitalised on Thursday evening 2 April with suspected ammonia gas poisoning. According to the outlet Haberler, the incident occurred at around 19:30 at the Sürsan Fishing facility in the neighbourhood of Güllük. After a
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Cambodian government officials as well as legal and technical experts from the country met in Phnom Penh on 26-27 March for a workshop focused on efforts to establish a national registry of controlled biological agents. The workshop was organised by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in close
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A school in Jelenia Góra, southwestern Poland, has detected levels of the radioactive gas radon being at more than seven times the safe limit. As reported by TVP World, the tests were conducted from late January to early March and found radon levels in two classrooms and the gym at
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The Bulgarian State Enterprise for Radioactive Waste (SERAW) reported on Friday 27 March that the country's national repository for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste has been issued with a certificate confirming it is ready for commissioning. SERAW executive director, Dilyan Petrov, said: "We are pleased that today’
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Trace amounts of fentanyl were discovered inside the packaging of five Barbie dolls sold at a discount store in the Kansas City suburb of Independence, Missouri, on Saturday 21 March. In a statement released on Facebook, police said that store security at Cargo Largo contacted authorities "regarding a suspicious
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A new coating technology developed by the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has reduced the decontamination time of radioactive nuclides adsorbed on the surfaces of buildings and equipment. The new technology can remove up to 95 percent of radioactive elements in three hours, while existing commercial products require approximately 24
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The Kenya Nuclear Regulatory Authority (KNRA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) of Uganda to strengthen regional nuclear safety and security. Announced on LinkedIn on Tuesday 24 March, KNRA said that the memorandum is "a strategic initiative to boost the regional capacity for
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A leak of di-methyl sulphate at a pharmaceutical facility in Boisar, Maharashtra, India, led to 22 workers being hospitalised on Sunday, 22 March. According to Devdiscourse, the incident in Tarapur MIDC occurred during a transfer process. Although a minor overflow from the tanker's vent line was immediately plugged,