More than 800 people have been struck by gastroenteritis in Bangalore over the last four days. While the city grapples with the surge, it is now facing the threat of a cholera outbreak, as well. Tests by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board have shown that the drinking water at Bharatinagar in the city has been contaminated with sewage.
Govt hospital in Bangalore was flooded with about 250 cases of gastroenteritis.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/is-bangalore-providing-safe-drinking-water/57578-3.html
The FDA raid found milk being contaminated on a large scale in Mumbai. Is much being done to check food adulteration?
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/milk-raid-is-food-killing-us-softly/33699-3.html
With the FDA finding out some branded milk to be contaminated, it could only be a health disaster waiting to happen.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/how-safe-is-the-branded-milk-you-buy/33686-17.html
One in six of the world's people have no access to clean water and twice as many lack adequate sanitation.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/blog-water-is-a-consumer-right/27723-3.html
A CNN-IBN and Consumer Voice investigation reveals that the water supplied by in metro cities is unfit for human consumption.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/no-right-to-safe-drinking-water/27714-3.html
Water supplied by municipal corporations in India's metros is unfit for consumption.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/metros-neck-deep-in-murky-water/27695-3.html
A Health Ministry survey in 16 cities has found that 90 per cent of street food is unfit for consumption.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/street-food-branded-unsafe-by-govt/23284-17.html
A recent survey by the Health Ministry has concluded that most of the street food we eat is unfit for consumption.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/street-food-mostly-contaminated-survey/23271-17.html
China tries to calm a worried public as water supplies are shut in Harbin following an accident at a chemical factory.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/china-in-fear-of-water-contamination/1444-2.html
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