The High Court has decided that Corby Borough Council was negligent in its clean-up of a former steel works in the town, which may have led to birth defects in 16 children. Deformities to hands and feet were the result of mothers being exposed to a ‘soup of toxic materials’ between 1985 and 1999, the [...]

Tags: Liability, Litigation, Pollution

Scientists are planning a “big brother” style experiment to test some theories about the transmission of the flu.  They will infect a number of individuals and then expose them to a variety of social situations to see how the flu is transmitted.

Tags: Flu, Liability

Another report (released yesterday) has yet again highlighted the uncertainties in the risks of nanotechnologies and nano-materials. These materials are already in the consumer market and show promise to provide great benefit to society and consumers.

Tags: Emerging risks, Liability, Nano-materials, Nanotechnology