Gov’t on the spot as chemical in KCSE practicals harms candidates, teachers

By Paul Ombati,

Several KCSE candidates and teachers have been reported ill following exposure to a hazardous chemical used in the practicals for Chemistry Paper 3 on...

Akello Misori , KUPPET Secretary General , Xylene

What causes cancer? Scientists reveal

By Paul Ombati,

It has now emerged that Helicobacter pylori, a superbug that causes cancer has more than doubled in just 20 years. According to a report by Telegra...

cancer , Stanford Health Care , who

Teen Vogue picks up My Always Experience after KOT saga

By Citizen Reporter,

Teen Vogue picked up MyAlwaysExperience, a hashtag started by Kenyans on Twitter, after it re-emerged on Wednesday with women across the world lamenti...

Always pads

Russia says five killed in mysterious rocket test accident

By Reuters,

Russia's state nuclear agency Rosatom said early on Saturday that five of its staff members had been killed in an accident during tests on a military ...

Rosatom , Russian military action , Russian rocket

The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick in Ghana

By Reuters,

A few years after coming as a teenager to this town in Ghana to prospect for gold, Yaw Ngoha had made enough cash to marry his sweetheart and build a ...

Ghana , Gold Mining

Exclusive: Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa

By Reuters,

Billions of dollars’ worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to m...

Syria rejects watchdog report on chemical weapons use

By VOA,

The Syrian government has rejected a report by an international chemical weapons watchdog that found chlorine most likely was used in an attack on the...

Syria

Dozens dead, Ill in India from bootleg liquor

By VOA,

At least 39 people have died and 27 more have fallen sick from drinking cheap spurious liquor containing toxic methanol in several villages in the nor...

bootleg liquor , India

Chemical weapons agency agrees to ban Novichok nerve agents

By Reuters,

The OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ) global chemical weapons watchdog will add Novichok, the Soviet-era nerve agent used i...

Is nail polish toxin-free? New study reveals otherwise

By Reuters,

Although nail polish manufacturers have begun removing some toxic ingredients, their labels are not always accurate and the reformulated products aren...

Nail polish

Governor Mutua puts Kiambu, Nairobi counties on notice over Athi River pollution

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua has put neighboring Kiambu and Nairobi counties on notice over pollution of Athi River. Speaking on Monday in Makuen...

Alfred Mutua , Athi River , Kiambu County , machakos county , Nairobi , water pollution

19-year-old dies after inhaling deodorant spray to get high

By CNN,

A 19-year-old died after inhaling deodorant spray to get high, according to a new case report, and doctors who treated the man in the Netherlands are...

antipsychotic drugs , inhaling deodorants , UK

Few smokers know about added sugar in cigarettes

By Reuters,

Very few smokers know there is sugar added to cigarettes, a new survey suggests. In addition, very few realise that added sugar increases toxins in...

cigarettes , smoking

‘Sick’ Miguna stranded in Dubai

By Wangui Ngechu,

Embattled lawyer Miguna Miguna now says he is waiting for clearance from Emirates Air and UAE authorities so he can return to Nairobi. In a stateme...

Dubai International Airport , Emirates Air , Miguna deportation case , Miguna in Dubai , miguna miguna , NRM supporters

Vaping, the new trend for smokers

By Sally Boyani,

As shisha fanatics are still grappling with idea of a forced detox after the Ministry of Health banned their favourite leisure feature, some budding e...

cdc , electronic cigarettes , shisha , vaping , World Health Organisation

Ministers from 100 countries to attend UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi

By AFP,

Environment ministers from about 100 countries gather in Nairobi next week to issue a clarion call against air, land and water pollution blamed for so...

UNEP , United Nations Environmental Assembly

Plastic Found in Drinking Water on Five Continents

By Citizen Reporter,

Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in drinking water on five continents - from Trump Tower in New York to a public tap on the shores of Lake Victo...

ban on plastic bags , Kenyan men going for plastic surgery , plastic bags ban , plastic tank

Unfavourable working conditions a risk to flower farm workers’ health

By Citizen Team,

  Medics in Naivasha now say there is a possibility that workers in flower farms in the area are affected by the chemicals they come into cont...

flower farms , health risks , kenya , NAIVASHA , toxic chemicals

Toxic pollutants choke Iraqi children caught in Islamic State retreat

By Reuters,

Under a cloud of black smoke, a group of around a dozen children wearing flimsy sandals have gathered to play. Oil wells around the Iraqi town of Q...

E-Cigarettes found more harmful than thought

By Reuters,

While less harmful than regular cigarettes, the electronic substitutes, the so-called e-cigarettes, contain toxic chemicals whose levels vary with tem...

E-Cigarettes , E-Cigarettes found more harmful than thought , health