UN: Substance found at office is solvent
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A substance found at a U.N. weapons inspectors' office last month and suspected of being a chemical warfare agent appears to be a nontoxic solvent, a U.N. official said Thursday.
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By Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Jun. 19--LOWELL -- Members of the Lowell Fire Department and its Hazardous Materials Team worked early Monday afternoon to contain a substance that had been spotted on the water of the city's Northern Canal.
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The United Nations on Monday added 14 pesticides and chemicals, including lead additive for petrol, to a growing list of toxic substances in which trade is restricted.
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French authorities said a suspect letter which triggered an evacuation of the Canadian embassy on Monday did not contain a toxic substance.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Nicaraguan police seized 6,000 tubes of a Chinese-made toothpaste suspected of containing a chemical that killed at least 51 people in nearby Panama last year, the health minister said Sunday.
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_ 1991: The International Atomic Energy Agency places a seal over storage bunkers holding conventional explosives known as HMX and RDX and PETN at the Al-Qaqaa facility south of Baghdad as part of U.N. sanctions that ordered the dismantlement of Iraq's nuclear program after the Gulf War. HMX is a "dual use" substance powerful enough to ignite the fissile material in an atomic bomb and set off a nuclear chain reaction.
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Â· Foreign Office among departments hit Â· Military involvement suspected
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HAMBURG, Dec. 10 -- German prosecutors said Sunday that they are investigating a Russian businessman for the illegal handling of a radioactive substance in the days after he flew to Germany from Russia and before he left to meet a former Russian internal security agent in London. The development is...
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A substance sent to the water affairs department in Pretoria was apparently not anthrax as feared, police said on Thursday. Ten people were admitted to Pretoria&#39;s Unitas hospital for observation on Wednesday
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What is the radioactive substance at the centre of the Alexander  Litvinenko case?
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A substance found in a Navy ship's mess room is being tested, amid suspicions it could be ecstasy.
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Unborn children may be at risk from the shampoos and hand lotions used by their pregnant mothers, it was claimed yesterday. A chemical commonly used in these toiletries can affect the growth of structures
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GENEVA The United Nations said Friday that workmen had uncovered a sophisticated listening device at its headquarters in Geneva but could not say who planted it or why.
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The United Nations said on Thursday a  secret listening device had been found in a posh meeting room  of its European headquarters in Geneva.
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A suspicious white powder was found in a New York building occupied by the Daily News newspaper and the Associated Press on Tuesday, a police spokesman said.
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A suspicious package with white powder was found near media offices at United Nations headquarters on Friday, prompting security guards to take it to a safe area.
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A U.N. office was evacuated after workers found vials that may have contained the poison gas phosgene Thursday.