Even though groundwater only makes up an estimated 0.61% of the water on Earth, it accounts for 98% of the available freshwater (Fetter, 1999). In many parts of the world (including southwestern North ...

Mycoplasma contamination is prevalent in cell culture labs: in one study, researchers identified mycoplasma contamination in 11% of the 10,000 cell lines they tested (Olarerin-George et al. 2015).

A plastic plate used by forensic labs worldwide was identified as the source of a contamination which led the county to shut down the lab for several weeks. The forensic science lab in Hennepin County ...

ST. PAUL — The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has put DNA testing at its crime lab on hold as it works to determine the source of “sporadic DNA contamination.” The sheriff’s office said it appears ...

A new study warns that contamination from laboratory reagents could be misleading scientists worldwide in their hunt for emerging infectious diseases. Researchers found that silica membranes-commonly ...

Behind the fence of the Santa Susana Field Lab are 2,800 acres of land that remain largely contaminated with radioactive and chemical waste. It was back in 2015 that the I-Team's LA's Nuclear Secret ...