We sought to determine whether formalin disinfection of prostate biopsy needles between cores reduces post-biopsy urinary tract infections (UTIs). We reviewed a single-surgeon experience of ...

On 19 May 2015, a Facebook user published a photoset of crabs to his timeline along with the following message: TIP OF THE DAY: WATCH FOR CRABS! When buying crabs in the market look for injection ...

A study has found excessive formalin in seasonal fruits like mango, litchi and blackberry sold at shops in different areas of the capital. Even shops with signboards reading “chemical-free fruits” ...

Fruits are known to be foods of heaven. Fruits are being considered as nature’s best gift for human beings. Everyone knows that fruits are delicious, that is why, all generations of people are fond of ...

When foreign news sources spoke about mercury levels in fish, it seemed very far away from our shores. But now, formalin, a cancer-inducing chemical used illegally to preserve fish, is right here: in ...

Even as the controversy surrounding the use of formalin in fish sold in Goa continues to rage in the coastal state, a senior official of the Goa Cancer Society on Tuesday said eating formalin-laced ...

Taking advantage of loopholes in the existing law, a section of traders is importing chemicals like paraformaldehyde that can be used as a substitute for formalin. Though import of formalin, a highly ...

On 9 April 2018, a number of tabloid-like news reports suggested that a Russian woman had been "embalmed alive" after doctors mistakenly administered formalin intravenously instead of saline: Russian ...

Who was Ekaterina Fedyaeva and how did she die? Ekaterina Feyaeva was a 27-year-old from the western Russian city of Ulyanovsk. She was supposed to be put on a saline drip during surgery but instead, ...

PANAJI: In a damning indictment over the state government’s stance that formalin is inherent in fish, two experts have separately told TOI that the cancer-causing chemical is a highly toxic, synthetic ...