Episode: # 27 1/12/07
One of the most frustrating things as a gardener is looking at your garden then the neighbours and wondering what you are doing wrong. If it makes you any happier, it may not actually be you, it may be the soil you are growing in. Contaminated ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Hepatitis A - Better Health Channel.
Hepatitis A is a viral disease that affects the liver. It is spread by direct contact or by touching items that have been handled by, and contaminated with faeces from, an infected person. These can include food, drinks and other ... [... more]
Better Health |
Water tanks and dams - safety tips
If you obtain your drinking water from bores, rivers, dams or rainwater tanks. You should take special care to make sure that this water is safe to drink. Contaminated water can cause serious illness. Most Victorians obtain their drinking water ... [... more]
Better Health |
Travel vaccinations
Australians travelling overseas, especially to developing countries, need to be vaccinated against a range of diseases. Illnesses may be caused by contaminated food or water, poor personal hygiene or infected insects. Anyone travelling overseas ... [... more]
Better Health |
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis (also known as bilharzia, snail fever or katayama fever) is a major tropical disease that affects over 200 million people worldwide. The disease is acquired by direct skin contact with fresh water that is contaminated by ... [... more]
Better Health |
Food poisoning - listeria
Listeria is an illness caused by eating foods contaminated by the bacteria Listeria Monocytogenes. Listeria infection is uncommon, but can be dangerous for pregnant women, the elderly and people whose immune systems are not working properly. ... [... more]
Better Health |
Brucellosis
Brucellosis (sometimes known as undulant fever, Malta fever, rock fever, Cyprus fever or Gibraltar fever), is a rare bacterial disease. Human transmission occurs through contact with animals or animal products contaminated with these ... [... more]
Better Health |
Food poisoning - prevention
Food poisoning is caused by eating contaminated food. Food poisoning affects more than five million Australians every year. Some people are more at risk of getting food poisoning than others - these include pregnant women, the elderly, young ... [... more]
Better Health |
Stopping the spread of shigella in the community
Shigella (or shigellosis) is an infectious disease which can cause diarrhoea, fever and stomach cramps. It is usually caught from another person, but it can be caught from contaminated food or water. Center for Disease Control USA, information ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
What is salmonella?
Salmonella is an infection which can cause outbreaks of gastroenteritis and is usually caused by contaminated food (food which has the salmonella germs in it). It can also be spread from person to person and from animals. Illness caused by ... [... more]
Child & Youth Health |
HortNews - MAF Using DNA To Backtrack GE-Contaminated Maize
Agriculture officials say further tests they have ordered on the parent seed for a hybrid maize crop contaminated with GE seed may pin down the origin of the engineered DNA. WELLINGTON 16/8/2002 - Agriculture officials say further tests they have ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
HortNews - Commission Told GM Risks Astronomical
Once genetically modified seed had "contaminated" the land, there would be no turning back, the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification heard yesterday. WELLINGTON 5/12/2000 - Once genetically modified seed had "contaminated" the [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
