Bird flu on the move
Russian scientists say they have found the H5N1 flu virus in ducks and geese that spend the summer in Siberia. The birds overwinter in south-east Asia, where H5N1 flu has killed 32 people and millions of poultry. There has been controversy over whether migrating birds carry the virus.
Bottling out
Bacterial contamination has been found in 40 per cent of bottled mineral water. Rocus Klont of the University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, tested 68 commercial brands from 16 countries. He says the risk to healthy people is negligible, but people with an impaired…
