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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

People living in the coastal areas, it is time for you to start seeing your fish with a suspicious eye, your fish could be lined with formalin! Okay, mercury in fish was a reason to worry about, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...