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Insecticide egg scare widens to Switzerland

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:31:53 +0200

Swiss supermarkets have removed eggs from their shelves after millions of the product contaminated with a toxic pesticide were pulled from stores and destroyed in the Netherlands and Germany.

Shocked flock: Who's peeing in our font?

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:47:49 +0100

A mystery person has been urinating in the holy water at the Church of the Sacred Heart in Davos.

Basel chemical disaster: 25 years on

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:16:33 +0100

In 1986, a fire at chemical company Sandoz caused dangerous toxins to seep into the air and the nearby river Rhine. A quarter of a century later, an expert on the accident says the site near Basel remains polluted.