HOW CAN EGGS BECOME CONTAMINATED WITH INSECTICIDE FIPRONIL - AS NETHERLAND EGGS IMPORTED IN THE UK HAVE BEEN

Around 700,000 potentially contaminated eggs have been imported into Britain from Dutch farms, according to the Food Standards Agency.

The affected eggs have been contaminated with an insecticide called Fipronil.

A The affected eggs originate from around 180 farms in the Netherlands that bought poultry from a supplier which used an illegal insecticide to treat red mite in chickens. The chemical, called fipronil, is not authorised for use as a veterinary medicine or pesticide around food producing animals as it can make its way into birds and eggs.

A The FSA has said it is “unlikely” that eating infected eggs would pose a threat to human health. It told the Daily Telegraph that it is up to consumers to decide if they want to eat contaminated food or not.
In large quantities, fipronil is considered to be “moderately hazardous”, according to the World Health Organisation.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/11/shock-dutch-egg-contamination-scandal-means-shoppers/

HOW SINGAPORE AN ISLAND BRINGS FRESH WATER TO ITS PEOPLE BENEFITNG HUMANITY WITH FRESH WATER CREATION TECHNOLOGY

Two-thirds of Singapore’s land area is used for water catchment. Increasing the water catchment area will be challenging and costly given our urban density.
A comprehensive network of drains, canals and rivers channel rainfall to Singapore’s 17 reservoirs for storage.

Singapore imports water from Malaysia under the 1962 Water Agreement, which allows us the full and exclusive right to draw up to 250 million gallons of water per day (mgd) from the Johor River. The Agreement will expire in 2061.

Singapore has 5 NEWater plants which further purify treated used water to produce ultra-clean water. This process requires the use of advanced membrane and ultraviolet disinfection technologies, which makes producing NEWater costly.

Desalination is the process of using reverse osmosis to produce pure drinking water, by pushing seawater through membranes to remove dissolved salts and minerals.
We currently have 2 desalination plants, and 3 new plants will be built by 2020.

http://web.asiaone.com/singapores-water-story/

SOUTH KOREANS ARE PREPARING FOR THE WORST AS THEY BORDER THE COMMUNIST KIM N KOREA - UNLIKE THE STORM THAT NATURE BRINGS THIS ONE IS MAN MADE AS A GIFT FROM THE KIM - AS TALKS OF WAR AND RUMORS OF WAR ESCALATE FROM THE RED NATION TONGUE

South Koreans are buying more ready to eat meals and the government plans to expand nation-wide civil defence drills planned for this month as rhetoric between North Korea and the United States ramps up tension.
Long used to living within the range of North Korea's artillery, people in the South have generally ignored its aggressiveness and series of nuclear and long-range missile tests.
But this week, as Pyongyang exchanged increasingly angry words with the United States, there are worries of a clash erupting along the heavily militarised frontier which divides the two Koreas.

Combat Ration Inc, which makes 2 billion won ($1.75 million) of annual revenue selling ready to eat meals, said sales had surged as much as 50 percent in the past week compared to the average.

"Since 2006, when North Korea first conducted its nuclear test, there wasn't this much response as people became immune to frequent missile launches and nuclear tests," said Yoon Hee Yeul, the chief executive of Combat Ration, based in the south-eastern city of Daegu.
"I feel it's different this time," said Yoon, who's been in the business since 2004.

http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/after-years-south-koreans-worry-about-north-food-sales-up-civil-drills-expanded

JAPAN GETS READY ITS OWN MISSILE INTERCEPTORS LEAVES NOTHING TO CHANCE - AS THE KIM MISSILE FLYOVER CROSSES JAPAN'S TERRITORY - THE KIM DOES WHAT THE KIM DO THUS IRREGARDLESS OF OTHER SOVERIEGN NATION IN THE WAKE- THE COMMUNIST MOTTO

Japan is deploying missile interceptor units in western parts of the country in response to North Korea's plans to fire missiles toward the US Pacific territory of Guam.

North Korea says its ballistic missiles will fly over the 3 prefectures of Shimane, Hiroshima and Kochi before landing in waters off Guam.

Air Self-Defense Force units in charge of PAC3 interceptor missiles left for their destinations on Friday night. They are expected to arrive at 4 SDF camps in the 3 prefectures and neighboring Ehime Prefecture on Saturday morning.

The units will install radar systems and launchers to prepare for the eventuality that missile parts will fall into the areas.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force is deploying a vessel in the Sea of Japan. The vessel is equipped with the Aegis advanced radar system that can track ballistic missiles.

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170811_22/