A 37-year-old man has been charged with contaminating or interfering with goods with intent at three supermarkets in west London. Leoaai Elghareeb, of Crabtree Lane, Fulham, is due before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Officers in forensic suits were seen in Fulham Palace Road on Thursday at three stores—a Tesco Express, Little Waitrose, and Sainsbury’s…

A man has been arrested on suspicion of contaminating food with a syringe at three supermarkets in west London, a council has said. Hammersmith and Fulham Council said officers were called just before 8 p.m. after a man was reported to be shouting abuse at people in the street. He is alleged to have visited…

In the 20th century, scientists developed a group of complex, manmade chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In the past decade, researchers have found these chemicals contaminating drinking water and the environment. Current research measures them at alarming rates in breast milk. The properties of these substances include oil and water repellency, temperature resistance,…