Arsenic in rice isn’t a new concern, but a recent report published by Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF) brought the issue ...

As expected, the team detected arsenic in the mummy's hair and in the soil. They also discovered skin conditions indicative of arsenic poisoning. As expected, the team detected arsenic in the ...

Arsenic has been prohibited for use in museum ... and its exhibits were in need of a refresh. “It is showing its signs of age, and the specimens are cracking and some look very tired,” she ...

The arsenic was within the mummy's hair, showing that Chileans dating back to 1,000 to 1,500 years ago likely drank arsenic-contaminated water People of numerous pre-Columbian civilizations in ...

After drinking water, the researchers say, rice is the world’s second largest dietary source of inorganic arsenic, and climate change appears to be increasing the amount of the highly toxic ...

Arsenic contamination of groundwater in southern Asia affects tens of millions of people, and has been the focus of intensive research efforts over the past few decades. Sediments containing ...

The GNWT is warning people not to swim or fish in Jackfish Lake due to its high levels of arsenic and harmful algae. The ...

Arsenic may be deadly to us, but now a microbe that can live and grow entirely off the poison has been discovered. These findings not only show just how tough life can be on Earth, but expand the ...

It soon became clear what they were seeing: classic signs of arsenic poisoning. In a tragic irony, the reason was eventually traced back to an otherwise hugely successful public-health program.

The N.W.T.'s Health Minister says signs will be posted soon at Yellowknife-area lakes with dangerous levels of arsenic, despite a statement earlier this week by the territory's top public health ...