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

Primary outcomes included preterm birth (<37 weeks), low birth weight (<2,500 g), small for gestational age, and birth weight ...

You can come in contact with arsenic in the environment sourced from agricultural and industrial sources. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the contamination of groundwater by ...

Analysis of Napoleon’s hair in 1961 found it contained more than ten times the normal concentrations of arsenic. The most likely source of exposure was from an arsenic compound used as a pigment ...

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 ...

“Yet it turns out that for very young children, ages 0 to 2 years, rice is a more important source of inorganic arsenic than infant rice cereal,” she added. “It’s really the rice itself ...

Racial disparities revealed in birth outcomes tied to arsenic exposure . Babies born to mothers consuming public drinking ...

Babies born to mothers potentially exposed to low levels of arsenic in public drinking water-even at levels below the federal ...

But emerging research shows this beloved grain may be contaminated with arsenic — a toxic element linked to serious health risks, including brain developmental delays, cancer and heart disease.

An EPA analysis found the proposed relaxation of air toxics rules may require states "to pursue emissions reductions from ...

Tests by Thailand’s Pollution Control Department have revealed that arsenic concentrations in the Kok River and tributaries ...

People in the affected districts of West Bengal and Bihar use shallow hand pumps, installed over water sources with more than 1,000 times the permissible limit of arsenic. Alarmingly, children as ...