Arsenic is a toxic element that is both naturally occurring in the Earth’s crust and artificially produced from agricultural and industrial processes. Arsenic can enter groundwater sources from rock ...

The researchers, whose paper was published last week (11 July) in Nature Geoscience, used existing data on surface sediments and soil properties to map a variety of ‘hotspots’ in the region — some of ...

As an angry crowd of more than 750 people watched Tuesday night, state and federal officials for the first time unveiled maps that showed where they'd found alarming levels of carcinogenic metals in ...

Writing in the New York Times last week, Deborah Blum reviewed recent scientific research on a startling public health threat: naturally occurring arsenic that seeps into groundwater could be ...

In a new report, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates 2.1 million Americans use water wells with high levels of arsenic, a naturally occurring metal linked to cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes ...

Last week, a team of researchers from Dartmouth University released a widely publicized study with the somewhat provocative title "Arsenic, Organic Foods and Brown Rice Syrup." The study was yet ...

Arsenic occurs naturally in the groundwater of southern Asia. Analyses of an agricultural site in Bangladesh suggest that human activities, including widespread farming practices, can dictate where ...

The Environmental Working Group (EWG)’s Tap Water Database reveals which states have water utilities that serve residents drinking water with levels of arsenic above the legal level outlined by the ...

Organic rice baby cereal, rice breakfast cereals, brown rice, white rice—new tests by Consumer Reports have found that those and other types of rice products on grocery shelves contain arsenic, many ...

The presence of arsenic in some foods has been reported in the news in the past couple of years, first in juice and then in rice. In September 2011, the syndicated television program “The Dr. Oz Show” ...

Water tests at school drinking fountains across Northern California found dangerous levels of lead and other metals, prompting school officials to shut down the fountains.However, thousands of schools ...