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 ...

A pair of researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology has created a global map that highlights areas where there are likely dangerous levels of arsenic in groundwater.

A new map has revealed a disturbing truth about drinking water in the US. Scientists found millions of Americans may be regularly exposed to dangerous levels of arsenic, which is a naturally occurring ...

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 ...

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In the South Asian lowlands, high population density coincides with dangerous levels of arsenic in groundwater. Maps based on surface geology can help identify regions at risk of arsenic contamination ...

"Arsenic is the number one environmental chemical for human health," Joshua Hamilton tells me during a recent phone call. We're talking about his latest research, ajust-published study in PLoS ONE ...

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 ...

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 ...