An infamous chemical best known for poisoning kings and emperors is appearing in an unlikely place: private wells in Scott County. Arsenic — a naturally occurring element found in air, soil, food and ...

CHANDIPUR, BangladeshCHANDIPUR, Bangladesh — Hanufa Bibi stoops in a worn sari and mismatched flip-flops to work the hand pump on her backyard well. Spurts of clear water wash grains of rice from her ...

About 40 percent of New Hampshire residents get their drinking water from private wells. The Department of Environmental Services is encouraging well owners to test their water for arsenic, but unlike ...

Darren More holds the cooler fills with drinking water at a friends farm for use at his home in Virden on Wednesday. Virden ...

Martinelli's has issued a voluntary recall for a single lot of its apple juice due to elevated levels of arsenic that surpassed the standard set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a ...

Microorganisms greatly influence arsenic 1 and barium 2 geochemical cycles. Of the two, arsenic is extremely toxic to most life forms, except for a few arsenic-respiring bacteria 1 and eukaryotic ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Just after Thanksgiving, Marshall L. Reaves got a package in the mail. He’d been anticipating it for months. And scientists worldwide were anticipating the answers that package might bring. The lead ...

Beech-Nut is recalling one of its baby cereal products for having too much inorganic arsenic, which can pose a health hazard to young children, the company announced. Beech-Nut says no one has ...

This graphic is the first in a planned series looking at the effects and chemistry of a range of different poisons. As such, it seemed appropriate to start with one of the most well known poisons: ...

One of the basic assumptions about life on Earth may be due for a revision. Scientists have discovered a type of bacteria that thrives on poisonous arsenic, potentially opening up a new pathway for ...

Hanufa Bibi stoops in a worn sari and mismatched flip-flops to work the hand pump on her backyard well. Spurts of clear water wash grains of rice from her hands, but she can never get them clean.