(CNN) — It started with spots dappled across people’s chests and backs. Unusual hard patches on the skin of their palms and soles of their feet. For some, a blackening of their toes. (CNN) — It ...

When warts, lesions, and sores began to appear on Manatosh Biswas’ skin back in 2011, he consulted a doctor who advised him to undergo a few tests. Biswas, a resident of Madhusudankati village in West ...

“One hundred or so years ago, one of the most common pesticides was lead arsenate, and for example, it was fairly commonly used in apple orchards, which is one of the reasons why apple juice becomes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent apple juice recalls have raised a lot of questions. Food & Wine / Getty Images Arsenic has repeatedly made headlines over ...

HESHAN China (Reuters) - Xiong Demin could not have foreseen that the mine he worked at for 32 years would leave his home village poisoned and hundreds of residents, including himself and his wife, ...

A new study has found that heavy metal contamination of the Mobile River, near Alabama Power’s Plant Barry, rivals the levels seen after the 2008 coal ash spill in Tennessee, one of the worst ...

Arsenic has long been considered “the king of poisons.” Films such as “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Frank Capra and “The Name of the Rose” by Jean-Jacques Annaud illustrate the deadly effect that a high ...

THIS chapter presents the subcommittee's review of the evidence of health effects in humans resulting from ingestion of inorganic arsenic. The source of exposure in the large majority of studies ...

FLINT TWP., MI -- The owner of a Flint Township apartment complex says a community well system that has produced water with high arsenic levels in recent years is fixable and says keeping it will ...