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 ...

Researchers in Denmark have developed a chemical process that converts toxic arsenic waste into a usable metallic material ...

Arsenic is a nasty poison that once reigned as the ultimate weapon of deception. In the 18th century, it was the poison of choice for those wanting to kill their enemies and spouses, favored for its ...

Nearly half of Minnesota’s new private wells contain arsenic, an invisible toxin that raises long-term cancer risks.

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 ...

Thousands of farmers in India are still forced to cultivate crops on land where dangerous toxins like arsenic have contaminated the soil and water. The situation becomes even more serious when leafy ...

YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories—This small subarctic city has a big problem. There are 237,000 metric tons of arsenic trioxide locked in the subterranean caverns of Giant Mine on the edge of ...

At the bottom of the ocean, where metal-rich hydrothermal vents exhale poison, a bright yellow worm has mastered an impossible art: turning lethal elements into armor. Meet Paralvinella hessleri, the ...

No surprise here: arsenic is not good for you. In high doses, of course, it’s a deadly poison, but even at lower levels, exposure to arsenic can raise the risks of cancer and heart disease. It’s ...