Environmental Working Group estimates over 100,000 U.S. cancer cases could be linked to drinking water contaminants. New ...

Between 1992-1994, more than 20 years after the arsenic levels began dropping, combined lung and bladder cancer death rates were 153 per 100,000 men and 50 per 100,000 women in Region II.

While it has long been linked to cancer, arsenic s role in causing the disease had never been understood, said. Arsenic alone doesn t cause cancer, Hamilton explained in a telephone interview.

The “arsenic life” microbe came from Mono Lake, a highly alkaline, arsenic-rich body of water in California. Credit: Al Ungar/Shutterstock In the retraction notice, H. Holden Thorp, Science ...

The Flambeau Mine Reclamation area turned an old mine into a natural gem, but some worry environmental dangers lurk below the surface.

Toxic heavy metals like arsenic are found in high levels in rice brands sold across the United States, according to a recent report — but experts say there are ways to reduce your exposure.