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.

World Lung Cancer Day has been observed every year on August 1 since 2012 to raise awareness about the risk of the disease.

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

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.

Both arsenic and cadmium are linked to serious long-term health risks, including neurodevelopmental harm, cancer, kidney damage, and reduced IQ in children.

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 ...