(Edsel Querini/iStock/Getty Images) For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on ...

Arsenic has an infamous history of causing slow and mysterious deaths. Although it occurs naturally, its infiltration into our lives is quite harmful. From food to cosmetics, arsenic is quietly ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People drinking water naturally contaminated with high levels of arsenic may benefit from eating more radishes, sweet potatoes and other similar plants, a new study finds.

New research has found that brown rice has a higher concentration of arsenic than white rice in the U.S.—affirming decades of similar findings around the toxic metal’s presence in the otherwise ...

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 ...

Climate change may significantly impact arsenic levels in paddy rice, a staple food for millions across Asia, reveals a new study from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - The Food and Drug Administration has finalized its guidelines on how much arsenic can be present in apple juice on the market. It is part of an effort by the organization to reduce ...

Rice and spinach are staples for babies' and young children's diets, but toxic metals and metalloids found in those foods can cause severe health impacts. In particular, heavy metals such as cadmium, ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, a region in southern China famed for its widespread rice production, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Arsenic has an infamous history of causing slow and mysterious deaths. Although it occurs naturally, ...