Arsenic-laden groundwater used for cooking and drinking could pose a risk to the health of almost 20 million people across China. The estimates are based on a risk model incorporating geological and ...

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, favoured for its ...

In a new report, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates 2.1 million Americans use water wells with high levels of arsenic, a naturally occurring metal linked to cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes ...

audio: In this podcast, researcher Luis Rodriguez-Lado is interviewed about his work to build a model used to predict the risk of groundwater contamination by arsenic in China. view more A new model ...

This news release is available in French, Italian and German. Since the 1960s, it has been known that groundwater resources in certain provinces of China are contaminated with arsenic. Estimates of ...

Research has shown that groundwater resources in certain provinces of China are contaminated with arsenic and that the numbers of affected people have risen year by year. In the most recent survey – ...