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Arsenic in Bangladesh Drinking Water to Rise With Sea Levels

Arsenic in Bangladesh Drinking Water to Rise With Sea Levels

Climate-induced sea level rise will lead to dangerous levels of arsenic being released into Bangladesh’s drinking water, putting tens of millions of people in the country at greater risk of cancer, new research by scientists from Norwich University has found. Scientists say global heating due to human-caused climate change will lead to extreme weather, sea […]

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    Baby Food Tests Find 68 Percent Contain ‘Worrisome’ Levels of Heavy Metals

    Baby Food Tests Find 68 Percent Contain ‘Worrisome’ Levels of Heavy Metals

    Testing published by Consumer Reports (CR) Thursday found “concerning levels” of toxic metals in popular U.S. baby and toddler food. The consumer advocacy group tested 50 nationally-distributed, packaged foods designed for toddlers and babies for mercury, cadmium, arsenic and lead. They found that every product they tested had measurable amounts of cadmium, inorganic arsenic or […]

    Toxic Leftovers From Giant Mine Found in Snowshoe Hares

    Toxic Leftovers From Giant Mine Found in Snowshoe Hares

    By Som Niyogi and Solomon Amuno Even though it was closed decades ago, the Giant Mine on the outskirts of Yellowknife has left a long environmental legacy. The gold extraction process, which required roasting ores at extremely high temperatures, created a toxic byproduct called arsenic trioxide. For about 55 years (1948-2004), arsenic and other toxic […]

    Arsenic and Other Toxins Found in 80% of Baby Formulas

    Arsenic and Other Toxins Found in 80% of Baby Formulas

    By Daniele Selby Arsenic, lead, and cadmium are chemicals you’d expect to find in rat poison and batteries—not baby formula. But on Wednesday, the Clean Label Project, an initiative that tests products for industrial and environmental contaminants and rates them, said it found arsenic in 80 percent of infant formulas, according to USA Today. In […]

    Arsenic in Organic Foods Reveals a Wider Problem for All Food Production

    Arsenic in Organic Foods Reveals a Wider Problem for All Food Production

    Organic Trade Association A recently published study by researchers at Dartmouth College has called into question the presence of arsenic in some organic products. While the study itself focused on infant formula, health bars and high energy foods, the resulting interpretation of the findings failed to address the arsenic issue as a serious concern for […]