Almost half of New Hampshire households rely on private wells for their water. Many of those wells are contaminated with arsenic, a naturally occurring element that can cause cancer and other diseases ...
Children with higher levels of arsenic detected in their urine, possibly related to exposure to industrial pollutants, are more likely to have signs of subclinical cardiovascular disease than others, ...
If there’s one thing wood knows how to do, it’s rot. Expose lumber to the elements, and within as few as five years, sun, rain, termites and fungus can reduce it to pulp. That’s why builders were so ...
Drinking water contaminated with high levels of arsenic may be linked to antibiotic resistance in children, a new study has found. Areas of rural Bangladesh with arsenic-contaminated wells showed an ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set limits for inorganic arsenic in apple juice, but Consumer Reports argues that the level is still too high and could harm children who consume ...
For 12 years San Diego County’s tiny, rural Warner Unified School District has had unsafe levels of arsenic in its drinking water. The district is still struggling to secure a permanent clean water ...
New evidence was revealed Wednesday about what could be in the juices you drink. Consumer Reports tested 88 samples of apple and grape juice, and found that 10-percent had total arsenic levels greater ...
The Borte family has lived about six blocks from the Bullseye Glass Co. factory at 3722 SE 21st Ave. for 10 years. When U.S. Forest Service tests on moss samples taken across the city found high ...
Rice is a dinner table staple for many families, and rice cereal is often a baby's first solid food, but new research by Consumer Reports indicates that some families may want to reconsider how often ...