W hile food provides essential nutrients, certain items can also contain trace metals—some of which are harmful when consumed in excess. Heavy metals like lead, mercury, cadmium ...

In a recent publication released by PubMed, American scientist Dr. Renee Dufault at the Food Ingredient and Health Research ...

Exposure to common heavy metals has been linked to the prevalence of ADHD, according to a new study. It builds on existing ...

Introduction Illegal mining, especially artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), has proliferated across many developing ...

The swamps of Georgia and South Carolina harbor something more dangerous than the alligators for which they’re best known.

Indigenous and riverine communities in the Loreto region of the Peruvian Amazon have "chronic exposure" to mercury, according ...

Some coastal wolves in Alaska have toxic levels of mercury in their bodies after shifting from a terrestrial diet of deer and ...