It is the well water that has brought Islam to the village today. He is working with the University of Chicago and Columbia University to study the effects of long-term exposure to the famously risky ...

(CNN) — It started with spots dappled across people’s chests and backs. Unusual hard patches on the skin of their palms and soles of their feet. For some, a blackening of their toes. Doctors and ...

LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- There are growing concerns about the drinking water at a housing project in Manhattan, after a resident says she ended up in the hospital with symptoms of arsenic ...

A 20-year study of nearly 11,000 adults in Bangladesh found that lowering arsenic levels in drinking water was associated ...

Water levels across the world are a growing concern for experts, not only their reduction, but also the contamination of the drinking supply. To assess the level of risk, researchers at Columbia ...

KHIRDASDI, Bangladesh (AP) — For more than two decades, Nasima Begum and her family have been drawing water from a well painted red to warn Bangladeshi villagers that it's tainted by arsenic. They ...

A new 20-year study highlights the importance of ensuring access to arsenic-free drinking water and provides the first long-term, individual-level evidence that reducing arsenic exposure may lower ...

A new 20-year study of nearly 11,000 adults in Bangladesh found that lowering arsenic levels in drinking water was associated ...

Researchers have developed a new optical sensor that provides a simple way to achieve real-time detection of extremely low levels of arsenic in water. Researchers have developed a new optical sensor ...

Children born to women who were exposed to higher arsenic during pregnancy have a greater risk of infections and respiratory symptoms within their first year of life, a Dartmouth College-led study ...