By putting a carbon atom in place of a core oxygen, chemists constructed an opioid that blocks pain with less respiratory ...

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But who knew that books could kill? That’s the premise of an exhibit at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum that looks at four toxic pigments used for millennia and ...

Six contaminants found in drinking water across every U.S state exceeded legal guidelines set by the federal government, a ...

Astatine is the rarest naturally occurring element on Earth and one of the least studied within the periodic table, mostly ...

Utah jumped to second in a federal database of states’ total toxic chemical releases – a rise mostly attributable to the ...

Arsenic (As) occurs in a variety of different chemical forms, among them volatile (gaseous) species, usually referred to as arsine and methylarsines. Here we demonstrate that arsine and methylarsines ...

Anoxic conditions in landfill bodies may favor the release of methylated arsenic via the leachate pathway but reduce the toxicological potential of inorganic arsenic.

About The Study: In this cohort study of birthing parent–infant dyads across the U.S., arsenic measured in public water systems was associated with birth outcomes at levels below the ...