Arsenic-contaminated drinking water is a global problem that particularly affects Bangladesh. Some 80% of the country’s drinking-water wells aren’t tested for arsenic even though levels of the ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland, have genetically modified the bacteria E. coli to detect trace amounts of arsenic in drinking water. They hope that the bacteria-based ...

A Florida Department of Health report shows multiple candy brands tested high for arsenic, with guidance on safer choices.

A field kit could give rice producers a simple, quick, and cheap way to screen their product for arsenic (Anal. Chem. 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02386). Rice absorbs arsenic from soil and ...

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 ...

Scientists fabricate sensitive nanostructured silver surfaces to detect arsenic, even at very low concentrations. The sensors make use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy: As a molecule containing ...

ANN ARBOR--Researchers at the University of Michigan have raised serious concerns with the performance of some arsenic test kits commonly used in Bangladesh to monitor water contamination. Their study ...

A recent investigation by Florida health officials has pulled back the curtain on a disturbing reality lurking inside the ...

“The Department of Health determined that more than eight pieces of Swedish fish exceed the estimated safe annual arsenic exposure level for a child,” the First Lady said. “Yet in a typical small bag, ...