A study just published by a Dartmouth team of scientists in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advances our understanding of the sources of human exposure to arsenic and focuses attention on the potential ...
Dec 5, 2011
1
1
"Some of the most potent cancer drugs ever made include metals and other inorganic compounds."
May 30, 2018
0
31
Inorganic arsenic is carcinogenic and found in a variety of food and beverage products, but not at levels that are considered dangerous, analyses suggest.
Jan 22, 2015
0
6
Arsenic exposure and smoking each elevate the risk of disease. But when combined together, the danger of dying from cardiovascular disease is magnified, a new study finds.
May 6, 2011
1
0
In the first U.S. study of urinary arsenic in babies, Dartmouth College researchers found that formula-fed infants had higher arsenic levels than breast-fed infants, and that breast milk itself contained very low arsenic ...
Feb 23, 2015
0
86
The placenta can be used to reliably measure arsenic exposure in pregnant women and how much of the toxic metal is transferred to their fetuses, a Dartmouth College study shows.
Apr 2, 2015
0
20
Millions of people worldwide are exposed to arsenic from contaminated water, and we are all exposed to arsenic via the food we eat. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition Journal has demonstrated ...
Jun 28, 2012
0
0
A new study reports that chronic exposure to arsenic interferes with insulin secretion in the pancreas, which may increase the risk of diabetes. The paper, published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Regulatory, ...
Jan 11, 2018
0
2
Last month, the FDA proposed setting a limit of 100 parts per billion for inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal. This proposal came after FDA analysis of research linking inorganic arsenic exposure to lung and bladder cancer, ...
May 25, 2016
0
6
A study performed with the INMA birth cohort and the European HELIX project has revealed reproducible associations between exposure to multiple chemical pollutants and changes in metabolic processes during pregnancy. The ...
Nov 27, 2018
0
1
