Arsenic is a natural component of Earth's crust and highly toxic in its inorganic form. The element is a cause of a global ...

Arsenic has long been considered “the king of poisons.” Films such as “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Frank Capra and “The Name of the Rose” by Jean-Jacques Annaud illustrate the deadly effect that a high ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Some 50 million people are at risk of arsenic poisoning from contaminated groundwater in Pakistan's Indus Valley – far more than previously thought, according to a new study. Pakistan ...

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 remarkable yellow worm, Paralvinella hessleri, thrives near boiling, toxic hydrothermal vents in the Pacific. This deep-sea ...