The mercury levels were so high that "at first we thought the instrument was malfunctioning," study co-author Ben Barst, an ...

During its approximately 4.5 billion years of existence, the Earth has experienced five major mass extinction events that are responsible for reshaping the planet both physically and biologically. The ...

HEAVY METAL IS making a big comeback—and we’re not talking about Black Sabbath’s reunion concert this summer. Some corners of the Internet are now raising alarm about toxic heavy metals like lead, ...

Jan. 4 (UPI) --Parents can learn the amounts of lead, mercury and other toxic heavy metals contained in baby food prior to purchase under a new California law with national impact. The California law ...

A new class-action lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court alleges Amazon sold rice products containing toxic heavy metals—including lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury—without disclosing their ...

In my research on the history of psychiatry and psychopharmacology, I can’t get away from mercury. Edgar Allan Poe, three months before he died in a delirious state, had been treated with ...

HEAVY METAL IS making a big comeback—and we’re not talking about Black Sabbath’s reunion concert this summer. Protein supplements and baby formula aren’t the only foods that may contain toxic heavy ...