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 ...

Despite the global spread of commercial paper, Nepal still uses handmade lokta paper, made from the bark of local shrubs, in official records and religious texts. But researchers are also finding ...

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Women in Bangladesh try out the new smartphone test for arsenic in drinking water. (Photo courtesy U. Edinburgh) EDINBURGH, Scotland, April 15, 2019 (ENS) – A smartphone device developed at the ...

If you have a cat or dog who likes to hide under the deck or children who play on equipment made with pressure-treated wood, you'll be glad to hear that analytical chemists recently developed the ...

Almost half of New Hampshire households rely on private wells for their water. Many of those wells are contaminated with arsenic, a naturally occurring element that can cause cancer and other diseases ...

Residents at NYCHA's Jacob Riis Houses, one of the city's largest public housing developments, are still being told to not use water from the tap. Some residents don’t know what the status is as of ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The Camino Real Regional Utility Authority said that its April testing showed two of its arsenic treatment facilities continue to be below federal limits and one was “slightly ...

A retired geologist and conservationist is warning Benson city leaders that some wells proposed at the Villages at Vigneto development will likely exceed federal safety limits for arsenic. Arsenic ...