Mystery Illness Cluster in India May Be Due to Neurotoxin
Mystery Illness Cluster in India May Be Due to Neurotoxin
Health officials are searching for possible exposures to heavy metals, but no sources of contamination have been identified.
Health officials are searching for possible exposures to heavy metals, but no sources of contamination have been identified.
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Yellow Dye in Turmeric Linked with Lead Poisoning in Bangladesh
Claire Jarvis | Dec 17, 2019 | 5 min read
Scientists track the spice from the soil to the market to pinpoint the source of contamination in pregnant women’s blood.
Neurophysiologist, Ethnographer, and World Explorer Dies
Aggie Mika | Jul 18, 2017 | 2 min read
S. Allen Counter pursued scientific questions within various cultures throughout the world.
The Scientist on The Pulse #1
Kerry Grens | Dec 13, 2013 | 1 min read
Kerry Grens updates the latest science news for December 13, 2013
Saving the Vulture
Edyta Zielinska | Jun 27, 2012 | 1 min read
The California condor is being threatened by lead bullets that it eats in the carcass of hunted animals.
Institute Sued Over Lead-Poisoning Study
Jef Akst | Sep 19, 2011 | 2 min read
A lawsuit accuses a Baltimore medical institute of exposing children to lead poisoning in the 1990s.