Atoms of arsenic can combine with atoms of other elements to form a variety of compounds. These can be divided into two categories, “inorganic” and “organic.” In this case, the term “organic” is...
What comes to mind when you think of arsenic? Inheritance powder? The possible murder of Napoleon? Poisoned wells in Bangladesh? Well, how about playgrounds, decks or picnic tables? Concern...
Mention the word arsenic and our thoughts immediately turn to poison. But there other interesting connections as well. Arsenic rarely is found in nature in its elemental state, it is found as part...
A story about arsenic-laced wine is panicking a lot of people. It’s all about a lawsuit brought against the producers of some wines claiming they contain unsafe amounts of arsenic. As far as I can...
Just about every day seems to bring a new food scare. Arsenic in rice. E. coli in meat. But worries about our food supply are nothing new. Gentlemen who ventured into Sweeney Todd’s barbershop...
If you dine on chicken McNuggets, you’ll be getting a good dose of trans fats. But at least you won’t be ingesting any arsenic. That’s because MacDonalds only buys chicken meat from producers who...
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