Whales and dolphins get their nutrients and essential elements through their diet. While eating fish, squid, octopus, crustaceans and other marine mammals, they are also exposed to heavy metal ...

Caption: Poison books that contain arsenic in their cover or spine have been identified in some of Western University's libraries in London, Ont. Special collections and rare books librarian Deborah ...

Dust blown off the continents and deposited in the open ocean is an important source of nutrients for marine phytoplankton, the tiny algae that are the foundation of the ocean food web. But new ...

The FDA is thoroughly reviewing the study's findings in an effort to protect consumers of tampon brands that contain toxic metals. A recent study has uncovered the presence of toxic metals in multiple ...

Worms that inhabit hydrothermal vents combine environmental arsenic and sulfide to form a nontoxic mineral to survive in a harsh environment. Unlike this vibrant worm, most other deep-sea denizens ...

Over the years, common household items have been revealed to be some kind of toxic—from older types of non-stick cookware to lead paint and asbestos flooring—as scientific research reveals newer and ...