People have been trying to make the prettiest colors we can for thousands of years. And sometimes, we've even used poison to do it. From lead white to arsenic Scheele's green and cobalt violet, here are just a few of the most toxic...

From outbreaks of measles in the United States and cholera in Haiti to patterns of lead poisoning near gold mines in Nigeria, medical geographers play an important role in tracking disease in the landscape. Today, we're going to look at...

During the period of rapid industrialization at the turn of the 20th century, factory jobs were incredibly unsafe. That is, until Dr. Alice Hamilton basically became an investigative reporter to figure out how factories were poisoning...

We've known for millennia that lead pipes could make us sick, so why are we still drinking from them?

Sometimes, a species has declined so dramatically that they require serious human intervention to ensure they don’t disappear forever. Here are six ways we’re using conservation and science to keep those species alive....

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The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is a prime example of science being ignored, unknown, or even misused. Here's the chemistry behind how so many things went wrong.

Howcast - Learn how to protect your baby from lead poisoning from pediatrician Dyan Hes, M.D. in this Howcast video about newborn and baby development.

Plants next to roads can absorb pollution and become harmful, but it really depends on the type of pollution and how close the plant is to the road.



Vehicles don’t just produce carbon dioxide and nitrous oxides, but also...

Ancient Rome was the greatest empire in the world - until it collapsed. Did lead exposure doom the empire? Recent research uncovered high levels of lead in Imperial Rome's drinking water, but that wasn't the most dangerous source of lead...

Health research is difficult for a bunch of reasons. One of those reasons is the practice of using lawsuits to stifle research. A researcher finds that a product is harmful, and the producers of that product attack the researcher in...

Lead Poisoning (Lead Toxicity) | Sources, Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment



Lead Poisoning (also known as Lead Toxicity) is a condition involving exposure and increased levels of lead in the blood. Lead...

Lesson on Approach to Microcytic Anemia and an Easy Way to Remember Causes (including iron-deficiency anemia, thalassemia, sideroblastic anemia, anemia of chronic disease and lead poisoning). Microcytic anemia is a low hemoglobin with a...

From gendered criticism to mercury poisoning from cosmetics, there are many theories about why Elizabeth I could be so cruel.