Many dark chocolate and cocoa products sold across the country contain levels of toxic heavy metals that exceed food safety guidelines, according to new research published Wednesday—and while the food ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After eight years of testing dark chocolate, a new study reveals many products were contaminated with lead and cadmium — two heavy ...

Up to 17 percent of the planet’s agricultural land may be contaminated by toxic heavy metals, a new study has found. As many as 1.4 billion people reside in areas with soil dangerously polluted with ...

Nearly 17% of the world's croplands are contaminated with "heavy metals," according to a new study in Science. These contaminants—arsenic, cadmium, lead, and others—may be invisible to the eye, but ...

The Head of the Paediatric Nephrology Unit at the University of Ghana Medical Centre, Dr. Beatrice Nyann, has raised concern over the growing number of children diagnosed with kidney disease, warning ...

Experts say that the world’s farms are being quietly contaminated — and the push for clean energy may be adding dangerous metals to farmland. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly ...

Since the L.A.-area fires, Altadena residents have found toxic compounds such as lead and asbestos in their living spaces and ...

In the most beautiful places in Colorado, hazards to aquatic life lurk in the water. A team at the University of Colorado Boulder is studying heavy metal pollution in a watershed near Aspen. Their ...

One of the most iconic ecosystems of the Peruvian plateau, the Junín Lake basin, suffers from "critical" levels of arsenic, lead and cadmium contamination, leading to health risks including cancer, ...