Did lead poisoning contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire? It’s a question historians have long debated, since the Romans ...

Ordinarily, the large deposits of lead in Enyigba community in Abakaliki Local Government Area and Ameka community in Ezza ...

Baby food labels will disclose levels of lead and other toxic heavy metals via QR codes, thanks to a California law taking ...

Researchers say the massive expansion of mining and the processing of metal ores caused airborne lead pollution to soar ...

The Roman Empire lowered IQ levels across Europe according to a new study, due to the vast quantities of lead pollution ...

The Romans invented concrete, aqueducts, and the basis of the modern calendar. But their achievements could have been even ...

For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has set a limit on the amount of lead that can be in baby foods, but critics say it’s too little, too late.

Beginning Wednesday, baby food makers that sell products in California will have to make a major shift toward transparency ...

These heavy metals have been linked to cancer, chronic disease and neurotoxic effects, but it’s the damage that can be done to a developing child’s brain that makes baby food toxicity so ...

heavy metal poisoning can result in death or permanent damage to the body.” Armistead cited several examples of potentially dangerous heavy metals — lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, iron, copper, ...

Final guidance from FDA affirms previously proposed caps for lead in packaged baby and toddler food that public health advocates complained did not go far enough – spurring calls for state action.