The lawsuit says the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set a maximum contaminant level (MCL) for arsenic of 0.010 milligrams per liter (mg/L). Providing water with more than 0.010 mg/L ...

Patna: The state govt on Thursday acknowledged the presence of arsenic in vegetables and crops grown near the Ganga.

Organic rice baby cereal, rice breakfast cereals, brown rice, white rice—new tests by Consumer Reports have found that those and other types of rice products on grocery shelves contain arsenic ...

For arsenic, a maximum limit of 0.2 mg/kg of inorganic arsenic for polished rice has been discussed by Codex Alimentarius as a suitable limit to ensure that both goals (protection of public health ...

The Bihar government informed the assembly that it is initiating measures to deal with the problem of arsenic in groundwater.

Its pure (inorganic) form is a deadly poison (100-300 mg can cause death in an hour), while exposure to small doses over a long time can cause cancers. For this reason, inorganic arsenic (iAs) is ...

The Bihar government on Thursday informed the assembly that it is initiating measures to deal with the problem of arsenic in groundwater in several parts of the state. The step has been taken after ...

Sinha said that arsenic concentration has been found 0.1 mg per kg in leafy vegetables, 0.3 mg/per kg in root vegetables, including potatoes and 1.0 mg per kg in paddy crops. Earlier, the Bihar ...