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Basra’s lifeline poisoned: Salinity and pollution threaten Iraq’s south
10 Sep 2025 18:45 GMT
… heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and
chromium. Public … we are seeing is
systemic poisoning, not just salinity.”
The … “Iraq’s oil wealth is poisoning its water,” one activist told … turned brackish by seawater and
poisoned by waste.
“The danger is …
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Toxic streams, poisonous lifeline
05 Sep 2025 17:02 GMT
… . Heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and chromium have been detected … with unchecked industrial expansion that poisons its rivers, or embrace a …
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Black Neighboorhood In St. Louis Says Government Poisoned Them During Cold War Tests
02 Sep 2025 01:51 GMT
Black St. Louis residents are demanding justice as they argue that the U.S. Army sprayed dangerous chemicals in their neighborhood in the 1950s without their knowledge. Per NewsNation, the residents are specifically speaking out against the Army’s use of …
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Black mambas could help to protect us by ringing poison alarm bells
31 Aug 2025 18:48 GMT
… their bodies and scales accumulate poisons from the animals they feed … toxic heavy metals – arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury.
Previous research, mainly … highest levels of arsenic and cadmium, and one of the highest …
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Study finds that the 'king of poisons' is building up in rice fields around the world
25 Aug 2025 04:36 GMT
Rice feeds billions. It thrives in warm, wet fields and stores energy in a way that fits busy lives and tight budgets. Those same flooded fields can also make arsenic more available to rice plants, and some of that arsenic can end up in the grain.
A …
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Poisonous heavy metals discovered in Himalayan rain clouds
04 Aug 2025 13:42 GMT
A new study has revealed a hidden danger carried by clouds drifting over the Himalayas.
These clouds were once thought to bring pure drinking water are instead transporting toxic heavy metals from polluted lowlands to some of the world’s highest and most …
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Translations: Official Report on Tianshui Kindergarten Lead Poisoning Case “Exposes the Failure of an Entire System”
31 Jul 2025 02:23 GMT
… blood test results:
The poisoning stemmed from powdered pigments that … risks of exposure to lead, cadmium, thallium, arsenic, and benzene. … Tianshui’s recent lead-poisoning scandal with another that … —that allowed the lead poisoning of kindergarten students to …
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Pasadena Health Department Alerts Public to Grocery Outlet Recall of Canned Pears Over Lead and Cadmium Contamination
30 Jul 2025 15:34 GMT
… elevated levels of lead and cadmium, according to an announcement released … or the company.
Lead and cadmium are toxic metals commonly found … “a child with heavy metal poisoning may not look or act …
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THE PREVALENCE OF LEAD POISONING
29 Jul 2025 00:23 GMT
… residential areas. Another lead poisoning epidemic seven years … environmental contamination and the poisoning of hundreds of residents … with poisoning of humans – lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium. In … reduced deaths from lead poisoning. The government and …
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A POISONED LEGACY: How contamination, flawed clean-up efforts define life in oil-rich Niger Delta
26 Jul 2025 09:10 GMT
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In K-Dere: Cadmium levels in water samples … borehole. The results reveal cadmium, benzene, and other petroleum … are more vulnerable to cadmium-induced kidney failure and … Adelakun
The documentary A Poisoned Legacy forces uncomfortable questions: …