Nearly half of some of the most popular protein powders have levels of heavy metals like lead that exceed government food ...

Two lead-poisoned bald eagles were recently euthanized at the World Bird Sanctuary after efforts to save them failed.

New York State’s Advisory Council on Lead Poisoning Prevention convened on Wednesday to discuss the new draft regulations.

Building the Worlds That Kill Us shows how social, political, and economic order in the U.S. has always favored some, at the ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

In today’s health headlines, what we learn about lead poisoning from ancient Rome. Also, putting the first bird flu death ...

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

Using Arctic ice core samples, researchers estimate silver mining and smelting released enough lead during the Pax Romana to ...

According to the Blue Ridge Poison Center, there are more than 500 deaths of carbon monoxide poisoning each year.

The U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) released the first-ever guidelines for levels of lead in processed baby foods ...

A wildlife rehabilitation center in Utah is again calling on hunters to switch to lead-free ammunition after a bald eagle ...

The lead ingested by an eagle that recently died, and other scavengers, comes from ammunition used in the deer hunt.