Researchers solved the mystery behind lead poisoning in endangered African vultures

Researchers in southern Africa have pieced together an explanation to the mystery of why so many endangered vultures test positive for lead poisoning.

How a grassroots campaign won $12 million taking on a lead-poisoning battery plant in Kenya

On July 16, the 3,000 residents of Owino Uhuru, a low-income neighborhood on the outskirts of Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa were awarded $12 million in damages after winning a class-action lawsuit against a lead-acid battery smelting company that had been causing lead-poisoning within the community.

Children in Fresno, California have three times the rate of lead poisoning as the children in Flint

Flint, Michigan put lead poisoning on the map for many. But the midwestern city is far from an outlier. Children in thousands of places in the US are plagued by high blood levels of lead—and a new report from Reuters found that in Fresno, California, children had lead poisoning at a rate three times that of children in Flint.

Hundreds of Chinese kids are sickened by lead poisoning and the government blames it on pencil-chewing

China’s central government recently launched a ”war on pollution.” But at least when it comes to waterways, local officials don’t seem to have gotten the memo.

Chemicals from sunscreen are poisoning the ocean

Sunscreen has changed the lives of beach bums everywhere, allowing them to laze longer in the sun without their skin baking into a ruddy crisp. And it’s most likely made them safer, protecting them from the ultraviolet radiation that causes nearly nine-tenths of cases of skin cancer.

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Will “Red Dead Redemption 2” lead young men to work less?

Red Dead Redemption 2 is a blockbuster. With international sales of $725 million, the video game had the biggest opening weekend in history. It has received stellar reviews, with the New York Times calling it “true art.” The game, which takes place on the US frontier at the end of the 19th century, may resurrect the Western in American popular culture.

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Your Google data could pinpoint where you got food poisoning

If you’ve had the misfortune of getting food poisoning, you don’t soon forget it. The good news is that epidemiologists, scientists that study diseases, are working on how to find sources of food-borne illnesses faster, and the key may be your Google search history.

Rice lovers beware, your favorite food may be poisoning you

Researchers have known for some time that the food and drink we all consume contains arsenic.

Indian school kids poisoning “not an accident,” economist Drèze believes

Who would deliberately poison impoverished school children?

A massive food poisoning scandal has hit an infant formula company

A massive, multinational dairy company is embroiled in one of Europe’s biggest food-safety scandals, giving parents around the world reason to be nervous about buying infant formula.

Why you should never tell the boss you have food poisoning

Whenever I have to stay home sick from work, I’m always uncertain about how much detail to give. Do I let my boss know that I have the stomach flu, specifically? Or would she prefer the simple elegance of “feeling under the weather?”

Leaded airplane fuel is poisoning a new generation of American children

It’s a five-minute drive from Michelle Lopez’s home in San Jose, California, to Donald J. Meyer Elementary School, where she drops off her daughter each weekday morning. As seven-year-old Holland tumbles out of the car, the first flights of the day are taking off behind her.

“I will gladly lend you my copy:” The father of a dead Muslim soldier wonders if Donald Trump has even read the constitution

Khizr Khan is the father of Captain Humayun Khan, a US Army soldier who died at age 27, near Baghdad, while supporting Operation Iraqi freedom. Khan says he is a devoted, patriotic American, and a Muslim.

Donald Trump’s dream budget is somehow pro-food poisoning

In carving out budget cuts to fund a $54 billion increase in defense spending, US president Donald Trump has put a critical part of the country’s health under the knife: Food safety.