Arsenic
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Is arsenic in rice something to worry about? What to knowResearch shows rice may be contaminated with arsenic — a toxic element linked to serious health risks, including brain developmental delays, cancer and heart disease.HealthMay 16, 2025
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19 Sunshine Coast properties can’t drink water due to elevated arsenic levelsA Sunshine Coast resident, along with 18 other properties in the Garden Bay area, has been under a “do not use” warning for their water due to elevated arsenic levels.HealthDec 17, 2023
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Arsenic-contaminated Giant Mine seen as ‘low-risk’ during N.W.T fireA former gold mine five kilometres from Yellowknife is seen as a low fire risk amid the Northwest Territories wildfires. The mine contains over 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide.CanadaAug 21, 2023
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Quebec smelter will reduce arsenic emissions to five times provincial normGlencore's operations have been a cause for serious concern after studies have shown that local residents have higher rates of lung cancer than the provincial average.CanadaAug 18, 2022
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Quebec caught between reducing arsenic emissions from factory and preserving 650 jobsQuebec public health says between one and 14 residents living in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., could develop cancer by the year 2060 if the factory doesn't reduce its arsenic emissions.CanadaJul 6, 2022
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B.C. community of Hedley under do-not-consume water advisory due to arsenic levelsA do-not-consume water order for Hedley, B.C., came into effect on Christmas Day and is expected to last another four weeks.HealthJan 27, 2021
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Health Canada says it will set limit on arsenic in food — including baby cerealCurrently, there is no hard limit on arsenic in food in Canada and the U.S., despite existing regulations in Europe.CanadaApr 5, 2019
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Atlantic Canadian researchers using toenail clippings in fight against prostate cancerThe nails are part of world-record collection of more than 32,000 collected in the Atlantic provinces.HealthJan 31, 2018
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Colorado mine spill that turned river yellow is 3 times larger than first estimatedThree million gallons of wastewater laced with heavy metals, including lead and arsenic, spilled from the Gold King Mine and turned the Animas River a mustard yellow last week.EnvironmentAug 10, 2015
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Unsafe groundwater forces use of bottled water at PEI provincial jailUnsafe arsenic and uranium levels in the groundwater supply has seen inmates and staff at the Prince Edward Island's provincial jail use bottled water for the last several weeks.EnvironmentJul 21, 2015
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