Arsenic in the News

Our group in the news:

• Our arsenic sensor in the news

  • BBSRC funded arsenic sensor could save millions of lives 
  • Story in The Engineer and BT
• Drinksafe - the vision for arsenic sensing
• Arsenic mobilisation in West Bengal - interview with Dr Thomas Osborne
• Arsenic Bioremediation - interview with Dr Joanne Santini
• Yellowknife toxic arsenic legacy - CBC Nov 2016

UK

• BBC radio programme on arsenic 2016
• Cows in Lancashire die of arsenic poisoning
• Arsenic found in counterfeit cosmetics

European News

Germany

• Arsenic found in German beer

Greece

• Protest in Greece against Canadian goldmine project

Italy

• Arsenic contamination leads to water ban north of Rome

Croatia & Serbia

• Arsenic in tap water in Croatia and Serbia
• Arsenic levels high in drinking water in Vojvodina

North American News

Canada

• Giant Mine cleanup continues
• Is arsenic contamination of Yellowknife a permanent problem?
• More on arsenic contamination in Yellowknife lakes
• Lentils to prevent arsenic poisoning
• Arsenic in Yellowknife lake sediments
• Arsenic waste leaked from container at Giant Mine
• Cleanup plan for Yellowknife's Con Mine under scrutiny
• Yellowknife arsenic cleanup costs soar
• More on Yellowknife
• More on Giant Mine cleanup
• Update on Yellowknife clean up Oct 2013
• Arsenic claims among Giant Mine workers
• http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21620280-canadas-taxpayers-ante-up-billions-clean-up-mistakes-past-giant-headache
• 26 more Giant Mine workers show elevated levels of arsenic

USA

• 2.1 million exposed to arsenic in their well water
• Study claims nearly 56,000 Californians exposed to arsenic in their drinking water
• Let them drink arsenic - dangerously high levels of arsenic in Texas drinking water
• Toxic legacy: 1872 law lets miners profit on the backs of US taxpayers
• Arsenic in disappearing California groundwater
• Scientists find "alarming" amounts of arsenic in groundwater near Texas fracking sites
• Fracking leads to increase in arsenic pollution
• Also see Scientific American article
• U.S. Geological Survey scientists based in California have discovered bacteria that photosynthesise using compounds of arsenic, rather than water, have been discovered in the warm, bubbling pools of Mono Lake in California.

The original study:
T.R. Kulp, S.E. Hoeft, M. Asao, M.T. Madigan, J.T. Hollibaugh, J.C. Fisher, J.F. Stolz, C.W. Culbertson, L.G. Miller, R.S. Oremland, Arsenic(III) Fuels Anoxygenic Photosynthesis in Hot Spring Biofilms from Mono Lake, California, Science, 321 (2008) 967-970. click here

South American News

• Arsenic as a driver of human evolution

Chile

• Tailings ponds pose a threat to communities

Asia

Bangladesh

• Arsenic in Bangladesh: how to protect 20 million people - Guardian story
• Arsenic threat to Dhaka water supply
• Arsenic contamination in Kushtia
• Millions in Bangladesh are still drinking arsenic-contaminated water

Cambodia

• Arsenic as the silent killer

China

• Millions face arsenic contamination risk in China, study finds

India

• Arsenic alarm in Sahebganj's villages

Nepal

• Arsenic found in 1500 tube-wells in Kanchanpu, Nepal

Pakistan

• More than 50 million exposed to high arsenic levels in water

Thailand

• Gold at what cost? Arsenic poisoning claims in response to arsenic exposure due to gold mining.

Australia

• Potentially toxic dust from mine tailings in Stawell, Victoria
• Solomon Islands tailings dam disaster - thousands potentially exposed to arsenic and other toxins

Arsenic sinks to new depths:  Recent article in Nature describing the magnitude of arsenic contamination in groundwater and its effects.