The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) technical advisory group on human African trypanosomiasis – commonly known as sleeping ...

Kedzie argued (correctly, we now know) that arsenical wallpapers shed microscopic dust particles that can be inhaled or ...

The mirrors of ancient Egypt have been the subject of great attention for their cultural importance and their connection to ...

Major Herbert Armstrong has been described as a pompous little man with a waxed moustache Fresh doubt has been cast on a 100-year-old murder conviction that saw a solicitor sent to the gallows for ...

But the third starts to cause a scandal. Exhumations reveal arsenical poisoning in all three. Who among the remaining members or close associates was the murderer? 1941. The 22nd Earl of Erroll is ...

AMMAN - The archaeological team found a dagger in a necropolis north of Tell Sultan thanks to a villager who gave it to the ...

Into the late 1930s and early 1940s, the only analyses carried out for chemical contaminants in foods were for lead arsenate and other arsenical pesticides in fruits. Freshwater fish, it seems, were ...

The parts liable to decompose may then be rubbed over on the inside with arsenic, or arsenical soap, which will effectually prevent decay. The skin is now ready to be stuffed, which although it ...

Other arsenical ingredients in animal feed to prevent disease and promote growth are still permitted. Moreover, fertilizer made from poultry waste can contaminate crops with inorganic arsenic.