I鈥檝e long been intrigued by the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition in London. The magnificent building was constructed of 60,000 panes of glass, ten times as many as in the windows of the Empire State...
Atoms of arsenic can combine with atoms of other elements to form a variety of compounds. These can be divided into two categories, 鈥渋norganic鈥� and 鈥渙rganic.鈥� In this case, the term 鈥渙rganic鈥� is...
What comes to mind when you think of arsenic?听 Inheritance powder?听 The possible murder of Napoleon?听 Poisoned wells in Bangladesh?听 Well, how about playgrounds, decks or picnic tables?听 Concern...
Mention the word arsenic and our thoughts immediately turn to poison. But there other interesting connections as well. Arsenic rarely is found in nature in its elemental state, it is found as part...
A story about arsenic-laced wine is panicking a lot of people. It鈥檚 all about a lawsuit brought against the producers of some wines claiming they contain unsafe amounts of arsenic. As far as I can...
Just about every day seems to bring a new food scare.听 Arsenic in rice.听 E. coli in meat.听 But worries about our food supply are nothing new.听 Gentlemen who ventured into Sweeney Todd鈥檚 barbershop...
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