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NEWS ABOUT: arsenic

arsenic stories: 3 news summaries

 Diabetes Linked to
 Arsenic in Tap Water

Study suggests millions may face serious
risk from their tap

Aug 20, 08 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Arsenic in the drinking water of millions of Americans may be contributing to the diabetes epidemic, Bloomberg reports. Researchers found that people with high levels of arsenic in their urine were nearly four times more likely to have type 2 diabetes. Higher rates of diabetes occurred even with trace amounts... More »

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diabetes • American Medical Association • drinking water • type 2 diabetes • water supply • arsenic • tap water

 Napolean Didn't Meet
 Aresenic-Laced End 

Italian researchers deflate claim of arsenic death

Jun 10, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - For decades scholars have debated whether Napoleon, who died in exile on the island of St. Helena in 1821, was poisoned with arsenic by his British captors; as recently as 2002 a biographer wrote that there was "nothing improbable about the hypothesis." But now a team of Italian... More »

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France • poison • history • Napoleon • arsenic

Arsenic Wasn't Napoleon's Waterloo: Study

Military diet, not murderous Brits, likely killed the little emperor

Feb 13, 08 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Rumors that Napoleon Bonaparte was poisoned with arsenic have persisted since he died in exile 187 years ago on the island of St. Helena. Italian scientists now say they've established that the French emperor's death had more to do with bad French army food than murderous British guards, the Daily ... More »

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cancer • France • history • Napoleon • Napolean Bonaparte • arsenic • St. Helena

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