On AlterNet: arsenic

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Arsenic Found in Water Near Coal-Fired Plants

AFPDecember 14, 2011.

The pollution -- in some cases more than 10 times the maximum contaminant level for arsenic -- is a direct health threat to thousands of residents.

Arsenic in Your Apple Juice? How a Dangerous Poison Found Its Way Into Fruit Juice

Tom Philpott, Mother Jones Online. December 1, 2011.

So how much reason is there to be concerned about the trace of poison lurking in your kids' juice box?

Mystery of World's Worst Mass Arsenic Poisoning Finally Solved

AFPNovember 18, 2009.

The culprit are tens of thousands of man-made ponds excavated to provide soil for flood protection.

Which came first, the chicken or the cancer?

Guest Blogger, April 24, 2007.

Kathy Freston: 70 percent of chickens in the US are fed arsenic.

Flashback: NASA Agency That Discovered New Life Was Subject to Severe Budget Cuts Under Bush

George Zornick, December 31, 1969.