ENVIRONMENTAL health and justice groups EcoWaste Coalition and International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) on Dec. 27 ...

Jenna Forsyth is a research scientist at Stanford University’s School of Medicine. She tells Times Evoke about her discovery of lead added to turmeric, its effects — and how this hazardous practice ...

The FDA has confirmed that lead chromate is the source of lead and chromium in cinnamon applesauce marketed for children and imported from Ecuador. Leaders at the FDA continue to believe the ...

Feb. 29 (UPI) --The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has confirmed that lead and chromium in applesauce from Ecuador manufacturer Austrofoods are from lead chromate. The FDA said in a ...

PALO ALTO, California (WPVI) -- Turmeric has been billed as a health booster and healing agent. However, Stanford University researchers have found a very unhealthy element in some of it: lead. They ...

Over the past decade or so, investigations have strengthened ties between the consumption of turmeric and exposure to lead, a destructive neurotoxin. In newly published research, a team of Stanford ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. Before the heat of the day set in, dozens of people were already gathered under a large banyan tree at the twice-weekly turmeric market in Ataikula, ...

BASF plans to stop producing lead chromate pigments by the end of 2014. The firm says its lead chromate plant in Besigheim, Germany, will become a hub for replacements that offer the same yellow and ...

Some spice processors in Bangladesh use an industrial lead chromate pigment to imbue turmeric with a bright yellow color prized for curries and other traditional dishes, elevating blood lead levels in ...